Facebook IPO – unfair on public

I’m not the most clued up person on stock broking, but this interview is definitely worth listings to (5 minutes) if you’re interested in what’s happening to the share price of Facebook’s stock and why there are huge discussions around who was privy to information and who wasn’t:

Turkey Dubstep

Something fun for this Tuesday morning:

Robot Boys – Incredible

This is absolutely incredible:

Some photographs from April and May 2012

Here’s a small collection of photographs from April and May:

I’ve captioned all the photographs on Facebook: click here.

Sleep less and dream more

Social Networks and their numbers – Free PDF Download!

When it comes to making marketing decisions around social media, it’s crucial to understand what each social network offers in terms of audience, size and such. This PDF file outlines the top social networks along with facts and figures about them.

The following social networks are included:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • FourSquare
  • Google+

You can download the full report here.

PayPal processes 60% of online transactions

With e-commerce being more and more popular, it’s important to know which gateways are ahead of the game. PayPal currently handles 60% of all online transactions and appears to be leaving the other payment gateways in the dust.

In a test period, the following gateways lead the back with this number of transactions:

  • PayPal – 66,059
  • Authorize.net – 17,991
  • Google Checkout – 3,407

Here are some important facts to keep in mind when choosing a payment gateway:

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Twitter changes you need to know

If you’re subscribed to receiving updates from Twitter you’ll more than likely have received an email about privacy settings, if not don’t worry, there are 4 things you need to know.

  1. Twitter is going to be providing more detail about the information they collect. A new suggestions feature is being rolled out, which takes into account your tweets and such on various websites and provides you things that it thinks you may enjoy.
  2. The new Do Not Track (DNT) browser setting is now supported by Twitter.
  3. Further clarification around where your information may be shared – It’s a good idea to read this: https://twitter.com/privacy#section2
  4. By using Twitter, you have a relationship with Twitter, this has been updated in the Terms of Service.

It’s important to stay up to date with the changes social networks make around your privacy; knowing what they can and can’t share is what keeps your information safe and sound online, don’t be ignorant.

Mark Zuckerberg marries Priscilla Chan

Mark and Priscilla have been dating for a long time and they’ve finally sealed the deal – congratulations.

This news was picked up when Mark updated his Facebook:

Not too many details are available, but press reports that a small wedding was held at Mark’s house in Palo Alto, California. Only 100 guests were invited, and they were invited under the disguise that it was a celebration of Priscilla’s graduation from medical school.

No hoodie, no sneakers – brilliant!

Congratulations to the couple :)

Moto Rush

Online trail games are casual games in which you have to follow a path on a motorcycle, bike, or other mode of transport, and clear various obstacles along the way. the objective is usually covering a certain distance as fast as possible, or scoring a lot of points by doing stunts along the trail.

Moto Rush is a fun trail game in which you start out with either a motorcycle or a snowboard. Later you can upgrade to less likely modes of transport, but first you have to score enough points by finishing a number of increasingly difficult trails within a certain time.

Can you figure out how to time your jumps and clear the most difficult obstacles? Let’s see how well you can handle the challenge! Play Moto Rush now at Games.co.za!