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Internet addiction: A hoax now proved to hold staggering truth – Part 3

However, the rest of the world, especially the West, is caught in thick of it. The recent survey conducted on a sample space of 35 people from the age of 14 to 21 was made subject to eight questions. This oral investigation was followed by their brain scans that revealed a lot to the researchers. […]

Facebook set to offer services on phones

Facebook knows that the key to any business is mobile. In fact, one of the hardest working is to get a full experience in both low-cost phones, such as BlackBerry, Windows Phone, iPhone and Android. 488 million social network subscribers are connected via phones, nearly half of the 901 million active customers who testified last April. The […]

Facebook could pay over $1 billion for Opera: analysts

(Reuters) – Opera Software shares soared over 20 percent on Tuesday on talk Facebook Inc. was in discussion to buy the firm, while analysts said competition from Google and others could push the price tag of any deal over $1 billion. Shares of Oslo-listed Opera, coveted for its advanced mobile phone software technology, jumped as […]

Polaroid camera for Instagram

An Italian designer is embarking on an ambitious project to bring a Polaroid camera to the doorsteps of consumers based on the fundamentals of Instagram: capture, retouch, add filters and share in seconds. With a 50 million user base, the device looks to be as big a hit with the end users as the web-based […]

Facebook IPO: Was it a quick success or a slow failure? – Part 1

The Facebook went public on May 18, last Friday and over the period of six days a lot has happened. At the close of business at Nasdaq, FB was trading at $32.05 a share. The stock was made open for the public at the book value of $38 a pop. This is a huge loss […]

Facebook IPO: Was it a quick success or a slow failure? – Part 2

Advertisements on a social network is completely understandable and very consistent for the likes of LinkedIn and Facebook. However, that is the only ‘business’ that Facebook does to date other than charging third-party app developers like Zynga. Though advertisements on Facebook have been embraced by many marketers all over the world, but it is still […]

Facebook IPO: Was it a quick success or a slow failure? – Part 3

These are all the plans that the company could come up and what might realize in the future. But, what about the interim time? The company is in the stock market, not planning to do so. There are risks of high proportions in the stock market that have been beefed up by the 2008 crisis. […]

Facebook IPO: Was it a quick success or a slow failure? – Part 4

Google, the value can be calculated by determining the worth of Android, presence of Google.com and its position, value of its other ventures like Google Map, etc. For Facebook, everything stops at Advertisement and third-party apps like Farmville. This is tricky but can be calculated. Terminal Value is where the mind game starts for real. […]

Will Facebook join hands with Opera to create its own Facebook browser?

A Facebook browser that would enable you keep up to date with your social life from in-built plug-ins and features on the menu bar could be on the cards. Pocket-lint has heard from one of its trusted sources that Facebook, which is currently the social networking giant, is looking to buy Opera Software, the company […]

The World’s Two Youngest Billionaires Lose Combined $2.6 Billion in One Day

The World’s Two Youngest Billionaires Lose Combined $2.6 Billion in One Day The Nasdaq was up more than 2% on Monday but Facebook, the high profile social networking site that listed on its exchange on Friday, crashed and burned on its second trading day as a public company. That is not exactly news. Forbes has […]

Apple still dominates world’s top brands: study

(Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) has maintained its place as the world’s most valuable brand over the past year, leading a group of technology-related companies that dominate the top 10, according to a study published on Tuesday. The iPhone and iPad maker has boosted its brand value by 19 percent in the past year to $183 billion, or […]

Mark Zukerberg finds his one in the million – Entertainment News

The exciting news of the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s marriage is all over the internet since yesterday. According to his personal Facebook timeline, Zuckerberg is not a single guy anymore. He hit the Life Trifecta by marrying his long-time sweetheart Priscilla Chan on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The event was initially only confirmed only by […]

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