Archive for November, 2011

Facebook Plans $10 Billion IPO, April 2012

Facebook

Facebook might finally be laying down the groundwork for a highly anticipated initial public offering, long expected to take place sometime after April 2012.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the world’s largest online social network is looking into raising as much as $10 billion in its IPO. The Journal cited people familiar with the matter but did not identify them by name.

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10 Ways that Google+ Can Compete with Facebook

Google+ Can Compete with Facebook

Google’s answer to the social networking media world has finally hit the web. Google+ was launched with a select number of invites being sent out, along with a steady stream of updated features. As might be expected, the evolution of Google+ has had its share of hiccups (i.e., the naming policy snafu), but it shows some real promise as a viable contender to Facebook.

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Cooliris’s 3D Rich Media Ads Take Mobile/Tablet Advertising to Next Level

3D Ads for iPad from InMobi and AdJitsu by Cooliris: Samsung

Cooliris‘ 3D ads business unit – AdJitsu, and Smaato, a pioneer in mobile advertising technology join hands to serve stunning 3D rich media mobile display advertisements worldwide. It will bring AdJitsu 3D ads to Smaato’s global network of 40,000 mobile app developers.

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Google+ TV AD: “Sharing, But Like Real Life”

New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.

The commercial aired during the Thanksgiving Day Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers game.

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DreamDoze Takes Our Dreams to The Clouds

DreamDoze

DreamDoze, a new and fast growing online community revolved around dreaming, collects and interprets your dreams – creepishly introducing our unconscious mind to the social web. As if you thought the online privacy scare was bad enough.

The creators of DreamDoze claim their website will document, record and help understand the depths of the human psyche through the Wisdom of The Crowds.

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