information Google Seeks ’Do-No-Discoverable-Evil’ Patent - 6 May 2013
"E-mails and other communications between employees,’ explains Google in a newly-published patent application for its Policy Violation Checker invention, ’can implicate potential violations of company policy or local, state or federal law that can go unchecked by attorneys or other legal personnel.’ So how can you (...)
information Google sait identifier les "phrases problématiques" dans un e-mail - 6 May 2013
Google a obtenu un brevet sur un système d’analyse des documents, qui vise à aider les départements juridiques des entreprises à détecter les e-mails et autres documents Word qui peuvent poser problème.
Il y a trois ans, le 24 avril 2010, une commission d’enquête du Sénat des Etats-Unis publiait une liste d’e-mails (...)
information 2012 Presidential Race - 3 September 2012
Presidential candidates have already raised and spent millions of dollars in the 2012 campaign, as we know from the reports they’re required to file each month with the Federal Election Commission. Here OpenSecrets.org highlights how the White House hopefuls are stacking up in the money chase, highlighting a (...)
information Obama financé par Microsoft et Google, Romney par les banques - 3 September 2012
Alors que la campagne pour la présidentielle américaine fait rage, le site Internet OpenSecrets.org publie une étude comparative du budget des deux candidats. Alors que le monde de la technologie informatique semble plus que jamais derrière le candidat démocrate, les banques soutiennent majoritairement le candidat (...)
analysis Facebook tracking is under scrutiny - 4 January 2012
In recent weeks, Facebook has been wrangling with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the social media website is violating users’ privacy by making public too much of their personal information.
Far more quietly, another debate is brewing over a different side of online privacy: what Facebook is learning (...)
success story Forbes rich list: Facebook six stake their claims - 12 March 2011
Six Facebook billionaires make it on to Forbes’s latest rich list but top spot again goes to Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim
It may not have been Facebook’s year at the Oscars, with The Social Network, the film depicting its creation, being trounced by The King’s Speech, but when it comes to cold, hard cash, (...)
complaint L’accord Facebook-Goldman Sachs accélère une enquête des autorités de la Bourse - 25 February 2011
Des informations du Wall Street Journal confirment que la Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), le gendarme de la Bourse américaine, a ouvert une enquête préliminaire sur les marchés dits secondaires, qui permettent d’échanger des parts de sociétés non cotées, et notamment de sociétés des nouvelles technologies comme (...)
success story Facebook, le site qui vaut 50 milliards de dollars - 24 January 2011
Le site de socialisation Facebook a révélé vendredi qu’il venait de lever 1,5 milliard de dollars, dont 1 milliard auprès de clients de la banque d’affaires Goldman Sachs hors Etats-Unis. "Facebook annonce qu’il a levé 1,5 milliard de dollars au cours d’une opération le valorisant à 50 milliards de dollars environ", indique (...)
success story The Rise Of Facebook’s Valuation From 2004-2011 [Graphic] - 11 January 2011
The panic at absurd rumors of Facebook’s demise over the weekend, coupled with the Goldman Sachs Facebook investment frenzy at the beginning of this year got us thinking; Did initial Facebook investor Peter Thiel, who invested 500K early on and still thought Facebook was undervalued at $30 billion back in (...)
success story L’expert en profilage gagne le jackpot publicitaire - 10 January 2011
Le premier réseau social du Web sera-t-il un jour plus rentable que le leader des moteurs de recherche ? Au vu des résultats provisoires de Facebook en 2010 communiqués par Goldman Sachs, sa rentabilité pourrait dépasser celle de Google, affirment les analystes de Wall Street. « Ce genre d’affaires peut dégager, (...)
success story Report: Facebook Revenue Was $777 Million In 2009, Net Income $200 Million - 6 January 2011
DST and Goldman Sachs’ $500 million investment in Facebook has obviously stirred up the tech and financial journalism pot and all sorts of amazing information is now coming to light regarding the social network’s financials. On this note the WSJ is reporting that Goldman is now offering potential investors a (...)
success story Goldman Offering Clients a Chance to Invest in Facebook - 3 January 2011
Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.
On Sunday night, a number of Goldman clients received an email from (...)
