I just read this awesome article on Mashable about how “Lufthansa has set up a new service named MySkyStatus that automatically posts the current position of your flight to Twitter or Facebook so your friends can follow your travels.”‘ I’ve also read other articles where “things” are programmed to update their status to Twitter. This […]
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With the massive amounts of status updates conducted each day on Facebook, there is no shortage of data to tell whether people are feeling happy or sad. And over time, this data can show trends as to how the nation as a whole (the United States for example) is feeling emotionally. That’s exactly what Facebook […]
With the launch of Bing and the merger with Yahoo, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) had high hopes for gaining search engine market share! Unfortunately, after only 2 months on the web it’s starting to look like Bing has peaked. From 247wallst.com:
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Dow Plunges Over 200 Points
No one can deny the volatility in the stock market. And after some modest gains in the market over the past month of so, today the dow plunged and hit bottom at -203 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 203 points, or 2.1 percent — it’s worst decline since July 2, which was before […]
Google’s stock has definitely seen it’s ups and downs. Understandable considering the economy over the past few years. And even though the economy has been rough, and Google’s stock price has dropped considerably, the company continues to post amazing numbers each quarter. Google is expect to report $4.25 billion in net revenue, representing 5% growth […]
A couple of great pieces of news sent Apple (AAPL) up 2.69% today to close at 163.89 on the NASDAQ. Apple is expected to sell2.7 to 2.8 million Macs and 9.5 to 10.5 million iPods in its fourth fiscal quarter Apple expected to sell 50 million iPhones in 2011 Apple customer satisfaction dips 1% but […]
As a follow up to a post I did earlier announcing that Facebook acquired FriendFeed, TechCrunch has the figures for what Facebook paid for FriendFeed. Everyone is obviously talking about the Facebook/FriendFeed deal, but everyone wants to know one key detail: How much did Facebook pay? Now we know: Facebook paid nearly $50 million when […]