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| Apr.26 |
Facebook |
What scandal? Facebook’s profits soar |
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| Apr.11 |
Facebook |
Facebook's Zuckerberg says his data was harvested
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| Nov.21 |
Uber |
Uber hid massive data breach for over a year |
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| Nov.2 |
Twitter |
Twitter employee 'deactivated' Trump account on last day |
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| Oct.31 |
Facebook |
Facebook, Google, Twitter field questions, frustrations in Senate |
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| Oct.3 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo says all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked
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| Jun.27 |
Facebook |
Number of users on Facebook hits 2 billion |
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| Jun.26 |
Oakland |
Tim Westergren plans to step down as Pandora CEO |
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| Feb.21 |
Yahoo |
Verizon to buy Yahoo at reduced price Following two massive data breaches at Yahoo, Verizon is now going to pay $4.48 billion instead of $4.8 billion
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| Jan.24 |
Cisco |
No IPO for AppDynamics as Cisco buys it for $3.7 billion |
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| Dec.14 |
Yahoo |
Over 1 billion Yahoo accounts had data stolen in 2013 breach The information from more than 1 billion customer accounts was stolen by an unauthorized third party in August 2013
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| Oct.27 |
Twitter |
Twitter cuts 9 percent of staff, seeks profit in 2017 |
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| Sep.23 |
Twitter |
Twitter stock soars with talk of Google, Salesforce bids |
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| Sep.22 |
Yahoo |
Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users 
Yahoo says hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in...
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| Jul.24 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Verizon set to announce $4.8 billion deal| An agreement to sell core Internet business like Yahoo News, Flickr and Tumblr would mark the conclusion of a tough four years for CEO Mayer | |
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| Jun.13 |
LinkedIn |
Microsoft to pay $26.2 billion for LinkedIn’s contacts
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| May.18 |
Facebook |
Facebook's CEO meets with conservatives on reported bias |
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| Mar.12 |
Google |
Google's AlphaGo beats Go master Lee Se-dol
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| Feb.16 |
Apple |
Apple must help US hack San Bernardino killer's phone| A U.S. magistrate has ordered Apple to help the Obama administration hack into an iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in San Bernardino | |
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| Feb.5 |
LinkedIn |
LinkedIn shares plunge almost 44 percent |
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| Feb.2 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo to cut its workforce by 15% |
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| Jan.8 |
San Jose |
Feds unveils measures to counter IS propaganda |
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| Dec.1 |
Facebook |
Zuckerberg welcomes baby, to give up 99% of shares
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
Square bursts out of the gate in first day as public company |
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| Jul.17 |
Google |
Google shareholders revel in record 1-day windfall of $65.1B |
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| Jun.11 |
Twitter |
Dick Costolo steps down as Twitter CEO, Dorsey in as interim
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| Apr.8 |
San Francisco |
Zynga CEO Don Mattrick leaves, founder Mark Pincus returns
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| Sep.30 |
eBay |
EBay, PayPal to become separate companies Icahn was right: eBay said it will spin off its PayPal electronic-payments division into a separate public company
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| Sep.18 |
Oracle |
Larry Ellison is stepping down as Oracle CEO | Ellison, 70, is a college dropout who founded Oracle in 1977 and has grown it to a market value of $182 billion. He will remain its executive chairman and chief technology officer. Ell... | |
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| May.21 |
eBay |
eBay makes users change passwords |
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| May.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo buys self-destructing mobile messaging app Blink |
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Google |
Google loses privacy ruling in European court |
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| Apr.3 |
Mountain View |
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich resigns
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| Feb.19 |
Mountain View |
Facebook buys WhatsApp in $19 billion deal | Facebook is paying a whopping $19 billion in cash and stock to buy mobile messaging company, including $4 billion in cash and $12 billion in FB stock. WhatsApp’s founders and employees will also receive $3 billion in restricted stoc... | |
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| Jan.27 |
San Francisco |
Uber sued for wrongful death of 6-year-old girl
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| Dec.20 |
Facebook |
Zuckerberg donating $1 billion in Facebook shares to Silicon Valley foundation
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| Nov.7 |
Twitter |
Twitter shares jump on market debut | Shares in the micro-blogging site Twitter opened at $45.10 each in the first minutes of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). That is a 73% jump from the initial asking price of $26 a share... | |
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| Oct.30 |
Facebook |
Facebook revenue surges 60%
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| Oct.24 |
Twitter |
Twitter plans to raise $1.4bn in IPO |
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| Oct.18 |
Google |
Google shares hit $1,000 after strong earnings |
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| Oct.3 |
Twitter |
Twitter plans to raise $1bn in IPO |
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| Sep.17 |
Redwood City |
EA stays in-house with new CEO |
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| Sep.12 |
Twitter |
Twitter plans stock market listing
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| Jul.1 |
San Francisco |
Zynga CEO steps down, Microsoft exec to take post
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| Jun.17 |
Apple |
Apple discloses US data requests |
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| May.19 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn' |
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| Mar.18 |
Redwood City |
Electronic Arts CEO steps down |
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| Feb.25 |
Yahoo |
CEO Marissa Mayer's ban on telecommuting sparks a firestorm The decision to order telecommuting employees back to the office has sparked a passionate debate
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| Oct.18 |
Google |
Error sees Google stock suspended |
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| Oct.4 |
Facebook |
Facebook passes one billion users |
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| Aug.16 |
Facebook |
Facebook hits new low as IPO lock-up ends |
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| Jul.26 |
Facebook |
Facebook stock tumbles despite solid earnings report |
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| Jul.16 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo names Google exec as new boss Technology firm Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as its next chief executive
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| May.18 |
Facebook |
Facebook in stock debut rollercoaster Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38
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| May.17 |
Facebook |
Facebook shares valued at $100bn |
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| May.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post
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| Apr.4 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo to cut 14% of its workforce |
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| Mar.2 |
San Francisco |
Yelp shares surge in market debut |
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| Feb.1 |
Facebook |
Facebook confirms plans to go public
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| Jan.17 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo founder Jerry Yang resigns |
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| Jan.4 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo names PayPal exec as CEO
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| Dec.16 |
San Francisco |
Zynga rakes in $1 billion in IPO, stock fall |
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| Oct.24 |
Netflix |
Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers |
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| Sep.6 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo fires CEO Bartz Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired by the internet company after two-and-a-half years in the top job
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| Jun.6 |
SF Downtown |
Apple boss unveils iCloud service |
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| May.19 |
LinkedIn |
LinkedIn soars 90% in debut LinkedIn's stock more than doubled in its market debut because of investor demand for the first major social networking company to go public
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| Feb.8 |
Menlo Park |
Facebook moving from Palo Alto |
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| Jan.20 |
Google |
Schmidt to step down as Google CEO Eric Schmidt will step down from his role as CEO in April and be replaced by co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt will stay on as executive chairman
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| Dec.3 |
Google |
Groupon says no to Google sale |
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| Nov.23 |
Oracle |
SAP hit with $1.3B verdict in Oracle trial |
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| Nov.16 |
Apple |
iTunes will sell music from Beatles |
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| Oct.4 |
Twitter |
Twitter co-founder steps down as CEO |
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| Sep.6 |
Oracle |
Oracle Names Ex-HP CEO Co-President |
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| Sep.4 |
San Francisco |
Craigslist drops adult services listings
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| Aug.19 |
Intel |
Intel To Buy McAfee In $7.68 Billion Deal
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| Apr.21 |
San Francisco |
Visa paying $2B for CyberSource |
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| Mar.22 |
Google |
Google stops censoring search in China Google has stopped censoring its search results in China, ignoring warnings by the country's authorities
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| Feb.25 |
Google |
Italian court convicts execs over video |
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| Sep.16 |
Google |
Digital Books To Reincarnate As Paperback |
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| Aug.6 |
Twitter |
Twitter site reopens after attack |
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| Jul.29 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal
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| Jul.7 |
Google |
New Oper. System To Take On Microsoft |
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| Jun.24 |
LinkedIn |
LinkedIn hires new CEO |
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| May.12 |
Oakland |
Ask.com CEO leaving, Garell to take over |
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| Apr.20 |
Oracle |
Oracle To Buy Sun For $7.4B Oracle Corp. is pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM abandoned an earlier bid to buy computer server and software maker
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| Jan.13 |
Yahoo |
Carol Bartz to head Yahoo Yahoo Inc. has named former Autodesk CEO as its new chief executive, ending a 2-month high-profile search for the struggling Internet giant
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| Nov.17 |
Yahoo |
Jerry Yang Out As CEO
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| Oct.6 |
eBay |
eBay to cut 1,600 jobs |
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| Sep.1 |
Google |
Google Readies Web Browser |
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| Jul.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer
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| Jun.12 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal |
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go |
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| May.15 |
Yahoo |
Icahn Picks 10 Directors |
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| May.3 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo |
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover |
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| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Goog...
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion |
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| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
House committee chair lambasts Yahoo |
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| Aug.29 |
SF City Hall |
EarthLink Kills City Wi-Fi Deal |
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| Apr.13 |
Google |
Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B
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| Oct.24 |
South of Market |
Oracle OpenWorld Convention Invades SF |
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| Oct.9 |
YouTube |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
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| Jan.24 |
Google |
Google censors itself for China |
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Emeryville |
Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
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| Jan.19 |
Google |
Feds Seek Records in Porn Probe |
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| Nov.17 |
Google |
Shares Hit $400 Milestone |
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| Oct.20 |
Google |
Spectacular 3Q numbers; stock surges |
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| Sep.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Purchase Siebel in $5.85B Deal |
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| Jan.14 |
Pleasanton |
Oracle to fire 5,000 |
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| Dec.13 |
Oracle |
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
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| Oct.1 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway |
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| Aug.19 |
Google |
Google goes public, shares surge 18% Shares finished the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares having changed hands
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| Aug.4 |
Google |
Possible securities violations disclosed |
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| Apr.29 |
Google |
Google files long-awaited IPO plans
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| Jan.29 |
Emeryville |
Pixar dumps Disney |
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| Jun.6 |
Oracle |
Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft
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| Apr.28 |
Apple |
Apple launches online music service |
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| Jun.3 |
Napster |
Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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| Jun.3 |
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