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It's easy to forget how sky-high expectations were for the Facebook IPO. The day before the company went public, some investors reasonably assumed that by the close of the market, Facebook would be worth $140 billion since the average first-day pop for tech companies was 32%

Forbes also urged investors to "Buy Early And Buy As Much As You Can.

NASA may have retired the space shuttle, but that doesn't mean amateur explorers need to stay grounded, right?

The Kua Fu Initiative is a photo project raising funds through Kickstarter to send a payload capsule into the lower stratosphere to capture HD photos and videos.

When Marc Okrand graduated from Berkeley University with a degree in linguistics decades ago, he never guessed he'd become the mastermind behind a language with one of the biggest cult followings in the world.

Satellite TV provider DirecTV reportedly is considering buying streaming video service Hulu, which would strip away some or all ownership from Comcast Corporation, News Corporation and Walt Disney Company.

Sit back for a couple of minutes and take an exhilarating journey through Peru and Bolivia in this beautiful stop-motion video by Polish artist Piotr Wancerz of Timelapse Media.

At the beginning of this year, Facebook overtook Google Maps as the most-used mobile app in the U.

It's a common practice for job applicants to use social media to stand out to employers. We've seen the Vine resume, the Kickstarter one and enough infographics to make you cry.

Rapper Kanye West is always eager to grab attention in the most elaborate way possible. Now he's debuting a new song in the form of videos simultaneously displayed on the exterior walls of more than five dozen buildings — just in time for his May 18 performance gig on Saturday Night Live.

College grads and career-changers, be warned. When you search around for a job at your favorite startup (perhaps even on Mashable’s job board?), you’ll start seeing the buzziest of job descriptions: “Growth Hacker.

It has been another busy week as summer approaches, and everyone gets restless for the warm weather.

Your inability to land a job might be blamed on the economy, your chosen college major or just the fact that you're not a code-happy engineer

For many, it's less about finding a job and more about finding a good job.

Researchers from PlaceboEffect.com are raising funds through Indiegogo to create an app that administers a virtual placebo.

The human race has had a profound effect on the planet. Unfortunately, it hasn't always been positive.

This isn't exactly your textbook bit of damage control PR

UFC fighter Nate Diaz (above) was suspended by the mixed martial arts body on Thursday night for earlier in the week using a gay slur against another fighter.

Yahoo looks to be very seriously eyeing a Tumblr acquisition, according to a report from AllThingsD

The tech blog is reporting that the Yahoo board plans to meet Sunday to mull a $1.

Nintendo will collect revenue from fan-made YouTube videos that feature content from its games, according to a statement by the company.

Think your network is fast? Getting a gigagbyte-sized movie over your local wireless network to your hard drive in a few seconds is old hat.

We might need to call it "Banned With Friends." A week after debuting the new mobile client for anonymous friend banging, the iOS version of Bang With Friends (BWF) was removed from the App Store by Apple.

If you've tried every alarm clock app and gadget under the sun but waking up on time still proves difficult, a beside companion that dances and talks might do the trick.

In the news business, when you start seeing enough reports about something, it usually means that at least part of those reports are true.