Archive | April 23rd, 2012

Is T-Mobile Getting The Samsung Galaxy Note?

Posted on 23 April 2012

Even though I think it’s way too big for the average human , Samsung’s Galaxy Note is doing quite well since its debut in January at CES. In fact, Samsung has sold 5 million units of the Galaxy Note thus far, which comes out to about 1 million Notes sold per month . But could it be selling better?

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Facebook estimates 4 percent of Q1 revenue came from ads on Zynga app pages, 11 percent from Zynga directly

Posted on 23 April 2012

Facebook estimates that about 4 percent of its first quarter revenue can be attributed to ads displayed on Zynga app pages, according to an updated regulatory filing .

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Reed Hastings Talks Netflix Content Plans: More Exclusives, No Tiered Pricing (Yet)

Posted on 23 April 2012

Even though Netflix’s first-quarter earnings came in ahead of analyst expectations, CEO Reed Hastings still had to answer plenty of (usually skeptical) questions during this afternoon’s earnings conference call about how he plans to expand the company’s streaming content library. Hastings has already talked about how the streaming strategy will differ from Netflix’s past, emphasizing a narrower selection of exclusive and original content rather than the more comprehensive selection that the service had with DVDs. He elaborated on that idea today, once again comparing Netflix to cable: “It’s a natural outcome of us been a network like any other cable network.” He says it’s normal for a network to start out with “low-end, nonexclusive content,” then, as it tries to bid for more premium content like Mad Men (Hastings described it as moving up in “the content-buying economic strata”), it’s essentially competing with other cable networks for exclusive syndication rights

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You Earn Facebook An Average Of $1.21 Per Quarter

Posted on 23 April 2012

Facebook makes an average of $1.21 on you per quarter, depending on who you are and where you live according to documents filed today . Most of that goes towards running the site, as Facebook’s net income from January 1st to March 31st this year was just $205 million despite its total revenue of $1.058 billion. So while you are “the product” on Facebook, just like on any website or physical venue that makes money through advertising, don’t expect a check in the mail

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Zynga Contributed 15% of Facebook’s Revenue In Q1, Down From 19% A Year Ago

Posted on 23 April 2012

Zynga and Facebook are ever gradually trying to separate from each other.

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Netflix Beats Q1 2012 Expectations, Reports Losses Of $.08 Per Share On $870 Million In Revenue

Posted on 23 April 2012

Netflix just released their Q1 2012 earnings report [ PDF ], and managed to beat analyst estimates by reporting losses of $0.08 per share on $870 million in revenue. In the weeks leading up to the release, analysts projected a net loss of $0.27 per share on $866 million in revenue thanks to the company’s pronounced push for international growth. That works out to a $5 million net loss for the quarter, though the brass are preparing themselves for better days to come

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Wajam’s Updated Social Search Takes On Google’s “Search, Plus Your World”

Posted on 23 April 2012

Ever since it launched earlier this year, Google’s “ Search Plus Your World ” initiative has been criticized for favoring results from its own social network over those from larger and more popular services like Facebook and Twitter.

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Facebook generates $1.21 per user on average worldwide in Q1

Posted on 23 April 2012

Facebook made an average $1.21 per user between Jan.1 and March 31 — a 6 percent increase from the first quarter of 2011– according to an updated filing with the Securities and Exchange commission. The social network today reported revenues of $1.058 billion for the first quarter of the calendar year. That’s a 45 percent increase from the first quarter last year, but 6 percent less than the previous quarter.

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Hands On With The Fitbit Aria Scale

Posted on 23 April 2012

Fitbit has consistently proven to be the best smart pedometer on the market. Competitors exist, including the excellent Striiv , but the ease of use and portability of this little pedometer clip beats them all. In short, Fitbits just work

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Facebook’s Amended S-1: 901 Million Users, 500M Mobile, Paid $300M Cash + 23M Shares For Instagram

Posted on 23 April 2012

Facebook has just filed an amendment to its S-1 to IPO that notes that it now has 500 million mobile users, 901 million monthly active users, and that it paid 23 million shares at $30.89 a share plus $300 million cash for Instagram for a total of $1,010,470,000. Facebook also made $1.058 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2012, up 44.7% from Q1 2012 but down 6.5% from Q4 2011.

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