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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Tumblr founder David Karp participates in the "Bloomberg Leadership Summit" seminar in New York. Karp, 26, who founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to Yahoo for $1.1 billion, doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp's mother told the AP that she let him leave school because she realized "he needed the time in the day in order to create."  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes/Invision for Advertising Week)

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we've got David Karp, who doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to ...

Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song usage

Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs. Eight Mile Style filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit on Monday alleging that a 30-second Facebook ad broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem's 2000 song "Under the Influence." ...

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Crews search through the night after tornado slams Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51 MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night early Tuesday lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous ...

FILE - In this May 18, 2012, file photo, provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Amid the hype and excitement surrounding Facebook's initial public offering, there were looming doubts. Potential investors wondered whether the social network could continue growing its advertising revenue without alienating users. One year later, much has changed at Facebook in a year, including the addition of mobile advertisements, the launch of a search feature and the unveiling of a branded smartphone. (AP Photo/Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla, File)

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our friendships, photos ...

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Damage control: Obama takes action on trio of controversies, but Republicans still unsatisfied WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to ...

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2013 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The expansion of H-1b visas is considered the first major victory for Zuckerberg’s new non-profit lobbying organization, FWD.us, which receives financial backing from such big tech names as Bill Gates of Microsoft, Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Napster pioneer Sean Parker. In announcing the group, pronounced “forward us,” Zuckerberg in April called for changes so that U.S. businesses could attract “the most talented and hardest-working people, no matter where they were born.” (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration

To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an ...

LinkedIn looks to build on its impressive resume

LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different. LinkedIn Corp. promotes its service as a stepping stone to a more enriching career. As it turns out, the professional networking company's ...

FILE - In this March 18, 2013 file photo the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., asks a question during the committees's hearing on immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. About the proposed bill Sessions says, “The supporters promoted the bill aggressively before anybody saw the language, and certain Republicans and conservative voices sort of held their fire, but that's beginning to change.” Sessions was a leading voice in the Senate against the bill in 2007 and is reprising that role this time around, making floor speeches, issuing press releases and holding briefing calls with reporters to argue that the bill would unlock a much larger volume of immigration into the U.S. than advertised, to the detriment of U.S. workers and jobs.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Study sets off immigration bill squabble

A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who attacked the ...

Computer coding efforts go viral _ outside school

Obi Abulu loves computers. "He learned to click a mouse before he learned to write," says Attracta Abulu, the Woodbury seventh-grader's mother. But when it came to learning more about how the software and technology inside his computers worked, Attracta Abulu discovered that Obi's options were limited. She signed the ...

Facebook: Breyer won't stand for board re-election

Facebook says that venture capitalist Jim Breyer won't seek re-election to its board of directors. Facebook Inc. said Friday that Breyer, partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Accel Partners, will stay on until the company's annual meeting on June 11. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook has eight other board members, including ...

Facebook CEO reaped $2.3B gain on stock options

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reaped a gain of nearly $2.3 billion last year when he exercised 60 million stock options just before the online social networking leader's initial public offering. The windfall detailed in regulatory documents filed Friday saddled Zuckerberg, 28, with a massive tax bill. He raised the money ...

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Your Facebook page is changing……again…

The new look will allow larger and more rich pictures and video as well as new ways to keep track of your friends pages. Founder Mark Zuckerberg has been tight lipped about the changes but the Los Angeles Times calls them the “biggest in the feature's nearly seven-year history.” The ...

Facebook encourages users to share organ donor status

It is now possible to sign up to be an organ donor through Facebook. The social networking site has links to official registries on its page. You can also add the fact that you’re an organ donor to your profile page. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he came up with ...

Mark Zuckerberg brings Facebook recruiting tour to Pittsburgh

Looking laid-back and unassuming in a gray T-shirt and jeans, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's first statements to the Pittsburgh media were as casual as his appearance. "First time in Pittsburgh, how's it going?" he said. I'm not sure what I expected to come out of mouth of the ...

Mark Zuckerberg Brings Facebook Recruiting Tour To Pittsburgh

Looking laid-back and unassuming in a gray T-shirt and jeans, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's first statements to the Pittsburgh media were as casual as his appearance."First time in Pittsburgh, how's it going?" he said.I'm not sure what I expected to come out of mouth of the 27-year-old billionaire ...

Facebook Founder To Visit Local University

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will pay a visit to a local university next week.Zuckerberg is expected to take a tour of Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday. School officials said he will meet with faculty and students.Zuckerberg will also make a speech to computer science and engineering students.The event is part ...

Facebook founder to visit local University

 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will pay a visit to a local university next week. Zuckerberg is expected to take a tour of Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday. School officials said he will meet with faculty and students. Zuckerberg will also make a speech to computer science and engineering students. The ...

Winklevoss twins crack jokes about Facebook lawsuit in new ad

The Winklevoss twins 'crack' a joke at their Facebook lawsuits in a new ad for pistachio nuts. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, both 30, poke fun at their real life struggles against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the new commercial for Wonderful Pistachios.  http://bcove.me/62yh6ymf

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