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Monthly Archives: October 2007
What’s Mark Zuckerberg Worth?
I’ll let the rest of the blogosphere focus (obsess?) on Microsoft’s $240-million investment (for a 1.6% stake) in Facebook but assuming the social networking darling now has a whopping, mind-blowing valuation of $15-billion (for some reason, I’m hearing Carl Sagan’s voice right now), how much is Mark Zuckerberg now worth – at least on paper.
For [...]
Posted in M&A, Web 2.0 6 Comments
The Buzz About OS X vs. Vista’s Woes
The world is abuzz with the impending release – two days and counting – of Apple’s new operating system, Leopard, which will cap off a mega-year for Apple that has been highlighted by the launch of the iPhone, a refresh of the iPod line-up, and stellar financial results.
Not surprisingly, Apple shares have soared to a [...]
Posted in Apple/iPod, Microsoft 11 Comments
The Mozilla/Firefox Cash Machine
It’s amazing how much money that one little [Google] search box within Firefox makes for the Mozilla Foundation.
According to the foundation’s 2006 consolidated financial statements, Mozilla made a cool pre-tax profit of $47.1-million last year compared with $44.7-million in 2005. As impressive is the fact Mozilla has operating margins of 76.5%.
As much as [...]
Posted in Browsers/Firefox, Google 2 Comments
Blog OverLoad, Anyone?
I recently stumbled upon (actually, Rojo-ed) a post written by Seth Godin in March, 2006 in which he talked about how some of the biggest and most popular blogs were pumping out a huge number of posts a day. In theory, the more you post, the more traffic you generate, which, in theory, should attract [...]
A Nice Shiny Q4 for Apple
Apple Q4 numbers – pretty darn impressive.
- 2.16-million Macintosh computers sold – surpassing the previous quarterly record by 400,000 units – as Apple is poised to become the #3 computer seller in the U.S. behind HP and Dell
- 10.2 million iPods sold; 17% year-over-year growth – demonstrating the iPod Phenomena is still alive and well!
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