Facebook announces $19bn WhatsApp deal Facebook will buy fast-growing cellphone-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19-billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal that places the world’s largest social network closer to the heart of cellphone communications and may bring younger users into the fold. The transaction involves $4-billion in cash‚ $12-billion in stock and $3-billion in restricted stock that vests over several years. The WhatsApp deal is worth more than Facebook raised in its own initial
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Have you noticed that some of your Facebook friends like certain advertisements? Marketers know what Facebook users like and are using that knowledge to influence users’ friends. "Social context ads" are based on data collected on the likes and friends of Facebook users. When you click on ad indicating that you like it‚ you also give Facebook permission to share that preference with all your friends. Marketers like this feature because it appears as though you are endorsing the brand to your friends
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CASE STUDY: FACEBOOK Facebook: Offensive Content Versus Free Speech The social networking site Facebook has over 200 million active members and is available in 40 languages. Seventy percent of Facebook users live outside the United States‚ less than a third are 1 college students‚ and the fastest growing demographic is individuals thirty-five years and older. With this kind of diversity in membership‚ there are often opposing viewpoints regarding acceptable content. Facebook has rules prohibiting
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He was dazed and confused‚ but now he is high-spirited and vigorous. Mark Zuckerberg‚ the 28-year-old CEO of the Facebook‚ proved a variety of possibilities in the Internet era by his own way. How did he do this? What made Zuckerberg so successful? First‚ he was full of confidence. In Chung (2012)’s article‚ Mark tried to explain his landlord Judy Fusco that what the Facebook is. “He said they were going to build a network that would change the world.” At that time‚ Judy was impressed by Mark’s
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Write up for Facebook Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004‚ operated and privately owned by Facebook‚ Inc. As of July 2011‚ Facebook has more than 750 million active users. Users may create a personal profile‚ add other users as friends‚ and exchange messages‚ including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Facebook users must register before using the site. Additionally‚ users may join common-interest user groups‚ organized by workplace
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Argumentation Essay: Facebook When a possible employee is in the process of being hired‚ his or her employment should be based on a social media network such as‚ Facebook. The main points for this position consists of professional versus social‚ freedom of speech versus censorship‚ and a person’s true identity behind closed doors. Facebook is one of various other social networks that are not confidential. Anyone can view a user’s profile and see all of their updates. People use Facebook from sending invitations
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Is Facebook “Good” For You? Ellie B April 10‚ 2012 Think back to 2005‚ just a mere seven years ago. MySpace was climbing the charts with 26.7 million users (MacManus‚ 2006). YouTube was just launched and gained much popularity through MySpace. Mark Zuckerburg had just created Facebook the year before and has just opened usage to high school students (Acohido‚ 2009). Nobody living in 2005 could have ever predicted the skyrocketing usage of the internet in the years to come
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT 555 Lecturer: ***** Assessment 1 Case papers overview Due: 14th February 2013 (Thursday) Word Count: 1588. Facebook Student Name: David Yew-Choong KAM Student ID: 1 WHY do people use Facebook? Whether it’s for posting updates‚ reposting articles‚ checking in locations/whereabouts‚ or playing Farmville – people participate in Facebook to stay connected‚ to relax‚ to be entertained‚ and to be kept informed (Bond‚ Ferraro‚ Luxton and Sands 2010‚ 4; Piskorski‚ Eisenmann
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INSTAGRAM: How will Facebook manage its acquisition? CORPORATE STRATEGY 4G12 BARIL Xavier FIERE Benjamin IMBODEN Thomas JAYARATNE Mellane ZAJAC Damien 1 INTRODUCTION the 9 of April 2012‚ FACEBOOK bought the application INSTAGRAM for 1 billion dollars. FACEBOOK Social network on the Internet Available in 70 languages 900 million active users 2011: a billion dollar profit INSTAGRAM Share your life with photos Created on October 2010 40 million users on April 2012 2 PLAN
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Facebook vs. MySpace Martese Porchia February 8‚ 2012 University of Phoenix David Zhang Introduction Today‚ social networking is at its highest. Who needs a cell phone when you can type away & share you’re most inner thoughts‚ personal information‚ photos & your life stories with family & friends by just a click of a button. With technology expanding‚ most people prefer social networking to read about what’s hot‚ current events‚ family events‚ parties‚ etc. Two of the most popular
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