Facebook Inc.'s valuation topped Amazon.com Inc., leaving the social-networking provider behind only Google Inc. between U.S. Internet providers.
Facebook is valued at $82.9 billion on secondary exchange SharesPost Inc. and has jumped by more than 40 % due to the fact mid-December. Amazon shares dropped 7.two % yesterday after a disappointing sales forecast, pushing its stock industry value down to $77.2 billion.
Investor need for Facebook is soaring to the personal markets as advertisers spend for your focus of a user base that is ballooned to over 500 million. Ad investing on Facebook will more than double to $4.05 billion this 12 months, according to researcher EMarketer Inc. LinkedIn Corp., the main networking web page for experts, said Jan. 27 that it ideas to increase $175 million in an original share sale.
The gains reflect the increasing popularity of social media organizations, which allow users interact and carry out other tasks that have been long unavailable, or only doable to a minimal degree, on older Net sites.
Facebook's approximated really worth surpassed that of EBay Inc., owner on the biggest e-commerce industry, late previous 12 months. It's nonetheless dwarfed by Google, the world's most significant World-wide-web search engine, that is worth $192 billion.
SharesPost, a market for private business shares, bases appeal on these criteria as transactions, investigation estimates and venture-funding rounds. Facebook shares have offered for as much as $60 apiece on SharesPost this month, which means some investors value the social-networking company at $136 billion.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. led a $1.5 billion financing round in Palo Alto, California-based Facebook at a $50 billion valuation earlier this month.
Outstripping Zynga
Facebook plans to start out reporting fiscal success by April 2012 even though it has not held an original public presenting, in accordance to a document sent to prospective traders. The firm can be compelled to produce disclosures since it expects to have a minimum of 500 shareholders through the stop of this 12 months, a threshold that tends to make reporting results required underneath U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines, someone who reviewed the document mentioned before this month.
At $82.9 billion, Facebook's value has jumped over sevenfold considering that March, when SharesPost released its Venture- Backed Index, featuring seven companies. Facebook is in excess of $77 billion additional priceless than the second-biggest member, Zynga Game Network Inc., valued at $5.7 billion.
Investor Sentiment
When Facebook's value is surging around the secondary markets, a poll of global investors showed investor skepticism. Sixty- 9 % of traders in a very survey of one,000 Bloomberg buyers, who are traders, traders or analysts, explained Facebook is overvalued right after the $50 billion valuation implied by Goldman Sachs's investment.
Amazon, the largest on the internet retailer, went public practically 14 many years back. The Seattle-based organization said Jan. 27 that product sales within the initially quarter is going to be as minimal as $9.one billion, trailing the regular analyst estimate of $9.36 billion in the Bloomberg survey.
Nevertheless, Amazon is 17 instances the size of Facebook in terms of revenue. With $34.2 billion in revenue very last yr, Amazon trades for two.two occasions revenue. Facebook, mentioned to have 2010 income of $2 billion, features a price-to-sales ratio of 41.five.
Amazon fell $13.31 to $171.14 yesterday. The shares have gained 36 % previously year.
2011年1月19日星期三
How your mobile phone could bring down a plane
THE use of electronic devices like mobile phones, tables and iPods in mid-air may produce a "perfect storm" of conditions that will have disastrous consequences, aviation experts have warned.
This is because most personal electronic devices emit electromagnetic waves which can interfere with a plane's electronics, an investigation by the New York Times has found.
Though it has remained tough to prove, safety professionals suspect that electronic interference has played a role in some airline accidents and have warned passengers not to be complacent.
"Electronic devices don't cause problems in each case," David Carson, an engineer with Boeing, said.
"However it's bad in that people assume it by no means will."
Older planes may perhaps be particularly vulnerable to interference as they may well not have the very best protection against the latest generation of devices. One more contributory factor is the plane's altitude.
"A plane is created to the right specifications, but nobody goes back and checks if it really is still robust," Bill Strauss, an engineer and former doctoral student at Carnegie Mellon University, said.
"Then you can find the outliers - a mobile phone that's been dropped and abused, or a battery that puts out far more (power) than it's supposed to, and avionics that are a lot more susceptible to interference because gaskets have failed.
"And boom, that's where you get interference.
"It could be a best storm that would combine to produce an aviation accident."
Although there haven't been any recent studies of how generally passengers use their gadgets during flights, a study by Mr Strauss seven years ago that monitored the signals emitted from phones mid-flight found that they were frequently being left on.
Even the flight crew often flout the rules, however it is believed that individuals simply aren't aware of the possible dangers of making use of electronic devices mid-flight.
"I don't believe it is general understanding that somebody could plug in an iPod and potentially harm the aircraft ¡§C even among the flight attendant and pilot community," said Dinkar Mokadam, an occupational safety specialist with the US Association of Flight Attendants.
A 2003 plane crash in Christchurch, New Zealand, has been highlighted as an example where a mobile phone is believed to have interfered with the plane's navigational equipment.
Eight people today had been killed when the plane flew into the ground short of the runway.
The pilot had referred to as residence some time just before the crash, remaining connected for the last few minutes of the flight.
A final report into the incident by the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission found that "the pilot's own mobile phone may possibly have caused erroneous indications" on the navigational aid.
In 2007, one more pilot recounted an instance when the navigational equipment on his Boeing 737 failed after takeoff. The issue resolved itself after a passenger was told to turn off a hand-held GPS device.
Nonetheless new technologies is combating the possible danger electronic devices can pose to aircraft.
In July last year the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) ruled that mobiles do not disrupt aircraft navigational equipment if airlines install special technologies, paving the way for travellers to have the ability to make calls and send text messages mid-flight.
The ACMA approved technology that enables an airline-installed, on-board system to relay mobile-phone signals.
Emirates and Virgin Blue's V Australia will give passengers the green light for in-flight calls, but Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin's domestic airline won't lift the ban.
This is because most personal electronic devices emit electromagnetic waves which can interfere with a plane's electronics, an investigation by the New York Times has found.
Though it has remained tough to prove, safety professionals suspect that electronic interference has played a role in some airline accidents and have warned passengers not to be complacent.
"Electronic devices don't cause problems in each case," David Carson, an engineer with Boeing, said.
"However it's bad in that people assume it by no means will."
Older planes may perhaps be particularly vulnerable to interference as they may well not have the very best protection against the latest generation of devices. One more contributory factor is the plane's altitude.
"A plane is created to the right specifications, but nobody goes back and checks if it really is still robust," Bill Strauss, an engineer and former doctoral student at Carnegie Mellon University, said.
"Then you can find the outliers - a mobile phone that's been dropped and abused, or a battery that puts out far more (power) than it's supposed to, and avionics that are a lot more susceptible to interference because gaskets have failed.
"And boom, that's where you get interference.
"It could be a best storm that would combine to produce an aviation accident."
Although there haven't been any recent studies of how generally passengers use their gadgets during flights, a study by Mr Strauss seven years ago that monitored the signals emitted from phones mid-flight found that they were frequently being left on.
Even the flight crew often flout the rules, however it is believed that individuals simply aren't aware of the possible dangers of making use of electronic devices mid-flight.
"I don't believe it is general understanding that somebody could plug in an iPod and potentially harm the aircraft ¡§C even among the flight attendant and pilot community," said Dinkar Mokadam, an occupational safety specialist with the US Association of Flight Attendants.
A 2003 plane crash in Christchurch, New Zealand, has been highlighted as an example where a mobile phone is believed to have interfered with the plane's navigational equipment.
Eight people today had been killed when the plane flew into the ground short of the runway.
The pilot had referred to as residence some time just before the crash, remaining connected for the last few minutes of the flight.
A final report into the incident by the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission found that "the pilot's own mobile phone may possibly have caused erroneous indications" on the navigational aid.
In 2007, one more pilot recounted an instance when the navigational equipment on his Boeing 737 failed after takeoff. The issue resolved itself after a passenger was told to turn off a hand-held GPS device.
Nonetheless new technologies is combating the possible danger electronic devices can pose to aircraft.
In July last year the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) ruled that mobiles do not disrupt aircraft navigational equipment if airlines install special technologies, paving the way for travellers to have the ability to make calls and send text messages mid-flight.
The ACMA approved technology that enables an airline-installed, on-board system to relay mobile-phone signals.
Emirates and Virgin Blue's V Australia will give passengers the green light for in-flight calls, but Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin's domestic airline won't lift the ban.
2011年1月17日星期一
Lenovo Launches New G Series Laptops
Lenovo debuts its newest models in its line o of inexpensive mainstream laptops, the G570, G470, G575, and G475.
When it rains, it pours. Lenovo(lenovo laptop batteries) these days launched new models in its G series of reasonably priced mainstream laptops at the Consumer Electronics Show. The newest G Series models?anamely the G570, G470, G575, and G475?acan be configured with up to a dual-core Intel Core i7 processor, or AMD Brazos Fusion APU. Other configurable options are memory (up to 8GB DDR3), hard drive (750GB), optical drive (DVD and Blu-ray), and Video graphics (AMD Radeon HD 6730 up to 1GB, except for the G770, which can be configured up to the AMD Radeon 6650
The 13.3-inch IdeaPad G470 measures 12.9 by 8.6 by 0.8/1.3 inches (HWD), even though the 14-inch G570 measures 13.4 by 9.1 by 0.7/1.4 and also the 15.6-inch G4575 and G575 measures 14.8 by 9.8 by 0.7/1.4 inches. Dimensions for the 17-inch G770's measurements are yet to be announced.
All four new models sport a 1,366 by 768 display, a multitouch touchpad, and wireless connectivity within the form of 802.11n and Bluetooth 1. All four also feature an integrated 2.0-megapixel Webcam, USB 2.0 ports, 5-in-1 reader, HDMI port. Bundled software includes Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows 7 with RapidBoot technology.
Availability and pricing for the new IdeaPad G Series laptops are yet to be announced.
When it rains, it pours. Lenovo(lenovo laptop batteries) these days launched new models in its G series of reasonably priced mainstream laptops at the Consumer Electronics Show. The newest G Series models?anamely the G570, G470, G575, and G475?acan be configured with up to a dual-core Intel Core i7 processor, or AMD Brazos Fusion APU. Other configurable options are memory (up to 8GB DDR3), hard drive (750GB), optical drive (DVD and Blu-ray), and Video graphics (AMD Radeon HD 6730 up to 1GB, except for the G770, which can be configured up to the AMD Radeon 6650
The 13.3-inch IdeaPad G470 measures 12.9 by 8.6 by 0.8/1.3 inches (HWD), even though the 14-inch G570 measures 13.4 by 9.1 by 0.7/1.4 and also the 15.6-inch G4575 and G575 measures 14.8 by 9.8 by 0.7/1.4 inches. Dimensions for the 17-inch G770's measurements are yet to be announced.
All four new models sport a 1,366 by 768 display, a multitouch touchpad, and wireless connectivity within the form of 802.11n and Bluetooth 1. All four also feature an integrated 2.0-megapixel Webcam, USB 2.0 ports, 5-in-1 reader, HDMI port. Bundled software includes Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows 7 with RapidBoot technology.
Availability and pricing for the new IdeaPad G Series laptops are yet to be announced.
2011年1月7日星期五
Mobile Platform Shift Trends Continue
It will come as tiny surprise but the recent data from comScore shows that for at this moment (emphasis on at this moment) Android would be the significant winner. Items are altering and in the event the Verizon iPhone deal actually gets past the "It's unquestionably coming sooner or later from the quite near but possibly sorta far away future" talk that may be the true measure of who has whom by what human body element from the mobile platform area.
RIM's placement at the leading is likely to proceed to be that way for a whilst as their position from the corporate globe aids them look like they're forward with the pack. All of us know though that the BlackBerry isn't retaining pace with all the expanding competition from Apple and Android devices and finally they may slide by way of that chart. We'll report it as news on that day but nobody are going to be surprised.
When the iPhone does get absent from AT&T exclusivity it is going to be interesting to see just how many people are married to the iPhone platform enough to switch to a pricier provider (Verizon) and get a new phone that can work on the Verizon network. It is a bigger commitment than many are making it out to be so those numbers could be telling.
Also, what in the event the Verizon network hiccups with the new data surge it's going to see from iPhone users? Will AT&T service actually improve if some of your current data load is moved elsewhere? If you are a current iPhone user are you thinking of making the switch?
All interesting questions for sure. Nobody can predict just how this will play out because there are so many factors to consider. As for now though, the Android platform appears to be making hay while the sun is shining. For how long and how bright that sun remains is a question for any higher authority.
RIM's placement at the leading is likely to proceed to be that way for a whilst as their position from the corporate globe aids them look like they're forward with the pack. All of us know though that the BlackBerry isn't retaining pace with all the expanding competition from Apple and Android devices and finally they may slide by way of that chart. We'll report it as news on that day but nobody are going to be surprised.
When the iPhone does get absent from AT&T exclusivity it is going to be interesting to see just how many people are married to the iPhone platform enough to switch to a pricier provider (Verizon) and get a new phone that can work on the Verizon network. It is a bigger commitment than many are making it out to be so those numbers could be telling.
Also, what in the event the Verizon network hiccups with the new data surge it's going to see from iPhone users? Will AT&T service actually improve if some of your current data load is moved elsewhere? If you are a current iPhone user are you thinking of making the switch?
All interesting questions for sure. Nobody can predict just how this will play out because there are so many factors to consider. As for now though, the Android platform appears to be making hay while the sun is shining. For how long and how bright that sun remains is a question for any higher authority.
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