Tag: LinkedIn
Linkedin: Privacy Complaints over Social Ads Scheme
In late March, LinkedIn had surpassed 100 million members and proudly continue adding new members at an average rate of 1 million per week. But, the new social advertisement has brought LinkedIn into a privacy debate war, members complained that it is over socially-sensitive change. Some of them even did not aware about the changes [...]
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Public companies are limiting sales of its shares [Twitter, LivingSocial, Square]
Private companies rely on the stability of its stocks to stay in the game. Thus, shares sold and bought by investors are constantly monitored. A report by Bloomberg says, Twitter Inc., LivingSocial and Square Inc. are taking steps to bar investors from selling shares on secondary exchanges. Twitter asked its investors in its recent funding to refrain from [...]
Google+ to grab the second place in Social Network
A study done by Bloomberg shows that Google’s new social-networking service, Google+ may grow to become the second biggest social network within the next year, moving past Twitter and LinkedIn. It claims that 22 percent of the U.S. adults will be a part of Google+ by 2012. Google+ already has around 13 percent of the U.S. adults and 9 percent [...]
Zillow stocks rise in it’s IPO
Zillow Inc., which operates the real estate site Zillow.com, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace and Zillow Mobile, finished day one of trading on the Nasdaq Global Market as shares closed at $36.14, up 81 percent. Its shares shot up to 120% during the day. Zillow priced its IPO late Tuesday at $20 per share. The stock quickly raised [...]
Social network neutrality: Redefine balance
What is Network Neutrality? Jave quoted definition, along with some real news from Tim Wu’s “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empire”. Simplifying it, network neutrality is seeking balance among intimate business players in similar field. It is derived due to existence of information monopolies. Start by time, innovation and interaction becomes essential to survive in [...]
LivingSocial closer to its IPO
LivingSocial, the second-largest daily-coupon site, said that it is close to hiring JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America Corp. and Deutsche Bank AG to manage its initial public offering. The company which was valued at $3.5 billion back in April is expecting to be valued at $10 billion to $15 billion after the [...]
Linkedin is now the second largest Social Network
LinkedIn Corp., a social network website focused on job seekers and recruiters, surpassed Myspace to become the No. 2 social-networking service in the U.S. The site users are mostly made of professionals and working class people. It had around 33.9 million visitors in June, up 63 percent from a year earlier, while Myspace had 33.5 million, [...]
VKontakte set to go public by 2012
VKontakte, a Russian social networking website which offers functions very similar to Facebook, is also planning to go public soon just like LinkedIn. It is now in early discussions with investment banks about a potential initial public offering. Just a month a go, Yandex NV, another Russian internet company, raised $1.3 billion in an Initial [...]
IPO: LivingSocial is ready for public offering
LivingSocial, a district-based web site that distributes daily deals for restaurants, spas and retail outlets is also considering a public offering some time soon, and talking with bankers about the possibilities. It is currently the biggest competitor for Groupon and is the fastest growing company in the e-commerce space. It added $400 million to its [...]
Pandora to go public with higher expectations soon
Pandora, an online music service, increased its target price range to $10 to $12 a share, above its previous range of $7 to $9. According to its latest filing, Pandora plans to sell 14.7 million of its shares, increased by a million, upping the total potential take of the deal by 43% ahead of the [...]
Zynga is set to go public after LinkedIn’s success
Photo Jim Wilson/The New York Times It seems LinkedIn IPO has influenced Zynga Inc., a social network game developer to file for an initial public offering by the end of June, earlier than expected when initially it was identified as a possible candidate for an IPO by 2013. The current owner of Zynga is a [...]
