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Yahoo! is in talks to purchase Tumblr for estimated $1bn
Could this be the end of a good thing? It’s quite possibly so, if the news about Yahoo! being in serious talks to purchase Tumblr for an estimated $1 billion is true.
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$10bn: That is how much it would cost in real life to be Iron Man 3
Every kid’s fantasy, and let’s face it, some of you adults too - is to be Iron Man. But to be Iron Man, it will cost you a pretty Penny (you see what I did there!). You must be a billionaire to start, but how many billions? Well, ten to be exact.
An ATM that gives away free money, sign me up!
You know that feeling when one day, you stick your hand in your jacket pocket that you haven’t worn for a while, and find $5 dollars and you are super excited? This is that; but with a lot more money.
Last year, each person was worth $9.51 to Facebook
Do you ever wonder just how much exactly you are worth to Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook? What is the value that you bring to the table for the social networking conglomerate. According to new research, each user last year equated to a value of just under $10 each. Considering there are 900 million users on Facebook, that’s not too shabby.
Extreme couponing: from the television to your home
The TLC program “Extreme Couponing” has shed some light on the world of couponing, and exactly how intent some people have become in their quest to save a buck. Take Krista, one of the show’s regulars, who was seen on the season finale dumpster-diving while seven months pregnant. That episode sparked a series of outraged comments on Twitter about how far the reality TV star was willing to go to fuel her obsession.
Track Mark Zuckerberg’s billions, and see how he makes out post-IPO
After the Facebook IPO, Mark Zuckerberg instantly became a billionaire many times over. Although, the FB stock isn’t doing as well as most would have liked. It started out with an IPO price of $38 a share, which made Zuck worth $19.14 billion. At the opening public price, it went up to $42 but has since bottomed out a bit, down as low as $30.94 and at $31.65 as of this writing.
Let the races begin: $FB stock begins trading on the open market
After an amazing setup yesterday for the Facebook IPO and a $104 billion company valuation, and this morning with Mark Zuckerberg ringing the NASDAQ bell from Menlo Park California (pictured inset), the Facebook stock (FB) has officially began trading on the open market.
Update: Facebook’s IPO brings in a valuation of $104 billion
As expected, Facebook completed it’s Initial Public Offering today raising a staggering $16 billion, bringing the total valuation of the uber social network to $104 billion, which makes it one of the biggest IPO’s filed ever.
By the numbers: A look at Facebook’s IPO (infographic)
Facebook’s highly talked about and now famous IPO is going to happen at any moment now. At a valuation at $100 billion and counting, it will be one of the biggest IPO’s to date, three times larger than Starbucks. Is it all that it’s cracked up to be though? Warren Buffet doesn’t think that it is. MBA Online did an infographic on the IPO numbers and included some interesting facts worth checking out.
Facebook now has over 900 million active users
Facebook just passed a momentous turning point in the number of active users it has. For a while, they were in the 800-850 million user threshold, but in an amendment to their S-1 IPO filing, they say they now have 901 million active users.
This guy is making over $1k a day spamming Pinterest
I think I need to change professions, because this guy is making a buttload of money doing some shady, yet legal work. The Daily Dot interviewed one person, who using a network of spam bots has created a lucrative business from the new social pinning network.
I am Facebook
After all the details of the Facebook IPO yesterday, one thing has been made certain. The cash flow coming out of the IPO is going to make many people millionaires and billionaires. Let’s not forget where this all started though. Yes, Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, we know. But without us, you and I, the users, Facebook would not exist. Therefore, speaking for everyone, I am Facebook. Don’t forget that, Zuck.
Some interesting tidbits about Facebook’s IPO
Earlier Facebook officially filed for their Initial Public Offering (IPO). In the filing statement, there is a lot of good details and interesting information I have come across so far. At a high level, I touched base on some factoids when I found out about the IPO, but after that I decided to dig deep into this very long and brutally detailed filing.
It’s official: Facebook files for it’s IPO
As reported last week, Facebook has just made it official by filing for their Initial Public Offering. The IPO filed just a few minutes ago is for $5 billion. The actual valuation of Facebook at this point is still not known, as the value of the shares haven’t been published yet.
Facebook may file for it’s IPO next week
In a new report from the Wall Street Journal published a short time ago, they are saying that Facebook may finally file for their Initial Public Offering (IPO). Currently Facebook is a privately held company, and if they go public their stocks can be traded publicly and they can build on their capital dramatically.
