History Of Social Networking Links

How can I get a piece of the Facebook action?

The frenzy around the social-networking giant's upcoming IPO has made lots of people wonder whether owning a piece of Facebook might be a good investment for them. But how do you get in?

Zynga and LinkedIn -- Social Media Stocks on the Upswing as Facebook Files IPO

NEW YORK, NY-- - Shares of recently IPO'd technology and social networking companies skyrocketed last week following Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing. The New York Times believes that it is "not ...

Repost: Did social networking need Facebook?

Facebook took its first steps toward going public this week, and observers think its valuation might be as much as $100 billion. Mark Zuckerberg, its founder, owns 28 percent of the company, so that would instantly making him one of the 10 or 15 richest individuals in America. In this essay from October, 2010, I considered how much credit Zuckerberg deserves for social networking phenomenon that ...

Deals of the Day: Will Glen-X Have to Add a Little Sweetener?

Deals of the Day compiles this mornings biggest news about mergers and acquisitions, banking, bankruptcy and more. Catch us on Twitter, @WSJDealJournal . Mergers & Acquisitions Glen-X: Xstrata announced plans to merge with Glencore to create a sector-straddling giant with a combined value of about $90 billion and the scale to produce and trade natural resources in five continents. [ WSJ ...

Oz 'bikie gangs' recruiting drug mules on Facebook

Canberra, Feb 6 (ANI): Australia's dangerous outlaw motorcycle gangs are using social networking sites such as Facebook to recruit drug mules, the country's top crime body has revealed.