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last updated: May 20 2012 8:38 PM
- Day after historic IPO, Facebook's Zuckerberg weds
pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/day-historic-ipo-facebooks-zuckerberg-weds-075716688--finance.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OaOsHwB7GDWE9Xkn3Ij9ag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bed712b42f29220e100f6a7067008ffc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday. The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than 100 guests, who all thought they were there to celebrate Chan's graduation. (AP Photo/Facebook, Allyson Magda Photography)" align="left" title="This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday. The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than 100 guests, who all thought they were there to celebrate Chan's graduation. (AP Photo/Facebook, Allyson Magda Photography)" border="0" //aFor Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week — from birthday, to IPO, to I DO./pbr clear="all"/
- Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for much of Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.
- The next digital image revolution?
pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/the-next-digital-image-revolution-.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aUPtlia.O9WAdq1bLEiMWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/digitaltrends.com/72rcpa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lytro unveils its digital camera" align="left" title="Lytro unveils its digital camera" border="0" //aDespite the explosive innovation around digital picture-taking, the end result has actually changed very little. A photo is still a photo. And a poorly focused photo is still as bad as ever. Ren Ng aims to fix that./pbr clear="all"/
- A 112-megapixel consumer camera concept needs your social love
Spectral Instruments may be a small company, but it has already designed several impressive cameras, including one called 1110 series that can capture the stars and the sun even in the middle of the day. The company's products have been designed … a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/technews/2012/05/18/a-112-megapixel-consumer-camera-concept-needs-your-social-love/"Continue reading span class="meta-nav"→/span/a
- What the Friday: Watch this man open a bottle of beer… with a chainsaw
It's Friday again — hooray! Time to make plans for the weekend over a few bottles of beer like the man in the video above. But while you probably use a bottle opener to get to your fizzy liquor, this man uses … a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/technews/2012/05/18/what-the-friday-watch-this-man-open-a-bottle-of-beer-with-a-chainsaw/"Continue reading span class="meta-nav"→/span/a
- Pakistan Blocks Twitter, Citing 'Blasphemy' [VIDEO]
Authorities in Pakistan blocked access to Twitter on Sunday, over mention of a contest held in 2010 asking people to draw images of the Prophet Muhammad, and a corresponding Facebook page attempting to make May 20 "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day."
- Google gets China OK for Motorola deal
pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-gets-china-ok-motorola-deal-171905876--finance.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DTGhf0dbP0SiVqFV5Wd5OQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0a3bda4c19341c0e100f6a7067001b69.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this May 11, 2011 file photo, attendees chat at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. The Chinese government approved the deal on Saturday, May 19, 2012, Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this May 11, 2011 file photo, attendees chat at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. The Chinese government approved the deal on Saturday, May 19, 2012, Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)" border="0" //aAuthorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week./pbr clear="all"/
- Reports: Nasdaq 'embarrassed' at Facebook delay
The CEO of the Nasdaq stock exchange says it is "humbly embarrassed" by its bungling of Facebook's hugely anticipated debut as a public company on Friday.
- Facebook stock finishes flat in debut
pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-stock-finishes-flat-debut-040520986--finance.html"img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PhDl9HvBOhzCe0HVjhhNaA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/934325d0fe50fe0d0f0f6a70670083e7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this image provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, applauds at the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, Friday, May 18, 2012, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The social media company priced its IPO on Thursday at $38 per share, and beginning Friday regular investors will have a chance to buy shares. (AP Photo/Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla)" align="left" title="In this image provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, applauds at the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, Friday, May 18, 2012, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The social media company priced its IPO on Thursday at $38 per share, and beginning Friday regular investors will have a chance to buy shares. (AP Photo/Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla)" border="0" //aIn the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial public offering./pbr clear="all"/
- Sudden wealth part of Silicon Valley's everyday
pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/sudden-wealth-part-silicon-valleys-everyday-221226004--finance.html"img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7560AHLTdoODhejZJyF5hg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/11e6a38dff23020d100f6a70670047e9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Facebook employee David Fisch laughs outside of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Friday, May 18, 2012. Facebook's stock is trading up Friday, as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" align="left" title="Facebook employee David Fisch laughs outside of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Friday, May 18, 2012. Facebook's stock is trading up Friday, as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" //aIn Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt./pbr clear="all"/
- WatchESPN lets you...watch ESPN on your iPhone
WatchESPN is quite possibly the final frontier in ESPN being everywhere you need it to be. Already on your TV, Internet, radio, fantasy sports leagues and quite possibly your breakfast cereal, there wasn’t much ground left for the network to cover. But with WatchESPN, now you can get the full ESPN broadcast experience directly on your iPhone, provided you have a subscription to a cable TV package that carries ESPN.
- Pakistan restores Twitter after block over Prophet cartoons
pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-mohammed-cartoons-001755103.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jF2rCM1NNTudleiji4fQMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1337550375093-8-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Pakistani resident uses a computer to try to enter social networking website Twitter" align="left" title="A Pakistani resident uses a computer to try to enter social networking website Twitter" border="0" //aPakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over "blasphemous" posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed./pbr clear="all"/
- Reports: Nasdaq 'embarrassed' at Facebook delay
The CEO of the Nasdaq stock exchange says it is "humbly embarrassed" by its bungling of Facebook's hugely anticipated debut as a public company on Friday.
- Apple, Samsung CEOs set for court talks
pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/apple-samsung-ceos-head-court-ordered-play-date-140007520--sector.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eHFhSgGHmD8P0S2IULyo_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-20T181827Z_1_CBRE84J1EUT00_RTROPTP_2_SAMSUNG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match Insight SAMSUNG/" align="left" title="To match Insight SAMSUNG/" border="0" //aSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Choi Gee-sung, whose companies are embroiled in bitter patent litigation, have been instructed by a federal judge to appear for court-supervised mediation. A joint court filing in April said that "as directed by the Court, Apple and Samsung are both willing to participate" in the discussions. .../pbr clear="all"/
- Reports: Yahoo nears deal to sell stake in Alibaba
Yahoo Inc. may finally be nearing a deal to sell half of its prized stake in the major Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba.
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