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Facebook reaches a billion monthly users, report says

Facebook reached the pinnacle of social networking by grabbing attention of a billion people around the world. The company has registered 1 Billion monthly global users, a recent report said. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was also there to comment on the milestone achieved. “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing […]

Travel industry not the perfect candidate to cash social networking, says a report

Travel industry is facing a hard time in churning profits from social media networks. Being in the recreation industry, travel agencies are the most likely candidates to convert a social network like Facebook and Twitter into a money-making machine. However, recent report from PhoCusWright says that percentage of users being referred to a travel booking […]

Facebook ad sales hit by low traffic on video apps like Socialcam

Facebook is getting hit from every side of the park. After seeing its stock plummet gradually to less than 50 percent of the initial public offering price, it has now received bad news on its video application business. One of the major sources of income to the social network is ad sales from video apps. […]

Facebook Smartphone: How should it be a success and resolve all of company’s problems? – Part 1

Facebook IPO show is over now and the results are less than satisfactory for the social network. The credit should go to Mark Zuckerberg what he envisioned in the past why he always opposed the notion of going public. The reasons are apparent as many experts around the globe commented that the Facebook IPO will […]

Facebook Smartphone: How should it be a success and resolve all of company’s problems? – Part 2

However, this strategy is not without a pun, operating system or app, Facebook needs to find an appropriate place to present those valuable adverts that will ultimately help in keeping the machine running. What Zuckerberg and his team of technicians, both hardware and software, are ignoring is the fact that users do not like ads […]

Advertisement: The ace in Facebook’s sleeve gets out after IPO – Part 1

There are as many different opinions on Facebook’s initial public offering as there are people in the US stock market. However, the crowd can be segregated into two main parties, conservatives who think that the IPO will be an utter failure and those who think it is better to invest in the social network than […]

Advertisement: The ace in Facebook’s sleeve gets out after IPO – Part 2

Given that advertisement on Facebook is not akin to traditional promotion on television or paper, but the hits marketers get through the social network are big numbers. But that brings us to the next point in discussion. Marketing on Facebook is a new concept to the masses and companies are experimenting on this concept. If […]

Advertisement: The ace in Facebook’s sleeve gets out after IPO – Part 3

One caveat in the way of successful advertisement to the brands and companies is the lack of information provided by Facebook. Due to the tightened rules and regulations from Federal Trade Commission, the social network is bound to restrict marketer’s access to users’ information and cookies that tell a lot about trends. After last year’s […]

Facebook expected to raise the stock by 85 Million more shares to its IPO

In recent developments Facebook is expected to raise the stakes in its initial public offering expected this Friday by 85 million more stock. This increase will bring the total number of stock to a total of 422 million from 337 million. The reason for this sudden decision in the increment in stock is still unknown […]

Facebook IPO touted the most successful offering after Google in 2004 – Part 1

Facebook’s upcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO) is tipped to be the most awaited and speculated offering not just in this year but since Google went public in August, 2004. This is not because both belong to the same online/internet industry but because Facebook might make a huge business against all odds. At first, Google was […]

Facebook IPO touted the most successful offering after Google in 2004 – Part 2

Orkut was in the market before Mark Zuckerberg even hatched the idea of Facebook. But even in the presence of a social network, which was a big hit in Asia, the most populated continent in the world, Facebook surpassed its number of users in a matter of few years. Google’s network by the name of […]

The Things to learn from the Facebook artist – Part 1

David Choe, 36, is an accomplished painter in Los Angeles who has exhibited his work in galleries and museums. But he achieved worldwide fame this week when tweeters and headline writers dubbed him “The Facebook graffiti artist.” The accompanying story was less about his success as an artist, than about his success as an investor. As you […]

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