Facebook CEO upgrades relationship status - Married (Lead)
May 20th, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 20 (IANS) Topping a very busy week after the launch of a flotation at the US stock exchange, Facebook co-founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg upgraded ... Read more...
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Facebook CEO marries longtime girlfriend
May 20th, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 20 (IANS) Mark Zuckerberg has added a new post to his timeline. He and longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan have tied the knot.The Facebook co-founder and chief executive ... Read more...
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Camera captures comet’s fiery end as it grazes sun
January 21st, 2012 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) NASA's solar observatory caught for the very first time on camera a comet's fiery end as it flew too close to the sun's blazing surface.
The ... Read more...
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Facebook shifts to new headquarters in California
December 20th, 2011 - 10:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) Facebook has announced that its final wave of employees have moved into its new headquarters in the one million-square foot Menlo Park city of California.The ... Read more...
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Zuckerberg’s private Facebook photos goes viral
December 7th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's private photos were made public after a web expert managed to gain access to his page due to a glitch in ... Read more...
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Location-sharing startup joins Facebook
December 6th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Dec 6 (IANS) Facebook and location-sharing startup Gowalla announced Monday that Gowalla's founders as well as several team members will join Facebook and move to the social ... Read more...
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest, death certificate shows
October 11th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Steve Jobs, the iconic entrepreneur who co-founded Apple in the 1970s, died of respiratory arrest caused by a pancreatic tumor, according to his death certificate which ... Read more...
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In his last days, Steve Jobs focused on family first
October 8th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) When in February Steve Jobs learned that his time was finally running out, Apple's visionary co-founder surrounded himself with those most important to him: his wife ... Read more...
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World says iGrieve as Steve Jobs passes away
October 6th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) Steve Jobs, the man who began tinkering with gadgets in his garage and then went on to power the iPod, iPad and iPhone that became ... Read more...
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HP may buy software company for $10 bn: Report
August 19th, 2011 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 19 (IANS) Personal computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) is in talks to buy British software company Autonomy for about $10 billion, a media report said.HP - based in Palo ... Read more...
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Obama to hold online 2012 re-election rally on Facebook today
April 20th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 20(ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama will conduct an online re-election rally today with a town-hall-style chat on the social networking website Facebook.Obama had posted a 30-second YouTube video ... Read more...
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Obama to discuss economy with Americans via Facebook
April 6th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama will discuss economic issues with US citizens during a special Facebook session to be held in late April for the ... Read more...
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Facebook founder stalked by Indian-origin fan
February 9th, 2011 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he feared for his safety after an obsessed Indian-origin fan stalked him on his own social networking site and tried to ... Read more...
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Zuckerberg obtains restraining order against stalker
February 9th, 2011 - 4:15 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 9 (IANS) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has succeeded in obtaining a restraining order against a man who reportedly used the social networking site to threaten his safety.Zuckerberg has ... Read more...
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Facebook founder obtains restraining order against Indian-origin ’stalker’
February 8th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 8 (ANI): Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social networking site Facebook, has obtained a restraining order against a man who he says has been stalking him.The 26-year-old filed legal ... Read more...
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HP completes tender offer for ArcSight
October 22nd, 2010 - 1:02 am ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday announced that it has completed its tender offer for ArcSight, Inc. at a price of $43.50 per share in cash.On September 13, ... Read more...
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HP completes acquisition of 3PAR for $2.35 billion
September 27th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Monday announced that it has completed the acquisition of 3PAR Inc. for a price of $33 per share in cash, or an enterprise ... Read more...
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Uploads Their Snaps On Facebook
September 24th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar,
Sep 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mark Zuckerberg's has been dating Priscilla Chan since 2005. However, all these days, he did not upload the snaps of his beau, and now when he ... Read more...
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Billionaire Facebook founder likes worn jeans, cheap T-shirts
September 24th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 24 (IANS) Multi-billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg likes to wear worn jeans, cheap T-shirts and lives in a rented house. To relax, he likes drinking beer and eating fast ... Read more...
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HP acquires Fortify Software to enhance its application life cycle strategy
September 23rd, 2010 - 3:58 am ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – Hewlett Packard on Wednesday completed the acquisition of Fortify Software to enhance its application life cycle strategy.This acceleration in combination with the static bridges will help ... Read more...
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HP files suit to block ex-CEO Hurd from taking president’s job at Oracle
September 8th, 2010 - 1:39 am ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Tuesday sued its former CEO, Mark Hurd, in response to the news of Hurd’s intention to join Oracle as co-president.
The company said in ... Read more...
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Facebook introduces location-based service
August 19th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Social networking website Facebook, the largest of its kind worldwide, has launched a location-based service.The service, called Places, will compete with similar services such as Foursquare and ... Read more...
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Rubik’s cube can be solved in just 20 moves
August 12th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 12 (ANI): A team of experts has finally found the answer to a long-standing question: How many moves does it take to solve a Rubik Cube?A maximum of 20 moves ... Read more...
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Indian-origin scientist ’solves one of world’s most complex math problems’
August 11th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 11 (ANI): Computer scientist Vinay Deolalikar claims to have solved maths riddle of P vs NP - one of the world's most complex and intractable mathematical problems.Deolalikar, who works at ... Read more...
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Kayne Premiers New Songs For A Social Networking Site
July 29th, 2010 - 11:30 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 29, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Kanye West took a little time off on July 28 as he stopped by to premier some of his newer songs from his forthcoming album at ... Read more...
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Kanye West performs for Facebook employees & joins Twitter
July 29th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, July 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kanye West will be releasing a new album soon and he’s joined the social media craze by signing up for an account with the popular ... Read more...
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Hewlett-Packard says to cut 9,000 jobs over next year
June 1st, 2010 - 10:19 pm ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Tuesday said it will cut around 9,000 jobs over the next few years to reinvest for growth and increase shareholder value.HP said it ... Read more...
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Facebook announces redesign in privacy settings
May 27th, 2010 - 1:25 am ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – Facebook on Wednesday announced it will introduce simpler and more powerful controls for sharing personal information.User comments and concerns about privacy influenced Facebook’s decision to introduce ... Read more...
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Facebook and social gaming company Zynga agree to five-year deal
May 19th, 2010 - 12:49 am ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – Facebook and Zynga announced Tuesday that they have entered a long-term relationship to increase social gaming on Facebook.The five-year agreement provides a solid foundation for ... Read more...
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New way to accelerate bone healing
April 29th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 27 (ANI): A group of researchers has found a way to significantly speed up the healing of broken bones in mice.The feat which, if replicated in humans, could mean people ... Read more...
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Sun’s new close-up images could unlock many secrets
April 22nd, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) New close-up images of the sun sent by NASA's solar observatory satellite would help unlock the secrets of solar-storms, say scientists.
The new Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, which ... Read more...
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Osama bin Laden Facebook page draws many ‘fans’
April 19th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by admin
By Michael van Poppel
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (THAINDIAN NEWS) -- Facebook on Friday shut down a page supposedly created by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, ABC News and an Arabic language ... Read more...
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Facebook to open office in Hyderabad
March 15th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Facebook, popular social networking site, Monday said it will open an office at Hyderabad, its first in Asia.
The office in Hyderabad will support users, advertisers and ... Read more...
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Texas invests $1.4 million in new Facebook office in Austin
February 26th, 2010 - 1:13 am ICT by BNO News
AUSTIN, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) – Governor Rick Perry announced Thursday that the state will invest $1.4 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) for Facebook to create a sales and operations office ... Read more...
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Three Tesla Motors Execs in Palo Alto Plane Crash
February 18th, 2010 - 3:42 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
East Palo Alto, Feb 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Earlier today in east Palo Alto California, a small twin engine Cessna 310 airplane crashed. The plane was reportedly carrying two executives from ... Read more...
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