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Mark Zuckerberg Spent $700,000 Flying on Private Planes Last Year

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Ah, to live the luxurious life. Facebook announced on Wednesday via its filing for an initial public offering (IPO) how the company fared in 2011, and not surprisingly, its employees racked up (and spent) big money last year… Tweet This Post

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Revenge Of The Interns: Magazine Lawsuit Tests Limits For Unpaid Work

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

In a lawsuit that could shake the publishing industry, a Brooklyn woman is claiming Hearst Corporation owes wages to her and others who interned at Harper’s Bazaar and other magazines since February of 2006… Tweet This Post

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Shocker: PS Vita downloads cheaper than boxed games

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Digital copies of games that you download bypass the time-and-money-consuming manufacturing, logistics and retail processes. It’s only natural that we as consumers expect some of that saving to be passed along to our own wallets… Tweet This Post

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Zynga accounted for $445M, or 12 percent of Facebook’s revenue, in 2011

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Zynga, the largest app publisher on Facebook, accounted for 12 percent of the social network’s total revenue in 2011, according to Facebook’s inital public offering filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission… Tweet This Post

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Facebook Files IPO: What It Means For You

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Facebook shocked no one by filing an initial public offering of its shares today. The filing was the first glimpse into the company’s inner financial workings and, as expected, Facebook said it would try to raise $5 billion when the company’s shares begins trading – a number that could eventually be raised to $10 billion [...]

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Back To Basics: Sony Appoints Kazuo Hirai, Ousts Stringer

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

If there’s been one complaint my contacts inside large CE companies have had, career-wise, it’s been the inability to rise far in the hierarchy. While there are clear exceptions to this rule, the complaint has always been that succeeding in Asian companies has been contingent on (literally) speaking the language and knowing the rules of [...]

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10 Giant Things Less Valuable Than Facebook

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Facebook filed for initial public offering today, and simultaneously announced that it is planning to raise $5 billion, a more conservative number than initially estimated. According market analyst estimates, however, Facebook’s total value has reached a staggering $100 billion… Tweet This Post

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2.7 Billion Daily Likes And Other Numbers To Be Divined From Facebook’s S-1

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Facebook’s 185-page S-1 filing appears to have crippled the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Edgar website with the mass of people going there to take a peek at the social network’s numbers… Tweet This Post

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Zuckerberg outlines idealistic Facebook mission in IPO filing

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

IPO filings aren’t just a great way to raise money, they’re also a perfect place for young CEOs and idealistic internet companies to grandstand and proclaim their altruistic motives. Whether or not you buy what they’re shoveling selling is something different… Tweet This Post

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Facebook user data: 845M monthly users, 2.7B daily likes & comments

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Facebook filed an initial public offering today, and along with it, an updated report on the giant social networks user and usage data. The company’s total active monthly users, which it defines as a registered Facebook user who has logged in and visited the site via web browser/mobile device (including interactions from third-party sites), was  [...]

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How IT Addresses the Growing Cost of Poorly Planned Changes

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

“I like to describe the roots of all evil being unplanned, or poorly planned, changes,” states Jimmy Augustine of HP Software. “Somewhere between 70% and 80% of all service disruptions are caused by faulty changes… Tweet This Post

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Facebook Has 425 Million Mobile Monthly Active Users, Up From 350 Million In September

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

Earlier analyst estimates from December had pegged the monthly active users of Facebook’s mobile apps at around 300 million per month. This number includes smartphone apps, like those for the Android and iPhone, but also apps that run on BlackBerry, Nokia, and feature phones… Tweet This Post

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