Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old CEO and co-creator of Facebook, might not really be thinking too much about bringing in money to grow his company. After all, Forbes just named him the 35th richest man in the United States.

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg told investors that he's hoping AAPL has a certain smartphone for the launch of his telecom company's new 4G LTE network. Meanwhile, one analyst is expecting a whole lot more iPads to sell than he initially expected. Finally, APPL CEO Steve Jobs is named one of the richest men in America.

Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) may be losing the smartphone war in the eyes of many, but the tech company hasn't given up on trying to win back the professional and enterprise mobile markets. While it doesn't look like the BlackBerry Torch is going to get the company's devices back in customers' hands, their new tablet computer nicknamed the BlackPad just might.

Starbucks is raising prices on some coffee drinks, saying coffee bean prices forced the increase.

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has made it official. The company intends to compete with IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), and Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) in the battle for the hearts and minds of IT professionals.

Although by some reports the recession is over, take a hard look at GDP, unemployment and consumer confidence for a look at an economy in distress.

China's state-owned chemical company Sinochem has reportedly hired two investment banks to help it figure out what to do about the potential acquisition of Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) of Saskatchewan by BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP). The two banks are Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) and Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C).

In an address at the Merrill Lynch Media, Comms and Entertainment Conference, Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) CEO Bobby Kotick made a number of bold claims to the gathered attendees – the least of which was calling out Facebook as more of a competitor than video game studios at Disney (NYSE: DIS), console heavyweight Nintendo (PINK: NTDOY) or software leader Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS).

There’s a new report that indicates the Verizon iPhone may not be as rough on AT&T as some think. Also, a new deal points to high def Apple TV and Adobe continues its Flash push on Apple products.

When Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) held its big Nokia World show last week, the company showed off its new CEO, Stephen Elop, and a couple of new mobile phones that analysts and consumers have been waiting for. One of those phones, the N8, has been delayed since the first of this year as the company has tried to perfect the device.

Apple further develops its digital publications business with the announcement of a new digital newsstand for iPad and iPhone editions of newspapers and magazines. Also, Google Voice and Google Talk make their way back to the app store thanks to the new app approval process. Finally, the iPhone 4 goes to China.

The latest buzz – outside of any Facebook IPO rumors – is that now, thanks to a new deal with General Motors, your car will be able to automatically update your profile for you. Through the magic of OnStar, your entire network of friends will know when your car has broken down.

While companies across the country are still fretting the economy’s woes, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is facing a tougher challenge. Not only is book retailer Barnes & Noble fighting for its immediate health via sales and earnings – but with the Kindle and digital publishing booming, it’s also fighting for its survival as e-books and e-readers come into their own.

Hyundai Motors Co. is doing a little outsourcing of its own, with the automaker moving production of a compact sedan from South Korea to the United States.

The latest in a string of acquisitions and mergers in the tech sector is the offer by IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) to purchase data analytics firm Netezza Corp. (NYSE: NZ) for $27/share, or about $1.7 billion, in cash. The offer is subject to approval by Netezza's shareholders and the usual clearances and closing conditions.