Author: Gennine Kelly

So, what did it take to change the way millions of people around the globe stay connected? Click through the interactive timeline below for some of the key dates in Facebook's history.

It’s an all-star investing theme day at CNBC and we're talking to five-star fund managers to get their best advice on where to put your investment dollars in the current market.

The managers at the very top of this year’s Rich List bucked the trend of the industry’s lackluster performance. Seven of the eight highest earners steered their respective hedge funds to double-digit gross returns — an impressive accomplishment given that the average hedge fund lost more than 2 percent last year, according to the Hedge-Fund Intelligence Composite Index.

How does the Facebook IPO stack up against other Internet-related IPOs? Click ahead to find out.

Since 1967, the Consumer Electronics Show has been the place to unveil new technology and products, from the VCR in 1970 to Microsoft’s Avatar Kinect in 2011.

“I’m optimistic that we’ll be able to turn this around, but we have some real headwinds going into 2012, and that’s why I felt it was prudent to guide conservatively and lay out for the investor community the challenges that this company is facing," Meg Whitman, president and CEO of HP, told CNBC Tuesday.

“The way I hit the ball in Australia basically is the way I’ve been hitting it at a home, but hadn’t taken to the golf course yet. It’s fun to actually be able to hit the ball like that in a tournament situation, under pressure,” Tiger Woods told CNBC Monday.

Going public is commonly thought of as the endgame for most companies. But many of the world’s biggest and most influential businesses have gone through great lengths and endured great criticism to go the opposite rout – to stay private.