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Questions About Facebook IPO

May 5, 2012 Business Service
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  • How much is Facebook worth really apart from the friend circles?

Facebook is going in for valuation of nearly 100 billion dollars yes excluding your girl friend and her jewellery pictures posted on Facebook.

  • What is the price of one share of Facebook when it gets listed?

Each share of Facebook would be worth $35 around .The price is for initial public offering and does not mean it would stay the same for long time.

Facebook is opening its books on May 18th for public to apply for buying shares.

  • Is Facebook going to be bigger than Google on stock market?

Market cap of Google is currently 194 billion nearly where as Facebook is just 100 Billion and that on the paper and with initial public offering .When Google was listed in 2004 its price was fixed at $103 and it was subscribed 10 folds more.

  • Why is Facebook going for IPO?

It seems Facebook is trying to raise cash for growing or the investors would like to raise funds for them to exit the company which ever is true you have to wait and see.

  • Who earns most when Facebook goes Public?

Accel Partner one of the investment firm which has invested in Facebook would be raising 1069 million from the Facebook IPO. Mark would be making close to $846 million.

  • Where is Facebook actually based in?

Facebook has three offices in Palo Alto, CA,United Stated.

  • How much money does Mark Zuckerberg make from the IPO?

Mark Zuckerberg would be making close to $846 million.

  • How much salary does Mark Zuckerberg get?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pulled in a base salary of almost $500,000. However Zuckerberg’s salary will fall to $1 annually, starting Jan. 1, 2013.So there is big rush to make some cool cash.

  • How does Facebook make money?

Facebook makes majority of its revenue from advertising and from more from its partnership with Zynga. The gaming company contributed 12% of Facebook’s $3.71 billion which accounts almost $500 million.

  •  How many shares of Facebook are offering in IPO?

Facebook announced its with a total of 337,415,352 shares set to hit the marketplace.

Facebook: 4% of children enrolled have not yet 6 years

April 14, 2012 online service
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To register on the famous social networking site Facebook, you must be at least 13 years. And the young audience knows it. However, children do not hesitate to change their birth date in order to connect and share data. According to a study in the United States with 1,000 parents by Minor Monitor, 38% of children have Facebook accounts before their 13th birthday. The organization specializes in the protection of children on Facebook also reveals that 4% of them would not 6 years. The study also states that 30% of children spend 2 hours or more browsing the social network.

This study attempts to highlight the apparent laxity and especially the lack of vigilance of the parents of these very young children. Yet 74% of parents are concerned about the safety of their children on Facebook. They are even 56% to dread the presence of sexual predators, 41% to be afraid of cyber harassment, and 29% fear even identity theft. Only half of these parents monitor on behalf of their children by connecting to it directly. A quarter of them is content to be “friends” with their own children. A method often limited: “Some parents feel that having their children in” friend “is sufficient to ensure their safety” notes Mike Betron, the head of Minor Monitor. “But that only makes a false sense of security because children are still able to engage in private conversations and view content without doubt that their parents see them. “He concluded.

Today, 17% of parents do not monitor absolutely not what their children are doing on Facebook. Disturbing behavior for the organism Minor Monitor. Especially when you know that over 100 million people are registered on the social network around the world.

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A young Muslim mayor addicted to Twitter

October 3, 2011 online service
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“I have not tweeted for an hour, it’s hard,” joked the young mayor of Calgary, Nenshi Naheed, who heads the fourth Canadian city for a year, with wide use of social media.

Seeking contact with his constituents through Facebook or Twitter, the son of immigrants has managed to win thanks to his charisma, his humor, his words easy and its projects in a city renowned conservative.

With her brown curls, tiny glasses and big smile, the Nenshi Naheed told AFP: “In Canada and particularly in Calgary, you can do and be what you want, regardless of ‘where we come from. “

Born in Toronto, while her parents of Indian origin had just arrived from Tanzania, grew up in Calgary.

Muslim from a modest background, he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Calgary and an MA in Public Policy at Harvard University before being an entrepreneur, writer, management consultant, professor and finally Mayor Calgary, City of West known for its cowboys, its stampede (rodeo festival) and its thriving oil industry. He’s only 39 years.

“Growing up, I never thought for a moment that because of my religion or my background, there is anything I can do,” he starts, alternating between French and English during a meeting with investors in Montreal and he is trying to attract families to his town.

After living in New York, Amsterdam, Toronto or Boston, he naturally returned to Calgary and surrounding area of ​​1.2 million. Many media headline when he was elected in October 2010: “The first Muslim mayor of a major Canadian city.”

“When I won the election (…) I suddenly became known nationally and internationally. I saw my story on CNN, Al Jazeera, in Time magazine.” No fool, he knows that’s because it represents what is called a “visible minority” and his religion. But, he insists, in Calgary “it was never a problem during the elections.”

He campaigned by denouncing the excessive spending of the previous administration and by focusing on improving everyday life, a better city management and the fight against poverty.

He who has many hats cowboy continues to sell the city as a place “remarkably open-minded and welcoming.” “The cowboy hat does not mean a narrow-minded,” he quips.

He wears a striped tie purple color, a mixture of red (color of the Liberals) and blue (the Conservatives) that it is “neither right nor left”.

Petit, he never dreamed of the town hall. But he recounts, laughing, he was a true “nerd”, a loner obsessed with his studies.

However, its citizens can easily talk to him. He does not let her phone rarely. The Facebook social network and microblogging site Twitter has no secrets for him. Social media has been its powerful allies in the election.

“If you want to succeed, we must go to people where they live (…) many also live online. Twitter is a medium that allows direct communication. It is not without irony because the messages are only 140 characters but it allows a more in-depth conversation when I’m doing a speech to a thousand people. “

And he assures, it will not fall on an employee: he alone answers, no password.

Facebook accused of Privacy Again

September 28, 2011 Computers
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During the conference F8 , Mark Zuckerberg has praised the “sharing without friction.” He finds himself-how-often with a new controversy Privacy on the arms.

This weekend, blogger and hacker Nik Curbrilovic accused Facebook to continue to monitor the online activities of users, even when they are disconnected from the network. He writes, supporting evidence, “Every time I visit a site with a button like, sharing, or any other widget, the information including my account number, is sent to Facebook, even when I am no longer logged. The only solution is to delete all cookies Facebook “, these small files stored on the hard drive by the browser, especially for remembering passwords.

Facebook engineer in charge of logins immediately responded via a comment (press service confirmed). It recognizes that cookies are changed, but explained that it was “a measure of security and protection, particularly to identify spammers or when someone tries to access your account.” Above all, it Facebook says that “does not use cookies to social plugins sell advertising or information to partners,” but simply to “customize” its services.

This is not the first time a player in the Web is accused of following too close to its users. Google, with the bar omnibox Chrome or Microsoft with its toolbar Bing were severely criticized.

Facebook, meanwhile, is considering becoming a social infiltrating every corner of the canvas. Sharing with “frictionless,” each song is played on Spotify example in the new “ticker”, this module to become the “pulse” of activity of Facebook. The network makes a transition from sharing a “case by case” basis, controlled by the user, the “all or nothing” automated once the initial authorization given.Beyond questions about privacy, this deluge of data raises a more fundamental issue: that of relevance.

Facebook To Offer Music for Your Ears

September 20, 2011 online service
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According to information obtained by the New York Times , Facebook could use its annual f8 to be held next Thursday to unveil an ambitious service to share music and video. The 750 million members that make up the social network will be able to share music that? they listen as well as movies or TV programs that? they look.

To do this, Facebook would have partnered with a dozen services? Listening to music streaming which include Spotify , Rhapsody, RDIO, MOG and also the French Deezer. For video, the? The New York Times mentions only the service but to Vevo? Other sites have mentioned the presence of Netflix. All content consumed by a member on Facebook? A partner services appear on their page as a link. Each service could offer a minimum of free content and s? Use it as a product of? call for their premium offerings .

Facebook wants to know your best friends

September 15, 2011 online service
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• Background: Facebook announced Tuesday on his blog a review of the function buddy list. Facebook will create in your profile of “Smart Playlists”. Some, themes, will be filled automatically. You will find your classmates, your co-workers, family members and people in your city (those friends can always be removed or added manually to these lists). Three other lists must absolutely be met by you: the “close friends” (Facebook has a good idea who it is), “knowledge” and “limited contact”. •

The motivation for Facebook: Only 5% of Facebook members have taken the time to build lists, according to Mark Zuckerberg. Now this is a particularly effective tool to use social networks with confidence. This is also one of the functions in which the competitor + Google tries to stand out. Pushing the use of lists, Facebook seeks to reassure its members and encourage them to share more articles, videos and links, even a more select. And for good reason: if the members of Facebook have 130 friends on average, the social network is expected that you add in the list of “close friends” that five to ten people .

What will change: Facebook wants to replicate its social network the distinction between friends, which can receive news every day, and acquaintances. Your contacts will therefore receive different treatment according to the list in which they appear, without having to make any adjustments. Thus, all actions of your “close friends” (new status, photos, comments), and will be reported in your news feed. However, only the most important news of your “knowledge”, such as a marriage or a move, will emerge. The list of “limited contact” works the other way, by limiting what they see you. Those who appear only see the messages you have for all visitors to the social network (not just your own friends). So you can add your boss as a friend without disclosing your life, boasting Facebook. For fine adjustments, and do not show such photos tagged to some people, it will remain possible to create custom lists with specific privacy settings. •

 

Facebook The $ 100 Billion Bet

June 16, 2011 Business Service
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Facebook is now valued around $ 100 billion and could be its IPO during the first 4 months of 2012. This is shown by the NBCC , which states that the record IPO could be filed with the SEC in the month of October. Goldman Sachs, which manages close to 1, 5 billion of shares in the social network for private investors, is strongly tipped to lead the IPO.

The bank had invested close to U.S. $ 500 million in Facebook last January, valuing the social network for almost 50 billion. The social network is now valued almost double. On the secondary market (“Secondary market”), composed of platforms such as SharesPost where employees and early investors can sell their shares, Facebook is valued around 80 billion.

Several factors are driving the current social network to go public with the first presence of the merchant bank capital, which is getting impatient. Another important point is that Facebook this year should reach the limit of 500 shareholders in its authorized capital. Finally the firm wishes to benefit from the growing boom in technology stocks, after the successful introduction of LinkedIn and Yandex, and while Groupon preparing its IPO for a waiver estimated $ 750 million.

Facebook did not expect more interest to see the changes in its membership base. A study of the site InsideFacebook , the social network is declining in developed countries. He has lost 6 million accounts in the U.S. alone in May, where it is now 149.4 million against 155.2 million members before. A decrease rather significantly, and especially the first in the U.S.. Same as Canada where the number of users was down 8%. Europe has also reduced the number of users, while conversely Brazil and Indonesia are booming. The site continues to grow so out of Western countries and should soon have nearly 700 million users.

Facebook losing momentum in the U.S.?

June 14, 2011 online service
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Facebook’s growth is continuing at a global level, but the social network seems stalled in some countries like the United States, says a report published Sunday, June 12

According to the website Inside Facebook Gold , which conducts monthly surveys, social networking, co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg, will soon reach the 700 million active users. In early June, Inside Facebook accounted 687 million, against 675 million a month earlier. Based on the demand for online advertising and social networking company Social Bakers consider it over 698 million worldwide. There are less than a year, the social network for its part claimed to have surpassed the 500 million registered.

Despite this continuous annual growth, Inside Facebook notes, however, a change in driving countries. “Most new users are from countries that are relatively late in adopting Facebook” says the document. Countries like India and Brazil have for example 2 million subscribers in just one additional month. But the study also shows that countries that were early adopters of social networking are now losing visitors.

In late May, the United States, the most represented country on the social network, had 149.4 million active users, at the beginning of the month they were 155, 2000000. Canada is also losing 1.52 million users, while the “United Kingdom, Norway and Russia have lost more than 100,000 people” , according to Inside Facebook.

Facebook “HAPPENING NOW” (Video)

June 11, 2011 online service
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Facebook “HAPPENING NOW” (Video)

Facebook gets “Happening Now”

June 11, 2011 Google
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Facebook said on Friday it was testing a function, “Happening Now” (“what happens now”), showing real-time activity of his “friends” on social network, how micro-blogging Twitter.
This function is tested with “less than 1%” of the 600 million users of Facebook, said the first social network in the world.
“We are currently testing this feature in place of news, it gives people the opportunity to see what their friends like to comment or + +, when this happens,” the company said in an email to California AFP.
“In the coming weeks we will learn more about this test, improve and possibly expand it to more people,” he adds.
This function, which takes the form of a column next to the current place, is seen by some observers as a potential threat to the micro-blogging site Twitter, which allows its users to post messages of 140 characters up on what they do, think, see, and to include links to documents, photos or videos.

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