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On February 1, 2012, Facebook filed for an initial public offering that could value the company at $75 billion to $100 billion. Teen FB users and fans, as well as stock market experts, weigh in on the world’s favorite social network becoming a public company. …

Facebook Files for an Initial Public Offering

In late January 2012, high school students from across the country met up at MIT to see their knowledge and hard work in action – on the International Space Station – at the Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge. While programming robots was fun, the students were also learning what it takes to be successful in a high-tech career.…

Programming Robots in Zero Gravity

Tech companies large and small spent the second week of January 2012 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas giving the world a first look at the latest, greatest high-tech gadgets for consumers. Are you ready for smart TV? …

Consumer Electronics Show Buzz: Smart TVs and Innovation over Lunch

Since the age of 15, Eiso Kant has been a serial entrepreneur, most notably founding Twollars in 2009, the first virtual currency company on Twitter, which raises money online for charities. He talks with Knowledge@Wharton High School about his critical choice to pursue college over full-time entrepreneurship and how and why he finds time for his latest entrepreneurial endeavor. …

Eiso Kant on Web Design, Virtual Currency and Trusting Your Intuition

As senior vice president and chief information officer of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, Bill Schlough “keeps the lights on” for all the team’s technical needs. He recently spoke to Knowledge@Wharton High School about how he came to work in his high school dream job – even though he wasn’t a great athlete – and why it’s important to be geographically flexible if you want a job in the sports business.…

San Fran Giants CIO Bill Schlough: ‘The Business Side Can Be Just as Exciting’

For most of us, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are a way of life – we eat, sleep, post and tweet. In reality, social media is a major game changer for anyone who cares about reaching lots of people with their messages – namely businesses who have services to offer or products to sell. …

@Business: Do You Have a Smart Social Media Strategy?

Teen entrepreneurs from California have designed web-based software for educators to alert parents when their kids are skipping class. TruantToday has won innovation awards and support from start-up incubators, but can it beat the tough competition?…

Considering Cutting Class? TruantToday May Be Watching

While more adults are embracing social media, they don’t necessarily use Twitter, Facebook and other sites the same way as their kids. For instance, as people get older, social media becomes less an extension of daily relationships and more a place to reestablish old friendships. And when it comes to privacy, older social media users may be the ones to follow.…

Did My Mom Just ‘Friend’ Me? The Social Media Age Divide

On November 14, 2011, Google India announced the winner of its third annual Doodle 4 Google competition for students ages 7 to 15. While few businesses would readily let customers tinker with their corporate logos, Google sees the contest as an extension of its young, fun, quirky brand.…

The Google Doodle Reflects a Fun, Quirky Brand

Tori Molnar, 14, is the founder of Utoria, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based direct-selling company for teenage girls that she started in September 2010. Molnar spoke to Knowledge@Wharton High School about the critical role that social media plays in Utoria’s business development, including a 30-day IndieGoGo campaign that she launched in November 2011 to raise money to fund the company’s growth.…

IndieGoGo and the Power of Social Media