analyse Groupon Loses Investors As They Battle PETA - 28 août 2012
Groupon is facing troubled times as at least four of their investors, including Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen, head for the door. They’re losing faith in the once promising company.
Andreessen’s firm, Andreessen Horowitz, was responsible for $40 million of the $950 million funding that Groupon received (...)
information Key investors leave Groupon flat - 28 août 2012
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and several other key Groupon (Nasdaq : GRPN) investors have pared back their holdings or ditched the stock entirely in recent months as its price per share continues to sink to new lows, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The most recognized face among them is that (...)
success story Google étend son empire sur la Toile - 27 août 2012
On l’avait presque oublié, on l’avait cru perdu, dépassé par l’étoile filante Apple, ringardisé par les nouveaux arrivants Facebook, LinkedIn ou même Groupon. Pourtant, à l’ouverture, le 31 août prochain, de l’IFA, grand-messe annuelle de l’électronique grand public à Berlin, Google risque de gentiment se rappeler à notre (...)
analyse ¿Dónde está el dinero Mr. Zuckerberg ? - 27 août 2012
Se respira cierto clima antisocial en Wall Street, con Facebook como catalizador. Porque ahora lo que está de moda en el parqué neoyorquino es cuestionar el negocio de las redes sociales, el mismo que hace solo unos meses iba a revolucionar la forma de comunicarse y de hacer dinero en Internet. El giro ha sido de (...)
success story Google to acquire Frommer’s travel guidebooks - 14 août 2012
Google Inc is buying the Frommer’s line of travel guidebooks, the latest move to amass a trove of publishing content that could strengthen the No. 1 Internet search company’s push to become a major online travel broker.
The sale by John Wiley & Sons Inc comes nearly a year after Google’s $151 million purchase of (...)
love story Nokia links up with Groupon to promote deals on phone maps - 2 août 2012
Nokia is promoting Groupon Inc offers on the maps on its Lumia smartphones as it tries to stand out in a crowded field vying for the attention of U.S. cellphone owners.
The partnership with Groupon, announced on Wednesday, shows Groupon Now ! offers on Nokia maps with a green "G" icon. U.S. users can buy offers (...)
success story Facebook, Zynga... La bulle Internet est-elle en train d’éclater, comme en 2000 ? - 2 août 2012
La capitalisation boursière de Facebook a été divisée par près de deux en moins de trois mois, le cours de Zynga est trois fois inférieur au prix de son introduction en Bourse... Les investisseurs semblent prendre conscience du décalage entre la valorisation des stars de l’Internet et leurs perspectives de croissance.
Le (...)
analyse Here’s Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years - 10 juin 2012
We think of Google and Facebook as Web gorillas. They’ll be around forever. Yet, with the rate that the tech world is moving these days, there are good reasons to think both might be gone completely in 5 – 8 years. Not bankrupt gone, but MySpace gone. And there’s some academic theory to back up that view, along (...)
analyse Pourquoi Facebook et Google devraient avoir complètement disparu d’ici 5 ans - 10 juin 2012
La lecture de la semaine est un post de blog hébergé sur le site de Forbes, blog tenu par un certain Eric Jackson (@ericjackson), fondateur de la société de capital-risque IronFire. Le post est intitulé "Voici pourquoi Facebook et Google devraient avoir complètement disparu d’ici 5 ans". Ce qui est intéressant, c’est que (...)
success story Using Facial Recognition Technology To Choose Which Bar To Go To - 4 mai 2012
Facial recognition technology is steadily creeping into mainstream use. Photo-sharing sites, including Facebook, use it to help you tag friends in photos. Digital billboards use it to decide whether to show you an ad for a manly beer or a feminine product. And soon bars will be using it to tell you whether they’re (...)
success story The biggest technology IPOs of 2011 - and how the shares have performed - 1er janvier 2012
Facebook is preparing for a stock market listing in 2012 - as investors mull over whether the social media company is a good bet, here is how the largest technology IPOs of the last year fared :
Yandex
Description : Russia’s biggest search engine
Date : May
Amount raised : $1.4bn
Share price performance on (...)
success story Facebook’s Goal : To Be a Blue Chip - 22 décembre 2011
As Company Readies 2012 IPO, It’s Getting All Grown Up : Zuckerberg Swaps Flip-Flops for Real Shoes
Mark Zuckerberg spent Facebook Inc.’s early years trying to keep it cool. But the founder and CEO of the social-networking giant has spent the last 18 months methodically preparing Facebook to look and act more like (...)
success story Groupon Running Low on Cash and IPO Likely to be Withdrawn, Nearing Insolvency - 29 août 2011
A new financial research report just released on private company Groupon, Inc. from PrivCo.com concludes that the group buying company faces an imminent need for financing due to a deteriorating cash position, and otherwise resulting in an impending risk of insolvency (bankruptcy).
Groupon’s Deteriorating (...)
success story Facebook renonce à concurrencer Groupon - 29 août 2011
Le réseau social Facebook a annoncé qu’il mettait fin à son service de réductions sur des achats groupés, calqué sur ce que proposent des sites comme Groupon ou LivingSocial. Son service Deals avait été lancé en avril de manière expérimentale dans cinq villes américaines, notamment à Atlanta et San Francisco. "Après avoir (...)
success story Discount firm Groupon aims for $750m in US stock market float - 4 juin 2011
Three-year-old Chicago firm seeks backing for expansion after attracting 83m subscribers
Online discount coupon service Groupon has confirmed plans to go public, announcing its intention to raise an estimated $750m (£460m) on the US stock markets and become the latest, and largest, social media firm so far to feed (...)
success story Facebook lance un concurrent de Groupon - 26 avril 2011
Le réseau social Facebook a lancé, mardi 26 avril, son service d’achat groupé permettant d’obtenir des réductions sur des produits une fois qu’un certain nombre d’acheteurs se sont déclarés intéressés. Ce système de "bons plans" n’est pour l’instant disponible qu’aux Etats-Unis, dans les villes d’Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San (...)
love story Google lance un concurrent de Groupon aux Etats-Unis - 24 avril 2011
Le groupe Google a présenté, jeudi 21 avril, son propre sites de bons de réduction sur les services et commerces locaux. Baptisé "Google offers", ce concurrent de Groupon, site spécialisé dans les achats groupés, n’est pour l’heure disponible qu’en version bêta aux Etats-Unis, dans la ville de Portland, dans l’Oregon. Mais (...)
success story Zynga’s Talks With Investors Value Gaming Concern at Over $7 Billion - 14 février 2011
Social-gaming company Zynga Inc. is holding discussions with potential investors about raising around $250 million in new funding in a deal that could value the three-year-old start-up at between $7 billion and $9 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
In April Zynga filed papers authorizing the (...)
success story Facebook Places Deals to target local business ads in UK and Europe - 2 février 2011
Move links with Starbucks, Debenhams, 02 and more but puts Facebook on collision course with Groupon and Google
Facebook made a significant move into the potentially lucrative local business advertising space on Monday with the launch in the UK and other European countries of Places Deals, which gives users (...)
analyse LinkedIn IPO starts social networking goldrush - 30 janvier 2011
Facebook could follow business website LinkedIn in stampede to market by social networking sites
LinkedIn has fired the starting pistol on what is expected to be a race to market by social networking websites this year, as the contact-building service announced an initial public offering in New York which could (...)
