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IPO and Now: Facebook by the Numbers

Scott Austin — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:56:56 +0000

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook's IPO. How much has the company changed a year later? Here's a by-the-numbers look.

Baby Foxes Check Into Facebook

Evelyn M. Rusli — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:04:42 +0000

On the eve of Facebook’s one-year IPO anniversary, several employees were buzzing about one topic on campus: foxes.

Like BlackBerry and Samsung, Apple Gets Nod From the Pentagon

Will Connors — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:58 +0000

Two weeks after Samsung and Research in Motion received approval from the Pentagon to have their new devices used throughout the Department of Defense, Apple got its own green light.

Andrew Mason: All Play and No Work

WSJ Staff — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:03:18 +0000

Getting fired hasn't cost Andrew Mason his great sense of humor. In a blog post he published late Thursday, the former Groupon chief executive describes where he's headed (to San Francisco to work on a new company), how he'll stay occupied (at startup incubator Y Combinator where he'll mentor entrepreneurs) and, lastly, what he's been up to ...

Read Congress’s Letter About Google Glass Privacy

Amir Efrati — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:30:38 +0000

Eight members of Congress on Thursday asked Google Chief Executive Larry Page to make assurances about privacy safeguards for the company's high-profile Google Glass wearable-computing device, which isn't yet for sale to the public.

The (Just Under) $7,000 Computer Science Degree

WSJ Staff — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:30:14 +0000

The Georgia Institute of Technology said it will offer a two-year master's degree in computer science to thousands of students online for a fraction of the cost of a traditional degree. Georgia Tech dean Charles Isbell joins digits. Photo: Georgia Institute of Technology.

Now Google Glass Can Post Facebook Photos

Evelyn M. Rusli — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:58:10 +0000

Even Facebook is joining Google Glass.

Students Build Award-Winning Robot Exoskeleton

WSJ Staff — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:45:49 +0000

The Titan Arm is a robotic upper body exoskeleton that could be applied to rehabilitation and extra lifting power. Nick McGill, one of the four team members who won the Cornell Cup USA for the Titan Arm, joins digits. Photo: Titan Arm.

Yahoo Adds Tweets to Its Home Page

Amir Efrati — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:38:29 +0000

Yahoo on Thursday said it is incorporating Twitter into its Yahoo home page "news stream." The move might please a fraction of Yahoo's current users, but likely would do little to remedy Yahoo's woes.

Olympus to Drop Cheap Point-And-Shoot Cameras

Juro Osawa — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:28:41 +0000

With high-tech smartphones and numerous photos apps making it harder to convince people that they need point-and-shoot cameras, it's no surprise that Japanese camera maker Olympus Corp. is shifting focus away from that market.