The New York Times wrote a lengthy piece on Apple today in the context of being a platform. One of the key facts that was detailed in The New York Times article is the fact that the iPad alone is on track to hitting $20 billion in revenues in its first year. This would put that device alone in the top third of the Fortune 500.

Last night Jesse Eisenberg was hosting Saturday Night Live. While he was giving his monologue intro, Andy Samberg popped in as he was dressed just like Mark Zuckerberg. Then the real Mark Zuckerberg decided to show up too. Check out the video and dialogue below:

Callaway has announced a new device called the MX Golf GPS. The upro MX has touch screen navigation and an optical finger navigation. The upro MX shows you how many yards you are from the hole and other checkpoints on the hole through an aerial view. The upro MX will be shipping this May for $199 and it has a 2.2-inch LCD screen.

Movie director James Cameron has joined Twitter after having a chat with Ryan Seacrest about it. Cameron’s first tweet was “ryan seacrest told me I had to get on Twitter. So here I am. First tweet. I feel younger already.”

App developer company Lima Sky has signed a cross-promotional deal with Universal Pictures. Lima Sky’s game Doodle Jump will promote the computer-animated comedy Hop. And Hop will somehow promote Doodle Jump in the movie.

Skullcandy, Inc. has filed a Form S-1 with the SEC, which means that they want to have an initial public offering (IPO) of their common stock. The price and number of shares are not yet known. BofA Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are acting as joint book-running managers for the IPO. Skullcandy primarily sells headphones and other audio accessories.

Tagged is a San Francisco based social network that has ended 2010 with 100 million registered users and they have hit its third year of profitability. This also means that Tagged has more users than LinkedIn, but less than Facebook and Twitter. Tagged made over $32 million in revenue and their virtual currency revenue is up 71% since 2009. Tagged plans to double their staff and give all employees a 10% raise. Investors in Tagged include Mayfield Fund, Horizon Technology Finance, and Leader Ventures.

Nico Lanter has put together an awesome pie chart of who exactly owns the largest social network. Of course the highest amount owned by one person in the company is co-founder Mark Zuckerberg with 24% equity. But did you know that U2 lead singer Bono owns $750 million worth of Facebook stock?