Web 2.0

Even buy-and-hold investors can't afford to let their portfolios collect cobwebs. Valuations and fundamentals change perpetually, and shareholders need to know when there's more potential for growth elsewhere. Here we take a look at some online travel agency stocks worth swapping: Expedia and Priceline.

Ever since rebuffing Microsoft's takeover bid, Yahoo has been keen to placate angry shareholders, and Carol Bartz's latest moves are doing that still. But by failing to keep up with true social networking a la Facebook, Yahoo risks losing its loyal audience.

Twitter is mulling a new round of funding that could value the company at over $3 billion. This news comes just as Google is in negotiations to buy Groupon for as much as $6 billion. Other large Web 2.0 companies have also been given lofty valuations as well.

When I wrote a post a month ago detailing why I thought Facebook could really hurt Google (GOOG), lots of readers scoffed at my logic. So I was relieved to see that Sean Parker agrees with me. Parker, a babyfaced wunderkind tech enterpreneur, played key early roles in Facebook and, before that,...

After spending most of Monday amid all the start-ups and hoopla at the technology pitch-fest known as TechCrunch50, it can take a bit to digest all that Web 2.0 wonderfulness. Everyone is waiting for the award ceremony to be held late West Coast time on Tuesday. A panel of tech celebrity judges,...

Someone stole all the tea at the TechCrunch50 Conference. All the tea bags, that is. I wanted a pick-me-up and coffee can send me over the top. Alas, no tea. "I'm so sorry. This is the first time in all my years of catering that this has ever happened," said one of the catering company reps. (She's...

In a recent Reuters article on Twitter, author Lisa Baertlein explores the emerging phenomenon of Twittering restaurants. Apparently, an increasing number of eateries are using the micro-messaging site to draw customers, offer specials, and creatively extend their marketing reach. In many ways,...

Late this week, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the site is revamping its governance, and called upon its users for help. He issued drafts of two documents: a list of "Facebook Principles" and a "Statement of Rights and Responsibilities," opening them to public debate. Until...