- Pirates rattled as wind fills Pirates' sails
An upstart group calling itself the Pirates is mounting a raid on German politics, triggering fear but also scepticism among traditional parties which find themselves unloved by the Facebook-and-Occupy generation.Pushing a cheeky... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- As Facebook's Social Ads Take Off, Maybe That $100 Billion IPO Isn't So Crazy
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embarks on his company's initial public offering roadshow today, he's facing a new round of skeptics, especially advertisers, who wonder whether the social network can fulfill the sky-high expectations that come with its $100 billion IPO. It hasn't helped that in the first quarter, Facebook's revenues actually fell vs. the fourth quarter, suggesting a loss of momentum at a critical time. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Palestine's exiles find family bonds through Facebook
As Jewish forces advanced on their village during the war that surrounded Israel's creation in 1948, the Palestinian Faour family piled children and belongings into donkey carts and fled, hoping to return home when the fighting stopped.Only... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- FOREX, Pre-IPO Facebook Scams Keep Watchdogs Busy
As part of Money Smart Week, I had a chance to sit down with some federal and state regulators to see what's on their radar screens. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook's Not Censoring Scoble, So Why Does This Matter?
A few days back Robert Scoble was doing something he often does. He was posting a comment online. In this case, it was on Facebook, his favorite social network. Something odd happened. He received an automated response from the social network: null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- A Tribute to Levon Helm's Departed Band Mates, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel
A friend send me a Facebook message about the passing of Levon Helm, that he decided not to post on my wall for fear of it being misinterpreted.
This takes absolutely nothing away from the greatness of Levon Helm, who deserves all the tributes he's getting, but I don't remember Richard Manuel or Rick Danko getting nearly this level of attention when they died.
My friend is right, of course. Manuel, who died in 1986, and Danko, who passed away in 1999, didn't receive tributes commensurate with their talent and influence, and no one would be quicker to acknowledge this than Levon. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Sorry, Facebook and YouTube--You're Not Getting Ad $ From TV Anytime Soon
A whole lot of very big and small online companies, from Facebook and Google to a gazillion ad tech startups, are betting on capturing some portion of advertising dollars currently spent on television. By contrast, Simulmedia is betting the flow of dollars will actually go in the opposite direction. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Consumer Report reveals privacy concerns on Facebook
Consumer Reports has revealed concerns about privacy practices of Facebook, in which 2,002 online households including 1,340 Facebook users were surveyed. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Sporting Goods Company Asks on Facebook: I Can Haz Hockey Stick?
Easton-Bell Sports is trying to latch onto a social media trend that made the LOLcats famous so it can get noticed by parents of youth baseball and softball players, parents of youth hockey players, and George Takei. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook's Tagtile Acquisition Hints At Social Commerce Play
Everybody watched with amazement when Facebook announced the acquisition of Instagram, a popular mobile photo sharing service, for $1 billion. And now it has announced the acquisition of yet another startup — Tagtile — a mobile marketing and loyalty rewards service targeted at small businesses and merchants. While this seems like another talent acquisition, the timing couldn’t have been better as Facebook recently launched the beta version of its new offers service, which enables businesses to post offers and discounts on their Facebook pages. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Are Those Little Sharing Buttons the Future of Online Advertising?
Facebook has shown how much we love to share things online. It has also shown how valuable that sharing is to Facebook. The data collected from close to a billion people sharing random thoughts, photos, videos, brand affinity, and product recommendations on the social network is, more than anything, the reason why it looks like investors will give Facebook a stunning $100 billion valuation when it goes public around May 18. Advertisers are eager to target likely customer prospects based on their social connections and interests with a precision they haven't had before. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Four Reasons Why Facebook Is Shrinking
Facebook is getting smaller. And for insiders, its initial public offering can't come soon enough. The question is why would any outsiders want to buy its shares. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Report: Facebook Ad Rates Jump Despite First Sign of Glut
Facebook is heading into its likely May initial public offering on a full head of steam, judging from a new quarterly report out this morning on its advertising business by social ad management firm TBG Digital. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The IPO Class Of 2012
Facebook is the 800-pound gorilla, but there are plenty of other potential public companies in the pipeline. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook gets first buy rating at US$44
Facebook received a buy recommendation from Wedbush Securities and a target price of US$44, its first rating since announcing plans to sell shares in a range of US$28 to US$35 in an initial public offering.
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- What is Facebook?
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- The Facebook Fix: Are you an addict?
It gets into your blood, consuming your thoughts and inducing panic attacks if the next fix is not in sight.On a good day, it might offer a harmless escape from the troubles of the world.But on a bad, it can turn into a monstrous... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Does Zuckerberg's Hoodie Matter?
I am no fan of Mark Zuckerberg and I think Facebook's IPO prospectus has some very goofy numbers in it. Personally, I think Facebook stock is a great short-term bet, but I do worry about it as a long-term investment. Zuckerberg and the imminent IPO are in the crosshairs of some of the null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- An Acquisition & A Death Signal Ascendancy of Smartphone Over PC
Last Monday, the world learned about two seemingly unrelated events. Facebook purchased Instagram and word got out that Jack Tramiel had died. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook To Go Public May 18, Report Says
Looks like the market's most anticipated IPO is just a couple of weeks away. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook's Hedge Fund Friend
Mark Zuckerberg is making the rounds on Wall Street and as Facebook goes public he will increasingly be confronted with the fast-money hedge funds he appears to have tried to avoid. Hedge funds will play a big role in Facebook?s stock after its initial public offering, but only one hedge fund investor has seriously benefited from the monster valuation increase of Facebook?s privately-held stock. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook IPO: Should I Own It ?
Nancy Miller has literally written the book on the upcoming initial public offering of Facebook. In this interview, she tells Wall Street Week?s Jeff Salkin what she learned in writing ?The Facebook IPO Primer?. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Netflix Feeling The Heat Of Competition, Could Fall All The Way To $72
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings complained on Facebook that Comcast was favoring its own streaming app via bandwidth capacity, suggesting his company is under pressure from the competition. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Despite Official Ban, Facebook Accessible in China
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- Protest Outside Facebook HQ Challenges Pale, Male And Stale Board
Some of the biggest tech companies have women on their board of directors - Google currently has three women appointed and Apple has one. The question is - will Facebook follow suit? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The School of data Journalism at the International Journalism Festival: the first session, on Storify
The International Journalism Festival's School of Data Journalism kicked off today with its first session: From CAR to data journalism. See what happenedThe School of Data Journalism in Perugia is in session, with the first panel discussing how we got to today's data journalism. Speakers include Aron Pilhofer at the New York Times, Pullitzer Prize winners Steve Doig and Sarah Cohen, Italian data journalist Elisabetta Tola and me too. Here's what happened.More dataData journalism and data visualisations from the GuardianWorld government data• Search the world's government data with our gatewayDevelopment and aid data• Search the world's global development data with our gatewayCan you do something with this data?• Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group• Contact us at data@guardian.co.uk• Get the A-Z of data• More at the Datastore directory• Follow us on Twitter• Like us on FacebookInternetData journalismItalyMapping technologiesSimon Rogersguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- You won't find these pics on Facebook | Media Monkey
The Times reports that an Egyptian man who was surfing internet porn – for the, ahem, first time – collapsed when he came across his wife. It turns out that she is something of a star, with 11 films under her garter. The couple had been married for 16 years with four kids. And in case you didn't think things could get any worse ... when the husband, Ramadan, confronted her she said she never loved him and her lover was an old boyfriend from before she had married. Happy anniversary, folks. The TimesNewspapers & magazinesNational newspapersNewspapersPornographyEgyptMiddle East and North AfricaAfricaMonkeyguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- China praises Facebook's prospectus as model
The central government's internet censors have a dim view of Facebook, but that has not stopped it from being a model of sorts for the mainland's securities regulator,
IFR has reported.
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- Lots Of Facebook Users Are Idiots, Says Consumer Reports
The folks at Consumer Reports called up over 1,300 households using Facebook and have produced a doozy of a report on how Americans are using the world's favorite social network. Applying the survey findings for the 1,300 folks they called to Facebook's 150+ million American users, Consumer Reports paternalistically says: null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Groupon: Ernst & Young's Accounting Challenged Client
This story appears as a sidebar on page 154 for the feature, How Zynga, Facebook and Groupon's Go-To Auditor Rewrites Accounting Rules, in the May 7 edition of Forbes magazine. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Why You Should Sign Out Of Facebook Before Handing Your Phone Over To Best Buy
Word to the wise: unless you're on excellent terms with them, don't prank your customers. Colorado man Richard Dewberry was having problems with his iPhone last month so he took it to a Best Buy in Aurora. He left the phone with employees, and one of them decided to take advantage of the fact that Dewberry had left himself signed into Facebook. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Science Weekly podcast: Are you getting enough sleep?
On this week's show, Alok Jha discusses the science of sleep with Professor Russell Foster. What is sleep, why is it so important and how much do we need? How can you tell if you're not getting enough? Prof Foster is chairing this year's Cheltenham Science Festival, which will feature a study comparing the sleep patterns of Germans and Britons. If you want to tale part in this quick online survey, click here.Also in the show, the Guardian's environment correspondent John Vidal interviews Nobel prizewinning biologist Sir John Sulston. Sulston chaired the working group that prepared the Royal Society's recent report on global population levels People and the Planet. He discusses the impact on the planet of unchecked population growth and the importance of rebalancing consumption levels between rich and poor nations. Alok is joined by Observer science and technology editor Robin McKie and Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample to look at this week's science news, including Harvard University Library's letter to academics asking them to withdraw support from costly journals and make their research open access, and the UK's 50 years in space science.Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science.Email scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com.Guardian Science is now on Facebook. You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group.We're always here when you need us. Listen back through our archive.John VidalAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason PhippsRussell Foster
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- Facebook sets IPO price range at 28 to 35 dollars
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Social networking giant Facebook on Thursday said it plans to price its initial public offering (IPO) at 28 to 35 U.S. dollars a share, putting it on track to become the largest IPO for any Internet company.
Facebook announced the preliminary price range in its latest filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company also said that it is offering 337.4 million shares to sell, with more than half from selling stockholders.
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- Facebook plans initial stock market price between $28 and $35 a share
Price would value company at upwards of $96bn, just shy of original estimates but still the largest for any internet companyFacebook has indicated it will price itself at between $28 and $35 a share, paving the way for the world's largest social networking site to reach a giddying valuation of almost $100bn when launches its stock market sale in two weeks.The price range for Facebook's initial public offering of stock (IPO), which was released in a regulatory filing, would value the company at up to $96bn, according to the Wall Street Journal. It would also provide up to $12bn in cash for existing investors and the site's core team.Mark Zuckerberg, who invented Facebook while studying at Harvard as immortalised in the Hollywood film The Social Network, stands to make up to $19bn personally.The price range is slightly lower than anticipated, though there is still time for it to slide upwards ahead of a likely start to trading on the Nasdaq which the New York Times says will take place on 17 or 18 May. A ballpark valuation of $100bn had been widely speculated.Whatever the final figure, the IPO is likely to be the largest for an internet company, dwarfing even the $23bn debut of Google in 2004.Such staggering sums are a reflection of how ubiquitous the social networking site has become. It crossed the watershed of 500 million users in July 2010 but is fast approaching the day when it will double that number.The company now has 901 million monthly active users and on current trends is on track to hit the billion mark by the end of the year.With such reach, comes desirability. The site is gearing up to be a major force in this year's presidential election, with both the Obama re-election campaign and the Mitt Romney campaign putting Facebook at the centre of their strategi null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Here's Why Google and Facebook Will Not Disappear in Five Years Time
Eric Jackson, last week, drew attention to a truism of modern business - most companies still don't get mobile or how it affects the way we work. And he stirred the pot with the claim that Google and Facebook will disappear in five years time, a theme he returns to today, because they lack new generation know-how. So, link bait aside, how do we sort out truth from imagination in this debate? Will they, won't they, might they? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Can Facebook Tap $11 Billion Mobile Ad Market To Justify P/E of 206?
Facebook's growth is slowing down and its profit shrank in the last quarter. If it goes public May 18th at $35 a share -- a $96 billion valuation -- and then pops to $75 on the first day, that will put the social network's market capitalization at $206 billion. And unless it can accelerate growth -- possibly by grabbing a share of the mobile advertising market -- that 206 Price/Earnings ratio is sending a powerful message: Do Not Buy This Stock! null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- How to win friends and influence people: buy some Facebook fans
Feeling lonely? Twitter followers and Facebook fans are up for sale online.As social media become marketing tools for big brands and small businesses, scores of spin-off enterprises have popped up promising thousands of fans for... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Protest outside Facebook's New York Office
Protesters descend on Facebook?s New York City headquarters to demand the company appoint women to it?s all male board before it goes public. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- NetShelter Takes Social Ads Beyond Facebook to the Web
Facebook is turning people's impromptu opinions on products and brands into ads it calls Sponsored Stories--and apparently doing very well with it. Now, tech blog network NetShelter is taking the basic idea, adding a new twist, and spreading it well beyond Facebook's walled garden to the wider Web--or at least the 4,500 blogs on which it places ads. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Turn Your Photos Into 3D Models With Autodesk 123D Catch For Apple iPad
Convert the physical to digital with your mobile device. 123D Catch is now available for iPad in the iTunes App Store. This free app from Autodesk lets users take images from their iPad camera and upload them to the Autodesk cloud service that transforms the images into a 3D model. Imagine taking all your Instagram photos (from Facebook) of a particular object or person and turning them into a 3-dimensional representation. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Norway trial: Thousands rally in defiance
They gathered by the tens of thousands in the drenching rain to face down terrorism with song.Drawn by a Facebook-organised protest, Norwegians flocked to public squares across the country and rallied against far-right fanatic Anders... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 12 Candidates to Become the Next Instagram
There's no more excitement and hype in online media today than in mobile services and applications, all the more since Facebook just paid a billion bucks for the mobile photo sharing service Instagram. This morning at the venerable DEMO conference in Santa Clara, a group of Instagram wannabees presented to a null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook's Smart Phone, Microsoft and Books, Google and Social, Amazon and Cloud: What Gives?
So why are the giants of American software, social networking, online retailing, mobile devices and computing determined to square up to each other? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Will Instagram Be a Billion-Dollar Loss for Facebook?
This article is by Robert Sher, the founding principal of CEO to CEO, a firm that advises chief executives of mid-market companies who are navigating major shifts in their business or marketplace. He is the author of the book The Feel of the Deal. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- We Really Do Need A Federal Ban On Employers Logging Into Applicants' Facebook Accounts
Last week, Maryland became the first state to pass a bill banning employers from asking for applicants' Facebook passwords or otherwise asking for access to the private parts of their accounts. Those of us not living in Maryland are still out of luck. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Here's How Facebook Could Jack Up Revenues Fast
Just days ahead of Facebook's expected $100 million initial public stock offering on May 18, the skeptics are massing. Not only are advertisers uncertain about the value of Facebook ads, the biggest marketers are downright annoyed that Facebook won't let them do more of what they want to reach the company's 900 million users worldwide. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook to Sell Stock to the Public This Month
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- Google co-founder: Internet openness under threat
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has hit out at Apple and Facebook for restrictions which he claims stifle innovation and threaten the openness of the internet.Brin, who founded Google along with Larry Page in 1998, told the Guardian... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook's Seasonal Slowdown: Explanation or Excuse?
Should Facebook investors (and would-be investors) be nervous that the social networking behemoth just posted its first quarter-to-quarter revenue decline in at least two years, just weeks in advance of its expected $100 billion IPO? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
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- Facebook Eats Instagram: Consolidation Time in Social Networking?
Consolidation is nothing new in social networking. In March, Twitter bought the blogging platform Posterous. Google has done a number of social acquisitions in the past couple of years, most notably the $200 million purchase of Slide, though it did little with it. Fading Hi5 sold out to Tagged in December. And of course, MySpace sold out eons ago to News Corp. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Like It Or Not, Facebook Rolls Out Timeline To All Pages
Facebook is the largest social network in the world with over 845 million users. Thanks to its massive scale and high user engagement, it makes billions of dollars in advertising revenues. Facebook has been trying to roll out optimized advertising units, which maximize the monetization potential of its large user base while not being too intrusive. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Search Will Still Trump Social in Online Ads This Year
Facebook may be growing like a weed, making big acquisitions, and prepping for a blockbuster IPO, but a new study indicates Google has little to fear for its search ads just yet. The study, due out Tuesday morning from Adobe's digital marketing business unit (formerly the digital marketing firm Efficient Frontier before Adobe acquired it), also indicates that investor concern about Google's declining price per click ahead of its first-quarter earnings to be announced April 12 may be overblown. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Market Cap Per Employee: Instagram Hits $83 Million vs. Office Depot's $23,000, New York Times' $130,000
Facebook’s agreement to buy Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock works out to about $83 million per worker at the photo-sharing firm, which reportedly employs about one dozen workers, and the deal gives the tiny start-up a value roughly equal to established companies that include the New York Times (NYT), Peet’s Coffee (PEET), Cooper Tire & Rubber (CTB), and Office Depot (ODP). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- AOL Reaps $1 Billion In Patents Deal With Microsoft
If you want to realize the value in your massive but underexploited patent portfolio, you can drag someone into court, as Yahoo did to Facebook, or you can try playing nice. AOL did the latter and walked away with a deal with Microsoft worth more than $1 billion, it announced Monday. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Dear Silicon Valley: Please Quit Whining About Patents
I really hope Yahoo does well its patent suit against Facebook. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 100 Million Facebook Fans: GM Kristin Frank on MTV's Historic Milestone and Her Career
MTV's longevity and success, in an industry known for ever-changing tastes―ah, boybands!―and an audience that's a moving target, can be credited to its willingness to adapt. Not one for forcing a square peg into a round hole, MTV's ability to innovate and match their audiences' interests across multiple platforms is impressive. And while some may mourn the days of when MTV was an all-music, all-the-time station, I know that this reporter both respects the creativity MTV employs to stay profitable and appreciates the diverse―albeit often ‘guilty pleasure’―programming. Today I'd like to introduce you to the woman is responsible for guiding MTV through the ever changing landscapes of TV, web, social and mobile: Kristin Frank. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Tags Nasdaq
Nasdaq OMX has scored the listing of Facebook shares, winning what has been seen as the most-coveted listing among a new guard of Internet businesses. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook And The Job Interview: What Employers Should Be Doing
Since the news broke that some employers now ask job applicants for their social media passwords, most coverage has focused on the perceived invasion of applicants' privacy. But this practice isn't just creepy and illegal in some states, such as Maryland and Illinois; it?s also a bad business move. Here are four ways asking for passwords can harm your company in the long run and what to do instead. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- How Tennessee Got Volkswagen And New York Attracted Google, Facebook
The Republican governors of Maine, Oklahoma and Tennessee tackled the challenges of tax policy at the George W. Bush Presidential Center's tax summit in New York Tuesday, one-upping each other with stories of how they cut rates, reformed government spending and managed to get their states in the win column when it comes to growth. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Letters: Security policies under a cloud
Whitehall's strange attitude to the confidentiality of our personal data is revealed not only by its recent attempt to resurrect the snoopers' web-surveillance charter (Report, 3 April), but also by two other initiatives, IdA and G-Cloud.IdA, Whitehall's identity assurance initiative, is part of its plan to make all public services accessible only over the web. When you submit your tax return, for example, you will require an electronic ID managed by the likes of Google and Facebook. G-Cloud is Whitehall's plan to put all government data on the web, where it will be stored on computers operated by Google and other cloud-computing service providers like Amazon.These initiatives are being promoted in the name of efficiency and reform, and are the responsibility of Francis Maude. Whitehall's idea of efficiency and reform seems to be to hand over our personal data to third parties in overseas jurisdictions where it will be impossible for Whitehall to keep control of it. David MossLondon• The government must not be allowed to destroy the rule of law (No 10 remains defiant over new security legislation, 5 April). If our government's role is to protect its people and prosecute wrongdoers then no one, not even the security services, can be above the law. Evidence of criminal acts must be examined in public. Secret courts would erode all confidence in our legal system.The Gibson torture inquiry was supposed to examine the many allegations of UK complicity in torture abroad. Its remit was flawed by the inquiry's refusal to consider public scrutiny of the facts. The green paper goes one step further. It proposes legislation that will protect war criminals under the guise of national security. Torturers and those who witness torture will walk free. Human rights abuses will be repea null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Yahoo Plans Restructuring, Layoffs And War With Facebook
Yahoo's earnings were quite disappointing in 2011, as its core advertising business struggles to keep up with giants like Google and Facebook. Even the new CEO, Scott Thompson, has failed to inspire confidence. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The world map of chocolate (made out of chocolate)
You may be focussing on chocolate over the weekend - but where does it come from? A global trade analysed. In chocolate• Get the dataChocolate is seriously big business. 2,650,342 tonnes of cocoa were shipped around the world in 2009/10, according to the latest data from the International Cocoa Organisation. We wanted to visualise that trade - which is where the Guardian graphics team came in, lovingly creating the map above out of melted chocolate onto greaseproof paper using paintbrushes and letting it cool. Then it was photographed, with the original, er, filed rather deliciously.Guardian graphic artist Jenny Ridley then created the graphic above. It shows interesting things, such as the Netherlands as a global focus of the cocoa trade. According to the ICCO, this is because:The cocoa industry in the Netherlands has traditionally been very active, with large cocoa processing plants from major international cocoa processors. A large share of the cocoa liquor, butter & powder produced from the raw beans is then exportedThe full data is below. What can you do with it?Download the data• DATA: download the full spreadsheetNEW! Buy our book• Facts are Sacred: the power of data (on Kindle)More open dataData journalism and data visualisations from the GuardianWorld government data• Search the world's government data with our gatewayDevelopment and aid data• Search the world's global development data with our gatewayCan you do something with this data?• Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group• Contact us at data@guardian.co.uk• Get the A-Z of data• More at the Datastore directory• Follow us on Twitter• Like us on FacebookChocolateInternational tradeFair tradeCommoditiesFood & drinkSimon RogersJenny Ridleyguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian New null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Google Earnings Preview: Ads, Mobile & Social in Focus
Google is the global leader in online search and advertising where it competes with the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook. It is also the dominant player in mobile market with Android which competes primarily with Apple's iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone. Almost all of its revenue is driven by its search advertising business. Google will report its earnings for Q1 2012 on April 12, and we will closely watch its performance in search, mobile and social networking segments. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Marine should be dismissed over Facebook attack on Obama, board rules
Marine Corps recommends less-than-honorable discharge for Gary Stein after he claimed he would not follow Obama's ordersA US marine who posted on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama should be dismissed from the military with a less-than-honorable discharge, a Marine Corps review board has ruled.Gary Stein, 26, did not comment on the ruling, which was issued a day after his lawyers unsuccessfully sought to delay the review board by seeking an injunction in the federal court in San Diego.The recommendation to administratively discharge Stein came after a 13-hour hearing and an hour of deliberation by the panel. It will be submitted to Brigadier General Daniel Yoo, the commanding general of the US Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, where Stein is stationed.Yoo has not said what action he plans to take, if any. He is expected to make a decision within 30 days, according to Major Mike Armistead, a Marine Corps spokesman.Any discharge from the military that is not honorable can mean the loss of benefits available to most US military veterans.Stein, who is a meteorologist at Camp Pendleton, has served nearly nine years, including a tour of duty in Iraq. He was due to either re-enlist or end his enlistment at the end of July, according to court documents.Stein had posted comments saying he would refuse to obey orders from the president, who is the commander-in-chief of the military, on a Facebook page called the Armed Forces Tea Party page.He later removed the comments and said he meant only unlawful orders. In 2010, he got in similar trouble with the Marine Corps and was advised to post a disclaimer that the Armed Forces Tea Party page is not affiliated with the armed forces.He also posted comments to a Facebook network called Metoc, which is limit null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Yahoo Restructures To Focus On Online Media, Social And E-Commerce
Yahoo's CEO has outlined some major details about Yahoo’s restructuring plans following major layoffs last week, which saw the company announce plans to shed almost 15% of its total workforce in a bid to save around $375 million and focus on its core competencies to become more profitable and better compete with the likes of Google and Facebook. (see our note Yahoo Worth $18, Gets Nimble To Focus On Core Businesses) null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pandora's Growth Marches On At Slower Pace, Stock Worth $10
Pandora Media recently released its business metrics for the month of March 2012. It appears that although the company is still growing at a strong pace, it has slowed down slightly. Pandora is looking to continue its fast-paced expansion despite increasing competition from Clear Channel Radio and Spotify, which has expanded via Facebook. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- How Do You Play The Yahoo-Facebook Face-off And Other Issues Confronting Yahoo?
Yahoo, of late, has been confronted by vexing multiple issues, including its legal skirmishing with Facebook, massive cost-slashing through layoffs, looming proxy battle, and persistent takeover threats. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Why did Facebook buy Instagram for a whopping $1bn?
Why did Facebook pay such a massive price? We're collecting insights from industry observers – and we'd like your thoughtsFacebook's Mark Zuckerburg has announced that his company will acquire photo-sharing app Instagram for a whopping $1bn in cash and shares. Why did Facebook pay such a massive price? We're collecting insights and observations from industry observers, reporters and readers. Tweet us @GuardianUS, or toss in your thoughts in the comments below. FacebookUnited StatesTechnology sectorTechnology startupsAmanda Michelguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- What Was It About Instagram That Made It Worth A $1B Acquisition By Facebook?
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- Instagram makeover: see Obama, Bush and Blair transformed! Well, sort of
Instagram has been bought by Facebook for $1bn – but what difference would the app have made to five famous images?With the news that Facebook had decided to acquire Instagram for the princely sum of $1bn, we wondered what difference the photo sharing app would have made to a selection of well-known images. After all, Instagram is the app that has transformed the photographs of a generation of amateurs, ironing out bad exposure and glossing over poor focusing. Would it not do the same for the professionals?Answer: probably not. BromancegramHas the special relationship ever looked more special? George Bush and Tony Blair looked particularly at ease in each other's company during a walkabout at Camp David in February 2001. With the help of Instagram's Toaster filter, warmth flows from this photo.InauguramBarack Obama is sworn in as US president in January 2009. The presence of a hipster with an iPhone and the Instagram app would surely have only added to the gravitas.WeddingramNo modern wedding is complete without a grainy image loaded through Instagram's Lo-fi filter. With the click of roughly five buttons, Wills and Kate go from stuffy monarchs to über-cool scenesters. YeltsigramThe gregarious first president of the Russian federation was known for his love of the good life, although by the time he left office he was seen as something of an embarrassment among Russians. Yeltsin did himself no favours with an infamous dancing performance during his presidency – but perhaps if his moves had been seen through Instagram, they would have been better appreciated.LisagramWhile Leonardo da Vinci turns in his grave, behold the Mona Lisa – as the artist never intended. The Lo-fi gives the subject a little more colour in her cheeks, as well as a snazzy border and a weird green lin null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook buys Instagram for $1bn: full statement by Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook has acquired the photo-sharing application Instagram for $1bnFacebook has bought the photo-sharing application Instagram for a reported $1bn.Here's the full statement by founder Mark Zuckerberg issued on the Facebook website.Statement by Mark ZuckerbergI'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.For years, we've focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we'll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.We believe these are different experiences that complement each other. But in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram's strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.That's why we're committed to building and growing Instagram independently. Millions of people around the world love the Instagram app and the brand associated with it, and our goal is to help spread this app and brand to even more people.We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.These and many other features are important parts of the Instagram experience and we understand that. We will try to learn from Instagram's experience to build similar features into our other products. At the same time, we will try to help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook's null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Billion-Dollar Deals: Facebook Savvy, AOL Out of Steam
Two big deals are in the news today, one of which tells us how a winner wins, the other how a loser loses. Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion, snares a teensy competitor, gains mobile and other technology and perhaps a way to block arch-enemy Pinterest. AOL, meanwhile, gets a touch more than a billion from Microsoft and shows it is out of ideas. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
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