Technology News http://enews.earthlink.net/channel/news/tec Technology News Supplied by AP en-us (c) 2013 EarthLink Networks Inc. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:24:58 EDT Mon, 20 May 2013 04:11:47 EDT 5 Hits and misses in Facebook's history http://enews.earthlink.net/article/tec?guid=20130519/f9794924-0521-4f93-b5ed-b277c3ff84dd Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:24:58 EDT 20130519/f9794924-0521-4f93-b5ed-b277c3ff84dd By The Associated Press Associated Press A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus http://enews.earthlink.net/article/tec?guid=20130519/40f164e2-6904-41b0-8a2a-4df3376d3041 NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:21:32 EDT 20130519/40f164e2-6904-41b0-8a2a-4df3376d3041 By BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town http://enews.earthlink.net/article/tec?guid=20130518/af131e8a-56cf-4696-87c7-2001372bb671 FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Sat, 18 May 2013 14:11:09 EDT 20130518/af131e8a-56cf-4696-87c7-2001372bb671 By MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr http://enews.earthlink.net/article/tec?guid=20130517/536e905a-8044-4c26-a38e-4633077c8b97 NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications. Fri, 17 May 2013 22:33:01 EDT 20130517/536e905a-8044-4c26-a38e-4633077c8b97 Associated Press 'Sonic' video games coming to Nintendo http://enews.earthlink.net/article/tec?guid=20130517/38401c81-dcc0-4e9f-88ac-0da1b28140d7 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo. Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms. Fri, 17 May 2013 20:24:50 EDT 20130517/38401c81-dcc0-4e9f-88ac-0da1b28140d7 By DERRIK J. LANG Associated Press