Google CEO Page Paid $1
Wikimedia Commons (Lee-Sean Huang)For all the work he did to help Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) become the third most valuable public company in the U.S. , CEO and founder Larry Page was paid $1…
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Newest first · Page 18Finally, Office for iPad a Fact
Consumers have been able to use Microsoft's key Office programs on the Mac, but CEO Satya Nadella's press briefing on Thursday said the new Office for iPad is available for download now.
King Signals Growing Caution in Big Name IPOs
King Digital Entertainment, the Ireland-based maker of the hugely popular Candy Crush Saga game for mobile devices, held its IPO Wednesday morning. In the first few minutes of trading shares fell as much as…
Will Reverse Merger Resurrect Kim Dotcom?
Courtesy Mega Ltd.Internet entrepreneur — and wanted man — Kim Dotcom has agreed to acquire a New Zealand shell company, TRS Investments, in a reverse merger with his latest company, Mega Ltd. The all-stock…
Pandora Crushed on News of iTunes for Android
Shares of Pandora Media continue their recent slide, getting crushed by more than 10% Monday morning. Apple is considering the launch of an iTunes Radio app for Android, and maybe an entirely new music…
Google Has Two-Thirds of Search Market
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) continues to keep its dominant share of the U.S. search market taking 67.5% last month. Try as they might, its competitors have not been able to make inroads into…
Borderfree IPO Follows Lead of Other Recent Techs: Higher
Borderfree offered 5 million shares in an initial public offering Friday morning. Shares priced at the top of their expected range. Shares were up more than 20% in morning trading.
Amber Road IPO Races Off the Line
Amber Road, a maker of cloud-based software for global trade management, held its initial public offering (IPO) Friday, selling 7.4 million shares at a price of $13 a piece. Shares were up 30% in…
LinkedIn Chief Is Highest Rated CEO
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner received the top grade in Glassdoor's new "Highest Rated CEOs 2014." The rating is based on employee answers to the question, "Do you approve of the way your CEO is…
IPO Payday at Paylocity
For its initial public offering Wednesday morning, Paylocity priced 7.05 million shares at $17, above the expected range of $14 to $16. Shares of the cloud-based software company traded as high as $31 before…
Microsoft Drops Price of Office 365 as Low as $6.99 a Month
Microsoft has offered a large tier of pricing in the hopes of driving adoption of its Windows Office 365 software. The latest is the most radical departure from old prices. But the profit margins…
Google Drive Drops Prices to $9.99 a Month
Google Drive has been considered overpriced, and thus not competitive, or at least not competitive on that single basis. So, Google has dropped the prices drastically. But has the decision has come too late?
Candy Crush Maker IPO Already Beating Zynga Valuation
ThinkstockWednesday, the makers of the popular smartphone game Candy Crush Saga filed for an initial public offering. Dublin-based King Digital Entertainment plans to offer more than 22 million shares, priced at $21 to $24…
New Starbucks App Allows Digital Tipping
Employees at Starbucks stores just got good news. The company's Apple App used to buy Starbucks products can now be used for tipping. Cash tips have been put into jars at the checkout until…
Google Gains Share in Apps Downloads, Still Trails Apple
courtesy of Google Inc.Apps downloads for the month of February show that the Google Play store from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) gained another point of market share in the two-company battle with the App…