Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividends

Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock that the company is awarding to all of its employees.

Alibaba.com $2.5B privatization bid approved

Web series touts funky concept snowboards

In the summer of 2010, Signal Snowboards created the Web series "Every Third Thursday" to showcase the company's experimentation with funky concept boards. Think Science Channel’s “How It’s Made” — except with a lot more sass and a funkier setting.

Big Brother is Watching: FBI forms a new internet-surveillance unit

SpaceX becomes the first private company to dock with the International Space Station

iPhone-Powered gTar Teaches You How to Play the Guitar [VIDEO]

Morgan Stanley may refund some Facebook investors

New Google data show Microsoft's piracy problems

Broadcasters sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service

Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV.

Facebook launches iPhone camera app

Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone.

GameFly looking to launch Android app store, publish mobile games

UBS lost $30 million on Facebook IPO fiasco: source

Feeding frenzy for lawyers in botched Facebook IPO

Facebook market makers' losses at least $100 million

(Reuters) - Claims by four of Wall Street's main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook's botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders. A technical glitch delayed the social networking company's market debut by 30 minutes on Friday and many client orders were delayed, giving some investors and traders significant losses as the stock price dropped. The exchange operator is facing lawsuits from investors and threats of legal action from brokers. ...

Facebook reportedly in talks to acuire Web browser maker Opera

Following Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, it looks like the company has no intention of slowing down. According to a report from Pocket-lint, the social networking giant may be looking to enter the Web browsing market by purchasing Opera Software. The move would put Facebook in direct competition with Microsoft and Mozilla, and it would certainly apply increased pressure to Google as well. Opera’s mobile browser has seen strong growth in recent years, however the same cannot be said for its desktop version, which lags far behind Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. A Facebook browser could potentially allow users to stay up to date with their social life using built-in plug-ins and features integrated into the browser’s UI. Read

SpaceX's Dragon makes historic space station dock

SpaceX on Friday became the first commercial outfit to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station, heralding the start of a new era for private spaceflight.

Nice Old People Live Longer; Being Fat Isn't Always Bad

Discovered: The race to invent a real, life invisibility cloak forges on, old nice people live longer than crotchety ones, sometimes being fat isn't bad for your heart, and Spanish women are into contraception, at first. The race to invent the invisibility cloak continues. Who knew that Harry Potter would have such a profound effect on the sciences? In just the last few months we've seen many attempts or claims that science has invented the Harry Potter dream. And today we get another one. ...

Yahoo! ditches digital newsstand for iPads

Yahoo! shuttered its fledgling digital newsstand for iPads on Friday in what it said was the start of a product purge intended to make the floundering Internet pioneer more nimble.

Quest shares climb on report of Dell bid

Facebook options debut a wild card for volatility

(Reuters) - Investors can hope the debut of options on Facebook Inc goes more smoothly than the long-awaited debut of the social networking service's stock on May 18. While the stock's puts and calls are expected to be popular, the big wild card is volatility and ultimately, the options price. Traders will get a fresh start on options on the Internet giant when the contracts are offered on U.S. options exchanges on May 29. ...

GameFly looking to launch Android app store, publish mobile games

NJ judge: Texter not liable for driver's car crash

Google Transparency Report details copyright-related takedown requests for first time

In its latest Transparency Report, Google has included information about takedown requests related to copyright infringement for the first time ever. According to the data from this past year, nearly 8,000 copyright owners have contacted Google with requests to remove search results that lead to copyright infringing websites. Microsoft led the charge with more than 500,000 removal requests across 9,108 domains during this past month alone, and a total of 2,554,475 takedown request across 23,485 domains over the course of the past year. According to research done by TechDirt, the software giant was mainly targeting pirated Xbox content, which Google agreed to take down. Search results for the very same websites, ironically, often remain present on Microsoft’s Bing search engine. [Via TechDirt]

NJ judge: Texter not liable for driver's crash

Facebook's IPO Has Given Henry Blodget the Chance to Say Sorry

Henry Blodget, the Business Insider mogul, is the perfect man to cover Facebook's IPO drama. In fact, there may never be another story better suited for Blodget to cover. Not only does the twisty, controversial tale of the social network's IPO speak directly to Blodget's area of expertise, but in covering it day in and day out, Blodget may finally find redemption for his past. 

Shareholders vote to take China's Alibaba unit private

Minority shareholders of Alibaba.com on Friday voted in favour of a proposal by its parent Alibaba Group Holding to take the Hong Kong-listed online trading unit private, the company said.

Citi unit lost $20 million in Facebook IPO: source

HP tries to stem Autonomy exodus after founder goes

Apple CEO Tim Cook to Forgo $75 Million in Dividends

Corrected: Dish, TV networks take fight over ad zapper to judges

(Reuters) - A legal battle erupted between DISH Network and some of the major broadcast networks Thursday as the two sides traded lawsuits over the satellite distribution company's "Hopper" DVR, which threatens to bring down the television business model by allowing viewers to skip over commercials entirely. Dish Network Corp asked a Manhattan federal judge to declare that its "Auto Hop" feature does not infringe any copyright owned by the four major U.S. television networks: Walt Disney Co's ABC, CBS Corp's CBS, News Corp's Fox and Comcast Corp's NBC. ...

Comcast plans to charge customers for exceeding bandwidth cap

Comcast recently announced that it may soon begin charging additional fees to broadband Internet subscribers who go over their monthly bandwidth allowances. The cable operator currently suspends customers’ service if they repeatedly go over their 250GB monthly data allowances rather than charging any penalties. Instead of capping broadband customers at 250GB per month, however, Comcast plans to raise the cap to 300GB and charge $10 for each 50GB block of data above that limit, Digital Trends reported. The change is currently being tested with select customers but if successful, the company plans to implement the change across its network. Comcast began capping data in 2008, and it claimed the measure was necessary in order to manage its network. Read

Berkeley Police Chief Defends Hunt for Son's iPhone

A California police chief under fire for using 10 investigators to search for his son’s missing iPhone  defended his actions, saying it was “worth it.” When Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan’s son said his iPhone was stolen from his locker at Berkeley High School in...

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Facebook IPO debacle raises investor dander

The spate of complaints and investigations over the Facebook stock offering suggests big institutions had an edge over small investors, raising questions about the process.

Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividends

Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock that the company is awarding to all of its employees.

Project Glass spotted on more Google employees [video]

Google recently wrapped up its Google+ Photographer’s Conference in San Francisco. During the event, a number of Google employees, including co-founder Sergey Brin, wore the company’s Project Glass prototype, and even a shared a video and a photo album of point-of-view images taken with the device. The augmented reality head-mounted display prototypes are being tested outside the walls of Google’s Mountain View campus as the company continues to refine the devices. Details surround the glasses are few and far between, and it is still unclear if Project Glass will ever hit the consumer market in its current form. Point-of-view images and a video taken with Project Glass prototypes follow below. [Via Engadget] Read

May the Crafts Be With You: 15 Star Wars Etsy Items

iPhone-Powered gTar Teaches You How to Play the Guitar [VIDEO]

NJ Assembly bans unsolicited text message ads

Facebook Pushes 'Close Friends' List, Becomes More Like Google+