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1:29 PM EST
2/7/2012 Google doodle celebrates Charles Dickens' 200th birthdayGoogle celebrated what would have been Charles Dickens' 200th birthday Tuesday with a Victorian doodle.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Literature, Fiction, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Online, Human Interest, Good

9:17 AM EST
2/2/2012 Facebook files $5 billion IPOThe highly anticipated IPO from Facebook has gotten closer. The social network giant filed to go public late Wednesday in a bid to raise $5 billion. The proposed deal gives Facebook a valuation of roughly $100 billion, giving it at a size just below that of fast-food king McDonald's.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Financing And Stock Offering, Media, Online

10:02 AM EST
1/30/2012 Facebook IPO filing expected WednesdayFacebook Inc. is expected to file papers for its initial public offering as early as Wednesday in what is likely to be one of the biggest debuts for a United States company. The deal could raise as much as $10 million, and values the social network between $75 billion and $100 billion.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Financing And Stock Offering, Media, Online

7:38 AM EST
1/17/2012 Google, Facebook face criminal charges in IndiaGoogle and Facebook on Monday rejected criminal charges against them, claiming that they cannot be held responsible for obscene content posted on their platforms by billions of users.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Trials, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Online, Company Information, Litigation And Regulation

2:47 PM EST
1/12/2012 ICANN opens up the Internet to fit any .brandThe Internet is about to get a whole lot more personal, as the organization that controls domains opens up a bidding war for branded websites. ICANN, which regulates top-level domain names, will allow for personalized .brand addresses, starting at $185,000.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Online, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences, Human Interest, Good

4:25 PM EST
11/22/2011 eBay buys Hunch to add custom recommendations for shopperseBay, the largest internet marketplace, has purchased closely-held Hunch.com to add technology that recommends products and services to shoppers.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Merger, Acquisition And Takeover, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences, Media, Online

3:38 PM EST
11/10/2011 Amazon ups the ante by ordering more 'Kindle Fire' unitsAmazon, the online book retailer that now sells a little of everything, is doubling down on its upcoming tablet device, ordering more than five million units of its 'Kindle Fire.'

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Book, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Online

3:15 PM EDT
10/25/2011 Most tablet users won't pay for newsA new study reveals that tablet users are consuming more news, but they won't pay for it.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Mass Media, News Media, Science And Technology, Technology, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Online

8:30 AM EDT
10/25/2011 Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers in Q3 due to aborted service splitNetflix officers told investors on Monday that the company lost 800,000 subscribers in the third quarter because of its botched services split plan on top of a price increase in the summer.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Online, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Company Information, Quarterly Or Semiannual Financial Statement

7:06 AM EDT
10/11/2011 Netflix abandons planned breakup of services; 60% price increase remainsOnline movie firm Netflix abandoned on Monday its plan to breakup its services after the company was deluged with complaints from angry subscribers.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Online, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet