OK so whats comes after Facebook. Before Facebook we had Friendster, MySpace, Friends Re-united, Bebo. Can Facebook make a critical mass such that the users cost of leaving is so high they maintain their user base for a long time and don’t succumb to the problems of its predecessors and explode into space and the [...]
Here’s an ironic picture of the share price of Facebook before the bell opens later on the 18th of May 2012, set to be one of the largest IPO’s in history. Starting trading at the 38$ range, FB is set to be one of the largest tech floats in history with millions of people watching [...]
We have had text speak…a profusion of shortened words to fit the small screen of the mobile, but is there social network speak? What are the words and phrases associated with social networks. Facebook is simply FB now and they [facebook] own FB.com, Social Network = SN, but is there any actual language speak on [...]
Here are some suggestions: 1. Change your password and then forget it. 2. Delete all your friends. 3. Move to LinkedIn 4. Move to Google+ the fast growing social network from Google
Forget advertising. Facebook will be your online identity. It will seek to be the single point of login and access for the web. Advertising revenues are not the only trick up the Facebook sleeve. Facebook will attempt to capitalize on the nearly one billion users and the millions that use the site everyday. It makes [...]
Facebook floats to do or has its IPO if you hadn’t already noticed. The media frenzy that is whipping up is generating a lot of interest and activity. But one thing most users will now be able to do is put money into Facebook so now Facebook can steal your data and now take your [...]
Facebook is about to float to the tune of over $100bnl, but do you trust Facebook to play fair or not be evil with your data. Soon the gigantic warehouse of your data will have billions to play with and that means more ways of making your information generate a return. Whats more the investors [...]
We all know journalism has taken rather a battering of late. In fact the whole industry needs to answer questions about to whom it should side with: the reader, investor or its advertisers. In this mass of conflict of interest is it any wonder that newspaper sales are declining and one can never trust the [...]
Facebook, in response to increased demand has upped the initial price range for its stocks when it launches on the 18th of May. The new price range is set to be between $35 and $38 per share which values the company at over $100 billion dollars. The share register is set to close two days [...]
LinkedIn shares have done really very well since their IPO, but they could of course be a proxy for the debut Facebook IPO which floats today. Will the fizz come off LinkedIn shares as investors realize we may only have the time for one social network? Or could it be that multiple social networks are [...]
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