iPhone meets its match?

iPhone meets its match

Samsung Galaxy S III goes on sale in 11 days, but preorders reportedly already top 9 million. By comparison, the much-lauded iPhone 4S sold 4 million units, including preorders, during its first three days of availability. At this pace, Galaxy S III is poised to be the biggest smartphone launch to date.

Facebook IPO

Facebook IPO: A look at early investors who sold shares in the social network - The Washington Post:

"The IPO sold at $38 per share, generating $6.8 billion for Facebook
and $9.2 billion, collectively, for existing stockholders."

FB Facebook Inc 38.23 104.81B

GOOG Google Inc 600.40 195.75B

LNKD Linkedin Corp. 99.02 10.23B

AOL AOL, Inc. 26.01 2.43B

Facebook Is Going To Be Even More Annoying Now That It’s Public Facebook made a mere $1.21 per user last quarter. Sure. It has a ton of users, but that's a low number, not the kind of thing it's making up on volume. By comparison, Google earned $7.14. Both Google and Facebook are in the business of selling you to advertisers. And Facebook is going to need to get way better at it.