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Facebook to Set Final IPO Price Later Today (CNN Money)
Facebook’s long road to an initial public offering is coming to an end. Late Thursday, it will fill in one last piece of the puzzle: Its final IPO price. Mashable On Wednesday, Facebook announced that an extra 84 million shares will be added to its stock pool for sale. The extra shares will come entirely from insiders and early investors, according to the AP. Reuters But investors who want Facebook shares when the No. 1 online social network goes public later this week may have lost the opportunity. TD Ameritrade and Fidelity’s brokerage arm both stopped accepting orders of Facebook shares as of Tuesday evening, according to representatives for each of the companies. CNET Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who is simultaneously becoming one of the richer and more reviled people around, wants to set the record straight. Saverin, who is now a citizen of Singapore after renouncing his U.S. citizenship, said his decision has nothing to do with taxes. Forbes All eyes are on Facebook this week in the lead-up to the social network’s initial public offering, but Google did all it could to steal back a little bit of glory on Wednesday. One of the biggest pieces of news was the search company’s addition of “Knowledge Graph” to its core product, a way to find answers without ever clicking a link and leaving the search results page. Read more

Elevator Pitch: Storyville Wants to Do for Short Stories What iTunes Did for Music

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler meets with Storyville co-founder Paul Vidich. Storyville is a mobile app for short stories that connects readers and authors. A former music executive, Vidich helped Steve Jobs bring music singles to iTunes. He hopes Storyville will do for the short story what iTunes did for the single.

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Nobody Knows Exactly What to Call the “New iPad” — Would Steve Jobs Have Left it Nameless?

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The world of news is ablaze with stories of people lining up at Apple stores around the world and getting their hands on the “new iPad”.  But isn’t it strange that nobody knows exactly what to call it?  ”New iPad”, “iPad HD”, “iPad 3″… the terms are being used interchangeably by everyone who’s up to buy the device.  NowI’m sure Tim Cook had his reasons not to call it the iPad 3, but at least give it some moniker akin to the iPhone 4S.  It’s a minor naming issue and doesn’t detract from the quality of the device or the raving international success (see video below) that Apple has garnered since it’s announcement (the stock hit $600 for a moment yesterday, up from $500 just a week ago), but it may be the first crack in the new Jobs-less Apple.

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Infographic Takes A Look Back At The Life And Times Of Steve Jobs

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Infographic World has released a new infographic, ‘Farewell To A Genius’, that looks back on Steve Jobs life, starting with his birth in 1955 and touching on all of the major events in his life, including work, family life, quotes and more, all the way up to his death on October 5, 2011.

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Word Cloud: How Social Media Remembered Steve Jobs

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Last week the world was shaken by the news that Steve Jobs had died and the first place that many people turned to express their sorrows and celebrate Jobs’ life was social media. Social media monitoring tool Meltwater Buzz put together a word cloud identifying the top themes and words that people used to remember Steve Jobs on social networks.

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7 Inspirational Videos To Remember Steve Jobs By

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Steve Jobs once said, “I want to put a ding in the Universe,” and boy, did he ever! The Apple co-founder led a life of inspiration and innovation and his legacy lives on, inspiring us all. To remember Steve Jobs and celebrate his life, we’ve put together a collection of seven inspirational videos, in which Jobs shares advice, his life story, and Apple’s innovative technology.

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New Media Index: Steve Jobs’ Resignation from Apple Was the Talk of Twitter

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The announcement that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO of Apple was, by far, the subject of the most news links shared via Twitter during the week of Aug. 22-26, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index.

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Watch: Steve Jobs For President!

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In recent weeks we’ve had quite a lot to worry about, from the declining economy to earthquakes and hurricanes and, to top it all off, Steve Jobs resigned! Erik Qualman of Socialnomics adds a little bit of comic relief to the mix with a funny Xtranormal video he uploaded to YouTube following the news of Jobs’ resignation—Steve Jobs For President!

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