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5 Change.org Petitions That Worked | Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:04 PM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| If you think the little guy can't make a difference, you may want to think again. The past year proved numerous times that regular people can bring about major changes, just by gathering signatures. Change.org, the world's largest petition platform, says its users started 300,000 petitions in 2012, and several of those have led to significant changes within organizations.
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How the Internet IPOs of 2012 Fared | Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:49 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| This was a mixed year for tech IPOs, but overall, the Internet companies who went public in 2012 fared better than those who did in 2011. Some 59% of the Internet companies who went public this year were trading above their IPO price as of midday Wednesday and 47% were trading above the price of their first actual trade, according to data compiled for Mashable by Kevin Pleines, an analyst with Birinyi Associates.
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The Year in Finance, in Twitter Hashtags | Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:13 PM | Quartz |
| In 2012, journalists and investors took to Twitter to express their feelings and frustrations about the financial world. We wracked our brains to pick out some of the best, most hilarious hashtags of the year. #FedValentines It began with a silly tweet, and it turned into a meme. University of Michigan professor and economist Justin Wolfers started the hashtag #FedValentines on Feb.
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Christmas Day App Downloads Hit 328 Million, Setting New Record | Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:57 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Christmas Day is typically the biggest day of the year for new device activations and this year was no exception, according to researcher Flurry Analytics. Consumers activated 17.4 million devices on Christmas Day this year, shattering last year's record of 6.8 million device activations.
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9 Ways Your Startup Can Use Social Media Lists | Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:54 AM | Scott Gerber |
| Social media lists can be valuable tools for businesses. Here are tips to leverage the various networks in different ways, depending on your your needs.
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Apple Paid CEO Tim Cook 'Just' $4.17 Million in 2012 | Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:05 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Tim Cook may run the most valuable company in the world, but you wouldn't know it from his pay this year. The Apple CEO made just $4.17 million in 2012, according to a new SEC filing from Apple. That is certainly a salary many workers would be happy to have, but it represents a 99% decline from the $376 million Cook was paid last year.
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Facebook Files for Trademark for 'Poke' | Thursday, December 27, 2012 9:33 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Facebook has filed for trademarks for Poke, the Snapchat-like app it released on Friday. The company filed its application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Dec. 21, the day before the app went live. The Next Web reports that the company filed for two other trademarks as well, including for "Facebook Poke" and the logo for the iPhone app. Poke, of course, has been a Facebook feature since the early days of the service.
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