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Social Networking Site LinkedIn Goes Public
LinkedIn's IPO is trending as the company begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The social networking site aimed at working professionals offered up nearly 8 million shares, the largest Internet IPO in the United States since Google went public. The stock was initially offered at $45, and surged in early trading to over $110. Market skeptics wonder if LinkedIn will ever garner as much potential earning power as Facebook, Groupon, or Twitter, which are all privately held. But the bulls...
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Occupy Facebook: Protesters Planning Their Own Social Network
Watch out Facebook, the Occupy protest is making its own social network. The Global Square is expected to launch in January 2012, providing a secure space for Occupy protestors to organize, share, and meet fellow protestors, according to its developers. It will also boast a Facebook-like news feed. Unlike Twitter and Facebook however, new Global Square members must be sanctioned by existing ones before being accepted.
This news comes just days after Twitter reports it was subpoenaed by the...
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