The “tech world” is really more of a “tech family.” Between digital giants’ appetites for acquisitions and the tendency of their ex-employees to start new companies, it’s easy to see how nearly every blip in the ecosystem is closely related. See this infographic for an insight into those interconnections.
Professional networking site LinkedIn had its initial public offering Thursday, with shares of the company debuting on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol LNKD.
Shares were initially offered at $45, but skyrocketed to as high as $92.99 in early trading.
Here’s an overview of LinkedIn’s history and current standing — including who owns just how much of it.
Source: mashable.com
Mobile application developer Outfit7, maker of the hugely popular Talking Friends series of apps, has announced that its iOS and Android apps have hit the 100 million downloads milestone, roughly 3 months after hitting the 60 million downloads milestone.
Notably, Outfit7 launched its first Talking Friend app less than ten months ago (July 2010).
The series of apps, which include breakout hits Talking Tom Cat and Talking Santa, currently averages about 15 million downloads per month.
A first name could tell us a lot about someone. Whether you’re brainstorming baby names or have always wondered why you had to be the III “John Jacob”, we thought it would be interesting to look at certain demographics and see what insights and other interesting facts we could find about our first names. We conducted a study and compiled our results into an infographic that shows some pretty interesting comparisons and fun facts about first names.
What does your name say about you?
I found this Article on Business Insider:
Facebook users are far more likely to click on ads for entertainment, media sites, and blogs than for other kinds of ads.
This chart from a recent Webtrends survey of more than 11,000 Facebook advertiseements measures clickthrough rates (red) and cost per click (blue) for different categories of ads. There’s a huge jump in clickthrough rates for the last two categories — Media & Entertainment and Tabloids & Blogs. In other words, stuff that’s fun to discuss with friends.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-facebook-ctr-cpc-per-sector-2011-1#ixzz1Cio7ls66
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