As Facebook grows, millions say, ‘no, thanks’
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Facebook Inc. (FB)’s initial public offering likely will account for 20 percent of California’sFacebook shareholders selling more shares
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Chris Cox spent his teenage years in Winnetka during the mid-1990s like so many other computer geeks: dialed into Internet ...
As Facebook grows, millions say, ‘no, thanks’
By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer – 2 minutes ago NEW YORK (AP) — Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.You won't find Thomas Chin, either. Or Kariann Goldschmitt. Or Jake Edelstein.More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month, but millions more are Facebook holdouts.They say they don't want Facebook. They insist they don't need Facebook. They say they're living life just fine without the long-forgotten acquaintances that the world's largest social network sometimes resurrects.They are the resisters."I'm absolutely in touch with everyone in my life that I want to ...
Vinny Magalhaes sells M-1 light heavyweight belt on eBay
M-1 Light heavyweight champion and former The Ultimate Fighter season 8 finalist Vinny Magalhaes (9-5) has sold his M-1 Light heavyweight belt on EBay. Magalhaes has been on the outs with the Russian based M-1 promotion due to lack of fights being booked and a dispute with the M-1 front office. Magalhaes captured the M-1 Light Heavyweight Championship against Viktor Nemkov at M-1 Challenge 25. In his next title defense, Magalhaes has claimed that M-1 Director of Operations Evgeni Kogan was seen publicly coaching his opponent and cheering against the promotion’s champion. Magalhaes has made it clear that he wants out of ...
Queen Elizabeth II’s Underwear For Sale on eBay
Would the term “Anglophile” be a grotesque understatement in describing your devotion to all things British? Have you daydreamed about wearing corsets and frilly dresses while being waited on in Buckingham Palace? Well, now you can buy yourself a piece of the Royal dream—a pair of Queen Elizabeth II’s very own silk underwear is apparently up for sale on eBay. Don’t click ‘bid’ just yet — the frilly bloomers have not been confirmed as authentic, the Daily Beast takes pains to report. They are being sold by the estate of the Hungarian-born, Miami-based Baron Joseph “Sepy” de Bicske Dobronyi, who died ...
UCC to hold 2nd communications innovation awards
By Wilfred Sanya THE Uganda Communication commission (UCC) to celebrate innovation and ingenuity in the Information and technology sector. “The growth and development in the Information Communication sector cannot only be credited to the government alone. But also a lot of innovation has been made by the private sector”, said Executive Director of Uganda communication Gofrey Mutabazi. Mutabazi disclosed this at a press conference to welcome the Vice President of Research BlackBerry Veena Rawat and the BlackBerry director government Frans Lijkamp. He said that through the annual communication Innovation awards, UCC will honor and celebrate achievements made by individuals, organisations, government agencies and ...
BlackBerry Curve 9320 review – Pocket
There hasn't been a huge amount of change in the world of BlackBerry in recent years. A design tweak here and nip and tuck to the user interface there, but that's about it. Whilst to top level devices have seen a little more change - integration of touch operation for example - down at the bottom end of the Curve line things are little different. The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is very much the baby of the BlackBerry family, both physically and in terms of specs. Fortunately, that also means ...
Spanish Debt Insurance Costs Rise, Bond Auction Eyed
LONDON (Dow Jones)--The cost of insuring Spanish debt against default was higher in early trading Thursday ahead of the Spanish bond auction, but off the record wide seen on Wednesday. At around 0730 GMT, five-year credit default swaps on Spain were three basis points wider at 541 basis points, according to data-provider Markit. This was nine basis ...
Microsoft poised to reap rewards from Facebook IPO
When Facebook completes its initial public offering this week, Microsoft certainly will benefit financially. At the high end, Facebook could be valued at up to $104 billion, which means Microsoft could see its original investment in Facebook grow in value from $240 million to up to $1.6 billion. Microsoft, which now has a 1.8 percent stake in Facebook, is also planning to offer 6.6 million of its 33 million shares in the IPO. If valued at the high-end estimate of $38 per share, that means Microsoft would make some $250 million. Not bad for what was a relatively small investment, for Microsoft, back ...
Why Facebook Is a Better Bet than Google Was
According to a recent survey, most Facebook users don't trust Facebook to keep their data private. Can't imagine why! I mean, it's not as if Facebook is a company that would--time and again--get you to share more data than you realize you're sharing. And it's not as if the company is run by a guy who in 2004 used private Facebook login data to hack into the email accounts of Harvard Crimson staffers and read their emails. And it's not as if this same guy would hack into a rival website and change ...
