Teenagers Like Twitter More Than Facebook (FB)

For the young generation, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) isn’t cool thing anymore. Indeed! According to a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center, teens are showing “waning enthusiasm” for the social networking site, reported All Things Digital, a technology blog on Tuesday.

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Major Movers on May 2; YELP, V, FB, BEAM, CI

Shares of Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) catapulted 25% by afternoon trade after the online business and restaurant reviewer posted better-than-expected revenue for the fiscal first quarter, late last evening. The Company also provided optimistic guidance for the full-year fiscal. Loss per share however was slightly higher than Wall Street’s estimate.

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Electronic Arts to Shutter Three Games on Facebook (EA, FB, ZNGA)

Game developing Company, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) said that it will shut down three social online games on Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) as the company just like any other game creator is witnessing dwindling users/gamers base on the social networking giant’s platform.

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Facebook Partners With Data Companies to Track Customer’s Buying Profile (FB)

Social networking giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has launched its much anticipated and possibly a very profitable way to flash only highly targeted advertisements to its users. Typically, what  consumers have shopped in the past, either online or through brick and motors stores,  provides fairly good idea on his/her likings and more importantly tells what they are most likely  to buy in the future.

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Market is Abuzz with Speculation on Facebook’s Phone (FB)

Speculation is rife that social networking giant, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will soon launch its own version of Android phone, a device which is expected to directly provide access to Facebook. In other words, there will no need to download Facebook app.

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More Than 250 Million People Play Games on Facebook Site Every Month: Facebook (FB)

Social networking giant, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), which boasts to have 1 billion subscribers, said through an email statement that number of people playing games on its services  have jumped 24% in last twelve months, adding that desktop game users are now more than 250 million, up from 235 million in October. Facebook said it shelled out $2 billion to developers in 2012.

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Regulators Approve NASDAQ OMX’s Compensation Plan over Facebook’s Botched IPO (FB)

U.S. regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, (SEC) on Monday agreed to NASDAQ OMX Group’s $62 million compensation plan meant for brokerage firms that lost money during Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) botched IPO at the NASDAQ stock exchange on May 18, last year.

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Major Movers on March 25; VECO, APOL, KWK, BBRY, JASO, IDIX, RHT, FB, VHS

Shares of Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ:VECO) rallied on Monday after analysts at Canaccord Genuity boosted their rating on the stock to “buy” from “sell”, citing that LED market has bottomed out and stock offers attractive valuation.

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