NewsDaily: Facebook to file IPO documents soon as Wednesday: report
Facebook to file IPO documents soon as Wednesday: report
Posted 2012/01/27 at 1:51 pm EST
Jan. 27, 2012 (Reuters) — Facebook plans to file documents as early as Wednesday for a highly anticipated IPO that will value the world’s largest social network at between $75 billion and $100 billion, the Wall Street Journal cited unidentified sources as saying on Friday.
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are expected to lead what would be one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, the Journal cited its sources as saying.
Facebook was not immediately available for comment.
The impending IPO — expected to raise $10 billion — is a prized trophy for investment banks, setting up a fierce competition on Wall Street, particularly between the presumed front-runners Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
(Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic and Edwin Chan; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)
Related Stories , Jan. 27, 2012 (Reuters) — Facebook’s initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.
NewsDaily: Facebook to file IPO documents soon as Wednesday: report
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NYC’s Top 5 Laid-Back Cocktail Bars
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When it comes to NYC nightlife, one night you can be sipping Champagne with pseudo-celebrities, the next you’re chugging cheap beer in a noisy dive with sticky floors. Wondering where you can just grab a nice cocktail and relax without any pretense or a clipboard-wielding doorman? Here are the best bars with laid-back scenes in NYC. by Selena Ricks-Good.White Star
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21 Essex St.new York, NY(212) 995-5464
Originally opened by Sasha Petraske, White Star has been an anti-speakeasy cocktail bar since it first opened in 2008. although it’s not hidden, the bar still has a secretive air about it, perhaps because it’s off the beaten path. Intimate, cozy and featuring a short cocktail menu, the bartenders here are friendly and will happily make a drink of your choice.
Mother’s Ruin
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18 Spring St.new York, NY
Serving cocktail slushies such as bourbon with frozen apple cider, Mother’s ruin is all about taking the pretense out of cocktails. Opened recently by bartenders-turned-bar owners T.J. Lynch and Richard Knapp, this Nolita hangout features a rotating menu of cocktails in addition to the slushies and bar bites such as French onion soup topped with grilled cheese. An oasis of low-key cool, the neighborhood crowd has quickly taken notice, packing the bar during late hours.
NYC’s Top 5 Laid-Back Cocktail Bars
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The Famous Five That Made Apple’s Week
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Release of iOS 5
Apple debuted the new software at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June and released it to consumers this week. The software brings 200 features to the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch, including Notifications, iMessage, iCloud service, photo improvements.
Arrival of find my Friend and Airport Utility App
Apple introduced two new apps on the iOS platform before pushing it out; one of these was the find my Friend app which allows users to keep track of friends with other iOS devices and the other for setting up the company’s network.
Mac OS X 10.7.2. with iCloud Support
Apple released an OS X 10.7.2 update for its latest Lion operating system, which includes support for Apple’s iCloud service. It includes synchronization options for e-mail, contacts, notes, bookmarks, documents, calendars and the iCloud iPhoto stream feature.
Wins Injunction against Samsung in Australia
In the legal arena, Apple recorded another win, when the Federal Court of Australia awarded it an interlocutory injunction against Samsung selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 for infringing on Apple’s patents.
Google and Samsung have had a hard time coping with Apple’s dominance. both competitors of the California-based organization are holding off an event they had scheduled for this week to announce the first phone based on the next version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. according to an AllThingsD report, both companies changed their mind, saying, “We believe this is not the right time to announce a new product as the world expresses tribute to Steve Jobs’ passing.”
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The Best iPhone Apps Of The Week, September 4-10, 2011
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Sat September 10th, 2011 blogger facebook google plus photo importer grand prix story iprogress Kinetik MadPad – Remix Your Life postsecret
The AppAdvice iPhone App Of the Week:
PostSecret, $1.99, Released September 4
Everybody has A Secret, but are you willing to Share?
PostSecret is one of the top-selling apps in the App Store right now and for good reason. Launched earlier this week, the iPhone/iPod touch app has one purpose: to let each of us tell the world all of our secrets. If this concept sounds refreshing and a bit unsettling at the same time, you’d be correct and here’s why.
Created by PostSecret, the $1.99 app offers an anonymous way to post secrets for the entire world to see. Each secret, which can be forwarded to others via Facebook and Twitter, includes text and a photo.
New Releases
iProgress, $.99, Released September 4
New iProgress keeps you Organized And Goal Oriented
iProgress by Nitromsoft creates a new way to track your goals and progress on the iPhone.
The app takes a more natural route than traditional task managers like Remember the Milk or things, offering instead a platform for users to mark their own challenges, victories, and defeats.
Like other productivity apps available in the App Store, iProgress is designed to help users create goals, and then follow through with them. however, rather than using complicated charts or pre-formatted tables to get the job done, the app instead relies on the user’s own willpower and ability to input data.
Google Plus Photo Importer, $.99, Released September 6
Google Plus Photo Importer Arrives
Dropico has released the first of its kind Google Plus Photo Importer app, available now for the iPhone/iPod touch. Available for $.99, the app allows users to instantly upload photos into Google Plus through Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, and Photobucket. the end result is very nice.
In order to use the service, you must first log into your Google Plus account, and then into each of your photo-sharing services. While this process is tedious at best, once it is done you don’t have to perform it again.
After your accounts are authenticated, you can select from one to 100 photos at a time to upload to Google Plus. Along the way, you’ll see a nice illustration showing two cartoon-like characters handing off the photos, one after the other.
Kinetik– Share the apps you love, Free, Released September 6
Kinetik – A Social Network for iOS Apps
A brand new application called “Kinetik,” which works kind of like a social network for iOS applications, is now available to download in the App Store. Once downloaded, users can “share the applications [they] love” with others. It’s also possible to view a list of the apps shared by friends, the most shared (“trending”) applications and shared apps by category from within Kinetik.
As outlined in the app’s release notes, Kinetik allows users to “stay up to date on the latest apps, get app recommendations from your friends, and see what apps are trending.” the application itself is available to download for free, and is compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch.
Blogger, Free, Released September 8
Google Launches Official Blogger App for iPhone
Good news if you use and enjoy Blogger, Google’s hosted blogging platform. Just minutes ago, Google released an official iPhone client for the service.
Called Blogger, the app is available free of charge on the App Store and it does everything you would expect. that is, you can use it to post new entries, upload images, or modify older posts, right from your iPhone. best of all, the app supports multiple accounts if you need it.
Grand Prix Story, $2.99, Released September 8
It’s Time to Hit the Track with Grand Prix Story
Grand Prix Story by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd is another simulation game from the makers of the popular Game Dev story, Hot Springs story, and Mega Mall story. Yep, it’s more of that addictive simulation game formula that you love so much.
In Grand Prix story, you are put in charge to manage your own racing team, with the goal of conquering the Grand Prix. but before that can happen, you have a lot of training to do, as well as finding the right people for your team. you have to start out as the worst, and work your way up to being the best. This title closely resembles Game Dev story more than the other recent releases.
MadPad – Remix Your Life, $.99, Released September 8
MadPad Makes Music out Of Your Life Using only Your iPhone
MadPad – Remix Your Life by Smule is another incredible casual music app for the iPhone from the famed developer of Leaf Trombone.
The app builds on its predecessor’s “social music” platform, creating a unique way to record and remix everyday life into incredible, beat-oriented performance pieces.
As a music creation tool, MadPad is somewhere between a video recorder and a loop machine, offering users the ability to record short snippets of their everyday life. Each of these samples is then arranged onto an editable beat pad. Tapping any of the recorded images reproduces that exact video portion. Tapping these pieces in sequence, obviously, has the potential to create some interesting beats.
The app comes with a number of stock sound sets, as well, in case users haven’t got the initiative to record their own. that being said, the included recorder is incredibly simple to use, and offers an excellent amount of detail for the medium at hand. there are also several other sound sets available for free via the included browser.
Updated
Facebook, Free, Updated September 6
Facebook App get Major Update, but still not for iPad
Facebook has just released an update to its popular iPhone/iPod touch app. Unfortunately, the update still does not include iPad compatibility.
Version 3.5 of the Facebook app includes a number of tools that make it easier to share items with your friends. These features include the ability to tag friends and places in posts and share external links from a web view. in addition, the app includes newly designed Profile and Group Wall pages.
Plus, the Facebook app has improved the sharing tool to add privacy controls on posts and the ability to match those settings with those on the social networking website.
The best iPhone Apps Of the Week is published each weekend; a companion piece, The best iPad Apps Of the Week, is published separately.
Attention developers: If you would like your app to be considered for one of our “Best Of” lists, please me know by sending me a tweet @bryanmwolfe. Note: Your app must have been new or updated in the last week to make the current list.
The Best iPhone Apps Of The Week, September 4-10, 2011
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Facebook as a Social Enterprise
I have been involved with social media since before the days of Friendster. It has come a long way since then and the evolution has taken place in a very short time frame. We are now at the peak of the Facebook Social Enterprise. Our lives are being held hostage by some gurus behind a screen. All our information is laying flat in front of the world. Groups such as Anonymous have vowed to hack Facebook if they don’t change their personal privacy regulation.
Recently I noticed that Facebook uploaded all my contacts phone numbers. I didn’t give anyone permission to do this but they did it anyway. Then it was my obligation to turn off the feature in facebook. Why is that so? Should I have to be always watching as social networking invades every inch of my privacy. The crazy part about it is that we let this happen to us. It is just another experiment to see how far the human can be controlled. It’s almost like a legal holocaust of our information. We are all being stripped down and thrown in front of the world. What’s next?
Is anything safe anymore? Does anyone even care that they are controlling all our information, how we build our personal networks, who we can and can’t see or talk to , where we can turn people off with the click of a button. How imaginative it is to just flip a switch and make your world a better place.
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