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May 18, 2012, 4:15 PM

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David Garcia / TechCrunch:
How Facebook Hacked The NASDAQ Button  —  Editor's note: Some savvy Facebook engineers rigged the NASDAQ button to automatically post “Mark Zuckerberg has listed a company on NASDAQ - FB” to the CEO's Timeline as he rung the bell to open the NASDAQ's day of trading.
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
Video & Photos: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rings In The NASDAQ Bell  —  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg didn't travel to New York's Times Square for the company's big day.  He did it unconventionally like you'd expect a hacker would.  He opened the bell remotely …
Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney:
Bloomberg:
Facebook Sued For $15 Billion In Suit Over User Tracking  —  Facebook Inc. (FB), which is scheduled to begin trading today, was sued by users of its social network in an amended class-action case claiming the company invaded their privacy by tracking Internet usage and seeking $15 billion.
Miyoung Kim / Reuters:
Samsung gets 9 million preorders for new Galaxy phone: report  —  (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co has received some 9 million pre-orders for its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone from more than 100 global carriers, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Friday.
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
RIM, Motorola told Apple they could find a nano-SIM compromise: here it is  —  Eventually, the committee chairman decided to hold an informal vote by show of hands whether each of the two proposals adequately met the jamming requirement.  For the Apple design, seven voting members said it did not, 28 said it did.
Cotton Delo / AdAge:
Foursquare Hires Former iAd Exec as Revenue Chief  —  Steven Rosenblatt Is Longtime Mobile Exec From Quattro Wireless  —  A month after Ad Age learned that Foursquare will soon launch advertising products, the company has hired its first-ever monetization lead.
Wall Street Journal:
Groupon Stock Spike Probed  —  Wall Street Regulator Is Reviewing Jump Monday Before Firm's Earnings Release  —  A Wall Street regulator is examining trading in Groupon Inc. that sent its stock price soaring hours before a favorable earnings announcement Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Four Years of App Store: Developers Weigh In On Search, Discovery, and Curation  —  “The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days”.  That's how Apple co-founder and late CEO Steve Jobs saluted the launch of the company's new storefront for iOS …
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Reuters:
GM ad move followed failed Facebook pitch: sources  —  (Reuters) - Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on its IPO parade this week.  —  GM announced the decision to drop Facebook paid ads on Tuesday in what was the first highly visible crack in Facebook's strategy …
Total Telecom:
Kodak accuses Apple of trying to derail its patent sale  —  U.S. firm says Apple is biggest infringer of its digital camera patents, as well as being a potential acquirer of those same patents.  —  Eastman Kodak Co. is accusing Apple Inc. of trying to shake up a planned patent sale in a bid …
John Koetsier / VentureBeat:
PayPal handles 60% of web transactions, leaves Google in the dust  —  PayPal processes 60% of web transactions, Google is the fastest payment gateway, and some unlucky surfer had to wait over 92 seconds for his online purchase to complete.  —  Those are only a few of the findings …

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