initial public offering

Facebook’s only weakness: Mobile

Extremetech  Thu, 02/02/2012 - 05:45

Facebook has filed for its initial public offering (IPO), and assuming the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approve it, Facebook will emerge on the public stock market in a couple of months, create up to $10 billion of capital, and make multi-millionaires out of its stock-holding employees.

To start the IPO ball rolling, Facebook had to submit an S-1 form to the SEC.


 

Pandora targeted in smartphone privacy probe

Digg / Tech Industry News  Mon, 04/04/2011 - 13:43

Just months after filing for an initial public offering, Internet radio site Pandora has been served a subpoena as a result of a federal grand-jury investigation of information-sharing practices by smart phone applications.