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Tweet Staying at a tech startup for more than four years — the default stock option vesting schedule — is a rare thing, but it seems notable that at 6-year-old Facebook, many early and influential employees have moved on, several of them recently. Facebook is […]

Tweet Staying at a tech startup for more than four years — the default stock option vesting schedule — is a rare thing, but it seems notable that at 6-year-old Facebook, many early and influential employees have moved on, several of them recently. Facebook is […]

Tweet Microsoft today made available the beta versions of Windows Home Server “Vail” and “Aurora” — two significantly different products that fall under the same umbrella — on Microsoft Connect. “Aurora” is an edition based on Windows Home Server but designed with the cloud in […]

Tweet Apple has reportedly hired near fields communications (NFC) expert, Benjamin Vigier, a move that could help turn future iPhones into mobile wallets by using short-range wireless signals. Some handset companies, such as Nokia, have recently invested in NFC for mobile handsets, but adoption is slow at […]

Tweet Facebook has begun sending out invites to select media outlets All Things D reports, inviting organizations to attend a “news event” at the company’s US headquarters on Wednesday afternoon. According to the invite, users will be spoken to by “Facebook executives” who “will provide […]