Facebook narrowly avoids dip below starting price in mixed first day of IPO
Social network giant ends day at $38.23 (£24), up just 0.61% from its starting price after share sale got off to a messy start
Facebook IPO: social network makes stock market debut – Friday 18 May
• Facebook breaks even in first day of trading• IPO smashes record for trading volume with 565m shares• Underwriters step in to shore up $38 offer price• Launch delayed amid confusion at Nasdaq• Follow our Facebook shareholder wealth tracker here
Facebook IPO reaps huge rewards for founders as buyers watch and wait
Early trading delays subsided to sell 82m shares of Facebook stock in 30 seconds before subsiding close to the offer price
Facebook preaches accountability – but doesn’t practise it
Mark Zuckerberg's control of Facebook shares means there could be tension over strategy in the future
Facebook shares open at $42 as it begins trading on Nasdaq
Mark Zuckerberg instantly catapulted into the top tier of the super-rich in most anticipated IPO since Google's in 2004
Facebook’s IPO and the new tech bubble
Michael Wolff: There's no doubt the Facebook IPO is symptomatic of a new tech bubble. The only question is when will it burst
Hewlett-Packard to axe up to 30,000 jobs
Computer and software company expected to cut 8% of workforce as consumers ditch bulky PCs in favour of tablets
Facebook share price set at $38
Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPO
SpaceX prepares to launch first commercial flight to space station
In a major step towards space privatisation, SpaceX will send a Dragon capsule with supplies for the International Space Station
Facebook IPO: analysts warn investors away as more shares hit the market
As early investors decide to cash out, some consultants warn first-day bubble will burst once the cultural spectacle wears off
Five reasons not to buy Facebook shares
The sale will likely generate billions, but hidden just beneath the buzz are signs that not all is well for Silicon Valley's star
Brain implant allows paralysed woman to control a robot with her thoughts
The BrainGate implant can decode a patient's brain signals and instruct a robotic arm to reach and grasp objects
General Motors gives Facebook the boot ahead of $100bn share sale
Withdrawal of one of the world's biggest advertisers days before stock market sale seen as an embarrassment by analysts
Facebook: a tale of two media models
Michael Wolff: The irony of the Facebook epoch is that old media covets its IPO billions, while new social media envies the old's content
Unfriending the US: Facebook co-founder stands to save millions
In renouncing his citizenship last year, Eduardo Saverin will get out of paying $39m in taxes according to one estimate
Former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson diagnosed with thyroid cancer – reports
Thompson, who quit amid allegations that he had lied on his CV, reportedly said his illness contributed to his decision to resign
Obama’s team of tech gurus to unleash ‘Holy Grail’ of digital campaigning
Dashboard, the Democrats' sophisticated new tool, melds data collection with a social aspect to unify volunteers nationwide
The problem with nerd politics
Cory Doctorow: If we don't operate within the realm of traditional power and politics, then we will lose
Next question after Scott Thompson’s departure: what is Yahoo actually for?
Since the advent of Google, and then Twitter and Facebook, the company hasn't had a unique selling point
Yahoo chief Scott Thompson quits amid claims of fake qualification
Internet giant replaces CEO with former News Corp executive after less than six months in job. By Dominic Rushe
Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson reportedly set to quit over fake resume
Tech company is expected to announce that he will leave 'for personal reasons' a week after it was revealed he lied on CV
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: I don’t have broadband at home
Computing guru stuns business forum in Australia by admitting he doesn't have high-speed internet at his California home
Eduardo Saverin renounces US citizenship ahead of Facebook IPO
Facebook co-founder who owns 4% of company to become legal resident of Singapore – dodging a major US tax bill
Joint strike fighter stalled by technical problems
Each F35-B aircraft could cost more than £57m as cost overruns and design delays stall production
Google’s self-driving car gets green light in Nevada
US state grants permit to autonomous 'car of the future' and California prepares to follow suit. By Charles Arthur
Texas hospital live-tweets brain surgery
Houston hospital pioneered live-tweeting last month during an open heart surgery, will answer questions and tweet pictures
Twitter sides with Occupy protester in NY court battle over tweet history
Prosecutor is trying to subpoena three months of tweets, but service argues content belongs to users, not the company
Yahoo chief comes under pressure over academic qualifications claim
Scott Thompson under increasing pressure for falsely claiming on his CV to have a computer science degree
Microsoft to go carbon neutral
Tech giant commits to making data centres, air travel and offices meet target by July, and to introducing internal carbon market
Yahoo chief comes under pressure over academic qualifications claim
Scott Thompson under increasing pressure for falsely claiming on his CV to have a computer science degree
Oracle-Google trial: both sides win, or lose, in the first round
Jury deadlocked on whether use of Java to build Android mobile operating system amounted to 'fair use'. By Charles Arthur
Android and iPhone users fuel fervour for Pebble, a wristwatch that runs apps
Orders from individuals prepared to take a chance allows Silicon Valley startup to begin production of device with e-paper screen
Embattled Yahoo CEO could be ousted by board as early as today
Problems for internet giant worsen as top shareholder files to open the books on Yahoo and CEO Scott Thompson
Kurt Cobain, before the age of the digital zombies
Jonathan Jones: Framing the debate: As Courtney Love cedes all rights to Cobain's image, where it will be used in an age of CGI and holograms is anyone's guess