Last October, Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook, suddenly placing Facebook’s value at a lofty $15 billion. Now, we see that revenues for 2007 came to around $150 million, while expenses still leave the company with a negative cash flow that could be as high as $150 million next year.
Microsoft’s recent move to acquire Yahoo!, which began with a telephone call from Microsoft CEO Steven A. Ballmer to Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang (a call that Ballmer later claimed was “definitely not a courtesy call”) prompted us to revisit the Facebook/Microsoft relationship - what it means for Facebook, and what Microsoft might have been thinking last Fall.
As Facebook moves to launch versions in Spanish, with more languages coming soon, analysts are looking again at the juggernaut, guessing about whether breaking into languages will erode its power as a single network around the world. Meanwhile, widgets and applications continue to proliferate, and Microsoft’s role in aiding advertising at Facebook continues to be a work in progress.
Forrester Research senior analyst (and former host of PodTech’s own Web Strategy show) Jeremiah Owyang speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about Facebook’s evolving business.
Just 59 days into his return tour with Yahoo!, Jerry Yang appears to be making his imprint felt. Yahoo! just acquired BuzzTracker.com, a news aggregation site, for a reported $5 million. John Ince spoke with Alan Warms, founder and CEO of Participate Media, parent of BuzzTracker, about their technology, business ...
Mario Paniccia is an Intel Fellow, and director of the Photonics Technology Lab at Intel. At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, we examined Photonics Technology with Paniccia. We also spoke with Jerry Bautista, director, Technology Management, in the Microprocessor Technology Labs at Intel, about developing software ...
A panel discussion on what types of devices are needed by mobile workers. How many devices are needed? What types of formats? The panel was moderated by Oliver Starr, analyst at, Guidewire Group; T.J. Kang, CEO, ThinkFree; Jerry Kurtze, Ecosystem Enabling Manager, Intel; Arthur Lin, chief technology officer, Nokia; and ...
I never thought a plant tour of an auto assembly line would be that interesting, but when I toured GM’s new Lansing Delta Township plant, where they are building the new Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook, I was fascinated — so much so, that ...
Rohit Agarwal is the founder and CEO of techTribe Networks, a software company that enables current and future professionals to connect with others to enhance their careers.
Rohit recently co-authored a book along with Patricia Brown, titled, How Innovators Connect.
“How Innovators Connect” is an attempt to showcase innovation ...
A star-studded cast joined Walt Disney President and CEO Robert Iger on stage to tout new media during his keynote address at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, “Lost” stars Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly and ESPN’s Mike Tirico joined Iger, who unveiled a revamped Disney.com Web site ...
Jerry Zucker, producer of Airplane, Ghost and The Naked Gun, spoke at the Vloggies, saying that he had no interest in videoblogging but adding that the Hollywood studios are a mess…. He was kidding, but he did say that online media is in its infancy, predicting that we’ll look back ...
Tanja Andrews and Oscar Grimm of Freshtopia (winners of three Vloggies) talk with PodTech’s John Furrier about how friendly the vlogging community has been to them, providing information and tips on technology, editing and filming. Tanja, who wore a head-to-toe sparkling dress, said the atmosphere was fun and funky. ...
We’re really happy to post the official list of The Vloggies winners announced on Saturday night. Many congratulations to Alive in Baghdad, which won six awards including Favorite Vlog, Favorite Group Blog, Favorite Political Vlog, and Favorite Interview Vlog. Alive in Baghdad also won the People’s Choice Award for ...
Video montage of the Vloggies party in San Francisco. Includes intro by PodTech CEO, John Furrier and interviews with Jerry Zucker - Director/Producer, Airplane!, Naked Gun, Ghost; Kevin Rose - founder, Digg.com, Revision3; Tom Foremski - founder, Silicon Valley Watcher; Dina Kaplan - winner,
The Vloggies first annual videoblog awards night made its debut in San Franscisco. The net paparazzi were out in force. PodTech, along with other videobloggers, has extensive coverage of the night. We will release that content shortly, but here is a short video showing the highlights. Meanwhile, ...Vloggies Night in San Francisco
Press:
pr@podtech.net
Sales:
sales@podtech.net
Feedback:
feedback@podtech.net
PodTech Network is committed to protecting your online privacy while providing you with the most useful and enjoyable Web experience possible.
Copyright ©2008 PodTech.net. All rights reserved. Modified: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:38:58 -0700