Sunday Shorts – Facebook Edition

Facebook

It’s been quite the couple of weeks for Facebook – from the long-awaited launch of its IPO offering, to chief egg Mark Zuckerberg getting hitched, and the announcement of its own photo app just weeks after buying Instagram. Here’s a short recap of what’s going on in Facebook’s world. Was the IPO Really All That [...]


Sergey Brin Paints His Kettle Pot Black Over Facebook and Apple

Google versus Facebook versus Apple

Over at UK newspaper The Guardian, Google co-founder Sergey Brin shares his views on the future of the Internet, including web freedom and the restrictive practices of Facebook and Apple. Brin makes some great points, particularly about the ongoing battles certain web users of the world have due to the firewall nature of their governments. [...]


The $1 Billion Instagram Success Story, Instagram Style

Instagram Facebook sale

Okay, so by now everyone and their mother has more than likely heard about the sale of photo app Instagram to Facebook for $1 billion in shares and cash. There are already a phalanx (awesome word, if maybe misplaced here) of posts from bloggers and analysts talking about the reasons for the sale, and what [...]