Facebook, Twitter and their ilk are digital catnip for hiring managers, but this addiction isn’t a harmless buzz: New research shows that what’s in our profiles has little bearing on how well we do our jobs, even though a large …
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Google’s Relentless Campaign to Make Google+ Work Becomes YouTube’s Problem
YouTube faces mounting criticism for tying its comment section to the social platform
Why Daily Deal Sites Are Giving Up on Daily Deals
Fewer and fewer consumers bother to open the daily deal messages plopped in their e-mail in-boxes, and fewer still follow through and actually bite on the offers. That’s why daily deal giants Groupon and LivingSocial are trying
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Apple Is Showing the World Two Different Faces — and That’s a Problem
In the wake of Twitter’s IPO, the word frothy is getting tossed around a lot. It’s what you say when you don’t want to be alarmist about another dotcom bubble, but you still see a classic sign of a market gone loopy: a disconnect …
Twitter IPO Leads to Sky-High $24 Billion Valuation
In its first day as a publicly traded company, Twitter blew past everyone’s expectations — including its own.
How to Buy One Share of Twitter
So you want to own a little piece of the social networking giant known as Twitter? Here’s a quick guide—and a few words of caution.
LIVE UPDATES: Twitter Goes Public
Twitter has officially become a publicly traded company.
The seven-year-old social network started offering shares on the New York Stock Exchange at 10:50 a.m. on Thursday, in the most anticipated tech IPO since Facebook’s in
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Twitter IPO Means $300 Million for California
California is still riding the benefits of Facebook’s IPO from nearly two years ago.
Consumers Love the Idea of Self-Driving Cars For One Reason
The vast majority of us are uneasy about the prospect of being in a car that’s driving itself. But the jitters seem to go away if self-driving technology will save us a bundle on car insurance.
How to Snag Totally Free Two-Day Shipping Indefinitely
Online shoppers love free shipping. And they love fast free shipping even more. Now, there’s an easy way to get just that: free two-day shipping on most purchases, with no membership fees or minimum buy requirements involved.
The 7 Most Important Moments in Twitter History
Twitter is all grown up. The social network that was once derided as the place to post what you had for lunch is going public today, offering 70 million shares at an initial $26 price. Somehow, among the glut of social networks
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Twitter Employees Will Owe an Average of $420,000 in Taxes After IPO
Twitter’s IPO will spawn millions of dollars for shareholding employees—and loads and loads of tax obligations.
Assuming Twitter’s projected share price of $26 holds down the line, non-executive employees could be on the …