Mind-boggling figures aside, the question on many minds is this: Is Mr. Zuckerberg really ready for this? Is he — there’s no sugarcoating it — grown up enough to lead a public corporation that is more valuable than McDonald’s or Goldman Sachs? This is a question that keeps coming from those watching the IPO roadshow…. Read more »
Posts Categorized: Facebook
Reddit dismisses Facebook support of CISPA
Alexis Ohanian, one of the co-founders of reddit did a TV interview and mentioned Facebook’s support for CISPA, a new US bill that runs along the same lines as SOPA, with new provisions. The primary concern is that it’s unfair for Facebook, who have so much information on users, to support a bill that allows… Read more »
Instagram wanted $2b
Instagram’s sale to Facebook for $1 billion is still a huge talking point in the industry. As it turns out, Systrom wanted $2 billion for it, knowing how much it was worth to Facebook (Zuck had approached them the previous summer). If true, it means Zuckerberg managed to wipe $1 billion off the asking price… Read more »
Simpler Google
More than 170 million people have upgraded to Google+, enjoying new ways to share in Search, Gmail, YouTube and lots of other places. It’s still early days, and there’s plenty left to do, but we’re more excited than ever to build a seamless social experience, all across Google. This is actually a fantastic looking update…. Read more »
InstaBook
Instagram (a favoured app of mine) has just been acquired by Facebook for $1 billion. The most interesting trend I’ve noticed on twitter is people posting ways to export photos & delete accounts. Most certainly that’s a signal that the honeymoon period for Facebook is over. One comment said “it’s like a small town being… Read more »
Facebook user trends
researchers recruited a group of four Facebook-savvy human resources professionals and students to evaluate the Facebook profiles of 56 users. The four perused each of the profiles for about 10 minutes each before grading them according to the so-called Big Five personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism). Six months later, the researchers compared… Read more »
Injunctions part deux
This is a follow-up to the Eoin McKeogh story I posted a few days ago. It now turns out that Eoin McKeogh isn’t the person who was accused of getting out of a taxi without paying his fare (but leaving his phone in the car to be fraped, kind of…). Instead, it’s another Dublin person… Read more »
Injunctions
Eoin McKeogh, aged 22, a student of international business and Japanese, obtained the injunctions arising out of the broadcast of the clip, accompanying text, and a Facebook profile alleging he was guilty of taxi fare evasion. He claims if it is allowed to continue it will blight his career. The clip and comment posted on… Read more »
Google+ growing
Google+ is my darling love in social media these days, much like Twitter was. I want to be on it, much like I want to be on Twitter. My relationship with Facebook “is complicated”. Sometimes I love it, sometimes I think it’s doing the wrong thing and more often than not I feel like I… Read more »
Social face recognition
Facebook is always in trouble over new features. Mainly because it rolls out new products & features without telling anyone, and lots of people feel as though their privacy has been infringed (often this is fair, though). Google+ has rolled out a feature that Facebook is treading very carefully around – face recognition. Instead of… Read more »
