Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » U2 http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 19:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Elevation Partners’ $210 Million Investment In Facebook Is Now Worth $1 Billion http://pulse2.com/2011/08/18/elevation-partners-210-million-investment-in-facebook-is-now-worth-1-billion/ http://pulse2.com/2011/08/18/elevation-partners-210-million-investment-in-facebook-is-now-worth-1-billion/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:33:05 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=50274 Continue reading →]]>
Elevation Partners has stake in Facebook through their earlier $210 million investment. That stake is currently worth close to $1 billion as it is worth $975 million. Elevation Partners is a venture capital company that is run by Fred Anderson, Roger McNamee, Avie Tevanian, Bret Pearlman, and U2 lead singer Bono.

Facebook is currently valued at $65 billion. Bono and U2 guitarist The Edge (David Evans) could make over €400 million if their stake is sold immediately.

Elevation Partners is known for putting $480 million into Palm just a few months before the Apple iPhone was launched. U2 is also affiliated with the Spideman musical that gained a bad reputation across the world. And Elevation Partners lost money in their investment into publishing company Forbes.

[BusinessInsider]

]]> http://pulse2.com/2011/08/18/elevation-partners-210-million-investment-in-facebook-is-now-worth-1-billion/feed/ 0 U2 Concert Being Streamed Live This Sunday On YouTube http://pulse2.com/2009/10/20/u2-concert-being-streamed-live-this-sunday-on-youtube/ http://pulse2.com/2009/10/20/u2-concert-being-streamed-live-this-sunday-on-youtube/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:35:16 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=21549 Continue reading →]]> u2
Irish rock band U2 will be performing a concert this Sunday in Pasadena, California. The concert has already been sold out and YouTube will be streaming the concert for free and live. About 96,000 fans will be in the audience. The tour and video is being managed through U2′s partnership with Live Nation.

“The band has wanted to do something like this for a long time. As we’re filming the LA show, it’s the perfect opportunity to extend the party beyond the stadium. Fans often travel long distances to come to see U2 – this time U2 can go to them, globally,” stated U2 manager Paul McGuinness. The concert will be available on U2.com and on YouTube. The U2 360 Tour had started in June with the first concert taking place in Barcelona.

The U2 360 Tour has a Twitter account that you can follow too. Some of the tweets that the account sends out are official videos made by U2 representatives. I especially like the video of the CN Tower that they made in Toronto.

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