It took Groupon five months from filing to IPO, she notes, but in that case there were thorny accounting questions that the SEC required the company to work out. Zynga’s path took about the same, while LinkedIn made it to market in a brisk three and a half months after filing its S-1. Facebook’s financial […]
Jan 17 2012 | Posted in
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Facebook shows sponsored stories in news feeds Facebook has started popping up their adverts Called ‘sponsored stories’ in the news feeds of the users. The updating of the service is due to its increasing commercial activity. Now the users will be able to see these adverts appearing in the form of ‘stories’ or posts about […]
Jan 17 2012 | Posted in
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An avalanche is in the making of, as many online businesses and communities are joining the protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The act, that is solely targeted at the censorship of the content on the internet that is ‘offensive’ to the media and governments. It started in the US but now many […]
Jan 14 2012 | Posted in
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Facebook is on the verge of going public and cannot take the risk of taking the online social network down although the move will be the strongest statement of all. With a user-pool of around 800 million, the website can assist the protest against SOPA on an immeasurable level but the company cannot take the […]
Jan 14 2012 | Posted in
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Facebook has introduced a new formula to give more visibility to advertising. An daily announcement will appear that will be in the shape of an integrated message on the member’s social network wall, away from the right column where there are other sponsored messages. This advertising policy will be phased in gradually in different […]
Facebook teams up with Moo to offer business cards for users World famous social network, Facebook, has offered free arty cards for 200,000 users based on their user profiles after teaming up with Moo, a British business card maker. These cards will be called Facebook Cards. Each Facebook Card will be made from a set […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Facebook has been marred by another security hoax. The worm Ramnit was detected two years ago and has already done with passwords of 45,000 of their members. The danger of Ramnit is that is can not only figure out thousands of people using the social network which has a remarkable following of 800 million […]
Jan 7 2012 | Posted in
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Last year, the Texas water supply system got hacked to prove it can be alongside several banks in Europe, by a single hacker. The very Die Hard 4 moment can therefore be expected in the near future and that is not going to be pretty because there might not be a John McClane to save […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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The year 2011 was anything but secure in terms of internet security and what made it worse was the integration of the public sector organizations that regulate the utilities like water were exposed to the cloud without taking any prior precautions. The corporate sector or the CIA being the target of the hacktivists has been […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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However, it is also said that the current technology would not have been possible if there weren’t any of these so-called geeks. Their increased interest in rules and mathematics is actually the real essence of computation of the contemporary world. However, according to Kolmes, this also leads to social isolation and depression is child of […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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“It is a gamble. And it makes sense to me that there is great potential to fall to very low places after investing so much and believing so much in something. “And in this day and age, all eyes are upon you. You are not taking these risks in a vacuum, but your name and […]
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However, since majority of the start-ups are started by youngsters, the experience factor also takes precedence. The amateur become prone to depression and other mental disorders. They pretend to the world as calm folks however; under the hood are always bodies trembling due to the fear of failure. A psychologist from Stanford University, Dr. Keely […]
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