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Mark Cuban Reveals Lost Broadcast.com Patents That Could've Shaped Tech's Future — Still Willing To Buy It Back, 'If Anyone There Cares'
Monday, May 12, 2025 - 3:28am | 730Over the weekend, billionaire investor Mark Cuban shared a list of unfiled patent ideas from Broadcast.com's early days, indicating they could have changed the course of internet history. What Happened: Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Cuban shared "Potential Broadcast.com Patent Applications," dated...
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Palantir's Peter Thiel Highlights Impact Of Founders, Citing Mark Zuckerberg's Example Of Not Selling Facebook To Yahoo For $1B: 'If You Had A Professional CEO…'
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 7:14am | 893Last week, at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) co-founder Peter Thiel underscored the pivotal role founders play in the success of their companies while giving the example of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg. What Happened: Thiel’...
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Mark Zuckerberg Didn't Sell Facebook For $1B But Would He Have Sold For $5T? This Was Meta CEO's Thought Process
Monday, April 22, 2024 - 3:37am | 587In 2006 reports surfaced that after Mark Zuckerberg countered Viacom's $750 million offer for Facebook and got rebuffed, Yahoo came up with a $900 million offer. However, the deal never went through and Facebook, now rebranded as Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) currently has a market cap of $1.22...
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How Being A 'Lousy Employee' Fueled Mark Cuban's Success: "I Was A Know-It-All"
Saturday, December 2, 2023 - 1:27pm | 706The entrepreneurial journey of Mark Cuban, the celebrated billionaire investor who is set to sell a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks, is a tale of resilience and self-discovery. What Happened: In a candid interview with Wired last month, Cuban shared insights into his early...
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Yahoo's Former CEO Offers Wise Advice: 'Fail. Fast Forward' In Cannabis AND Technology
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 2:05pm | 555Carol Bartz is not your conventional tech luminary. Best known as the former CEO of Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Yahoo - now owned by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). Bartz's dynamic journey from the spheres of computer science to her recent affinity with the cannabis world is...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Was Reportedly Worried About The Search Engine And Apple's Deal Having Bad 'Optics'
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 10:10pm | 806Emails from Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai, predating his appointment as the company’s chief executive officer, have unveiled his concerns about the bad ‘optics’ of Google’s deal with Apple Inc. (...
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Yahoo Eyes Potential IPO Six Years After Delisting — CEO Jim Lanzone Says 'Ready Financially'
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 - 2:03am | 455Dotcom sensation Yahoo, which was yanked off the public market in 2017 following its acquisition by Verizon, is reportedly contemplating a relisting. What Happened: Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone said he aims to take the company to an initial public offering again as the internet services company eyes a...
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Benzinga Names Wagr A 'Challenger' Award Recipient At Inaugural BZ Titans Sports Betting Event
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 2:39pm | 195A leading fantasy sports and sports betting company has been honored with the "Challenger" award from Benzinga at the first-ever BZ Titans Sports Betting conference. What's A Challenger? The Challenger Award is reserved for innovators and upstarts disrupting the industry of sports betting. A jury...
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Boobs And Bud: Is It Time To Go Back To Tumblr? Weed Friendly Social Network Allows Nudity Again
Saturday, December 10, 2022 - 5:39pm | 1166By Marian Venini Via El Planteo Without a doubt, the world of social networks is increasingly revolutionized. While some increase their restrictions (Instagram, we are looking at you), others abandon them almost completely, as is the controversial case of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR). However,...
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Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Prints Mean Tweets And Screenshots: How He Uses Them As Motivation
Monday, December 5, 2022 - 5:59pm | 650Using haters as motivation could be one of the reasons that entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian has been so successful. The Reddit co-founder recently shared how he used haters to push him in his business career. What Happened: Ohanian was the featured guest on an episode of “The F***ing Metaverse,...
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Rep. Perlmutter Optimistic On Cannabis SAFE Banking Act, Warns Time Is Of The Essence
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - 3:01pm | 678Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), believes that Congress will pass the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, citing signs that the Senate could finally move during the lame-duck session. Though he admits he’s been disappointed before. On Tuesday, the House sponsor of the cannabis...
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Yahoo Explores Retail Stock Trading, Sports Betting On Heels Of Taboola Deal
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 1:38pm | 385Yahoo, a portfolio company of private equity giant Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO), has a retail trading business in the works. Yahoo's new commerce and transaction business is expected to bolster its other core businesses — Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Mail, according to...
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TiFiPay's 'Digital Mailbox For Finances' Removes Obstacles To Bill Pay, Saves Money
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - 9:35am | 763About 74% of U.S. adults need help in organizing their bills to ensure timely payment. “Technology isn’t really making things easier,” TiFiPay president and CEO Christine Loredo told Benzinga on the results of its banking survey of 520 U.S. adults aged 18 and over. “The...
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Another Company Considers Twitter Bid: Here's What Investors Should Know
Monday, April 18, 2022 - 5:38pm | 483Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) ticked higher Monday afternoon on news that buyout firm Apollo Global could be the latest to put in an offer for the social media platform. What Happened: After Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk put in a buyout offer of $54.20 per share for Twitter, many...
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5 Things You Might Not Know About New Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone
Monday, September 13, 2021 - 10:41am | 835Jim Lanzone was named the new CEO of Yahoo on Sept. 10. Lanzone leaves Tinder, a dating company owned by Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), to take on the leadership role at Yahoo, which was recently acquired by Apollo Global Management Inc (NYSE: APO). The following are five things you may not know about...