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January 27th, 2012

Facebook to IPO Next Week?

Facebook may file for an initial public offering (IPO) as early as next week, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.Although the exact figure is far from certain, if Facebook went through with an IPO it could be worth somewhere between $75-$100 billion dollars. Should the social networking giant have a $100 billion valuation, it would [...]

May 9th, 2011

Gaining Tracktion: “Do Not Track” Bills, Consumer Privacy, and Web 2.0

Earlier this month American Senator John Rockefeller introduced a controversial bill which would force online advertising and tracking companies to allow users to opt-out of online advertising. This comes after California Representative Jackie Spears, and state Senator Alan Lowenthal successfully passed legislation within the California legislature that effectively prohibits online tracking. While some could herald [...]

February 19th, 2010

NVIDIA: Are You Ready?

Well, are you? NVIDIA issued the call Friday morning, asking its follower’s: Are You Ready? A post on the companies facebook page depicts the following picture along with a status update telling readers to “Check back here on Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. PST for a major announcement!” We are only left to guess at [...]

July 17th, 2009

Facebook Faces Possible Legal Action From Canada Regarding Privacy

The Canadian Privacy Commission has publicly called out Facebook for its breach of the country’s privacy laws; in specific, failing to properly handle a user’s personal information. The commission released a report on Thursday (July 16th) wherein Jennifer Stoddart, the commissioner herself, blasted the world’s largest social networking website about their privacy guidelines that fly [...]