Monthly Archives: January 2012
Amazon Hits $17.43 Billion In Fourth Quarter
Today Amazon.com has announced their financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. Their net sales have increased 35% to $17.43 billion in the fourth quarter. The company’s operating cash flow increased 12% to $3.90 billion compared to $3.50 billion for the trailing twelve months in the year before. Free cash flow decreased 17% to $2.09 billion.
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Categories Amazon, Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos
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REPORT: Facebook Actually Looking To Raise $5 Billion, Not $10 Billion From IPO
A new report now states that Facebook is expected to raise $5 billion according to a preliminary IPO prospectus rather than the $10 billion from earlier reports. However this could be increased by investor demand. The smaller deal size is due to a decision to start with a conservative base before deciding to increase.
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Google Panda In Plan English [INFOGRAPHIC]
This past September, Google launched a new algorithm called “Panda.” Panda placed high quality links to the top of their results and pushed lower quality websites behind in search results. Many people are confused about how the new algorithm works and how to adapt. Single Grain, a digital marketing agency has put together an infographic that explains the changes and how to adapt.
[Via: Single Grain - A Digital Marketing Agency]
Categories Google, Infographics
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Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.5 Billion
Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital company run by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz has raised $1.5 billion. Ben Horowitz confirmed the investment on his blog today. The company has raised a total of $2.7 billion thus far.
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Categories Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen
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Ford Changes Motto To “Go Further”
Ford’s motto used to be “Drive One” in North America and “Feel the Difference” in Europe. Now they are shifting their brand name to “Go Further” across North America and Europe. The new slogan was supposedly inspired by the powerful mottos “Just Do It” by Nike and “I’m Lovin’ It” by McDonalds.
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Categories Ford, Ford Motor Company
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REPORT: About 25% Of Americans Used Their Phones To Compare Prices This Past Holiday Season
Pew Research put together an interesting report about “How Americans used their phones to assist with purchasing decisions this holiday season.” The results are that more than half of adult cell phone owners used their phones when going into a store during the 2011 holiday season to seek help when making a purchase during a 30 day period before and after Christmas.
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Categories PEW Research
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Feds Say That Megaupload User Data Could Be Deleted By Thursday
Megaupload was taken down a couple of weeks ago as part of a global government move. Authorities in the U.S., Hong Kong, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Phillipines, the U.K., and Germany worked in conjunction to take the website down. Now federal prosecutors are saying that data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as this Thursday. Millions of users stored their personal data including family photos and documents on Megaupload, but they have not been able to see their data since the government raid.
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Apple Has Employees Work On Fake Projects To Gain Their Trust
Adam Lashinsky, the author of “Inside Apple” appeared at the LinkedIn headquarters. He discussed Apple’s culture with a former engineer that came to the microphone to ask a question. In the discussion, the former Apple engineer revealed that some employees work on “fake projects” to gain the trust of the company.
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Categories Adam Lashinsky, Apple Inc.
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Curebit Raises $1.2 Million, Gets Caught Stealing 37Signals Design
Curebit is an online customer referral platform company that utilizes “word-of-mouth” advertising. The company has raised $1.2 million in funding from 500 Startups, Karl Jacob, Auren Hoffman, Dharmesh Shah, Gordon Tucker, Alex Lloyd, and several others. Curebit will use the funding for product development and expanding their team. This is great news for the company, but VentureBeat noticed that their homepage used to be a direct copy from 37signals.
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Categories 500 Startups, Alex Lloyd, Auren Hoffman, Curebit, Dharmesh Shah, Gordon Tucker, Karl Jacob
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What Is ACTA?
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral agreement that is used for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement. The Agreement would create a body outside of international institutions such as the WTO, WIPO, and the U.N. A couple of days ago, most European Union countries formally signed the agreement.
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Categories ACTA, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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