Facebook IPO

Facebook Inc. finally become a publicly traded company on Friday, opened 11 percent higher and rose to $45 before rapidly heading south in frenzied trade, touching its initial public offering price of $38. The No. 1 online social network raised as much as $18.4 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history.

After a delay in the opening print that drove up anxiety levels among traders and onlookers outside the Nasdaq, the company’s closely watched stock began trading at $42.05, compared with an IPO price of $38.

To thunderous applause from employees, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg — flanked by Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Nasdaq Chief Executive Robert Greifeld — rang the Nasdaq bell remotely to kick off trading at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters at 6:30 a.m. Pacific time.

The 28-year-old billionaire founder hugged and high-fived Sandberg and other employees in celebration after he pressed the remote button.

The area outside Facebook’s offices at 1 Hacker Way was packed with troves of photographers, more than 12 television trucks, and a TV news helicopter hovering overhead as the excitement reached fever pitch.

 

What’s New on Apple’s Next iPhone

Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone handset will reportedly feature a larger display that measures “at least 4 inches diagonally.”  Apple has tasked LG Display, Sharp and Japan Display with supplying the new screens. A recent report claimed the next-generation iPhone would utilize the same 3.5-inch screen found on Apple’s iPhone 4S and iPhone 4, however multiple earlier reports suggested that the new iPhone will finally receive a larger 4-inch Retina display and 4G LTEcompatibility. Apple will launch a completely redesigned iPhone this fall that will include a redesigned antenna system, likely alongside a new aluminum case and 4-inch display.

Yet Another Blowout Quarter for Apple, Quells Skeptics, Trumps Expectations, Sells 35M iPhones in 2Q

Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable company, trumped skeptics once again by reporting blowout iPhone sales.

Apple says it sold 35 million iPhones in the January-to-March quarter, almost twice as many as it sold a year ago and above analyst expectations.

Apple’s stock was down 2 percent at the close of regular trading, as investors believed phone companies had reined in iPhone sales. In extended trading, the stock rallied $40.02, or 7.1 percent, to $600.30.

Net income in the company’s fiscal second quarter was $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per share. That was nearly double the net income of $6 billion, or $6.40 per share, a year ago.

Analysts on average were expecting earnings of $10.07 per share for the latest quarter, Apple’s fiscal second quarter.

Revenue was $39.2 billion, up 59 percent from a year ago. Analysts were expecting $37 billion.

iPad sales came in below analyst expectations, at 11.8 million units. But that was still two and a half times as many as it sold in the same quarter a year ago. Apple launched a new iPad model in the quarter, and supplies are still tight.

Papago Singapore + Malaysia for iPad

What’s New in Version M8.2.0 - Map update (2011/07/01) 2. TTS is free now.

Papago for iPhone

1) This software can only be installed on jailbroken iPhone.
2) Install Appsync 3.x from Cydia and add repository on your iPhone.
3) After you have downloaded to your PC, unrar and double click on the  .ipa file and it will be installed on your iTunes. Then sync your iphone and the application will be transferred.

OR
Install Installous application from Cydia from the above repository. SSH the file through Wifi to your iPhone folder. Open the Installous application and the file will appear on the downloaded column and install it. This method is more suitable for experienced iPhone user. If you are new, please use the above method or google for more information.

Papago for Android

Step by step Guide (X5 in English)
1. Download the free app “Spare Parts” from Android Market.

2. Install “Spare Parts” on the Galaxy Tab.

3. Uncheck the “Compatibility Mode” option.

4. Reboot the Galaxy Tab.

5. Download the APK2.2 from.

6. Download the Main Program and maps.

7. Extract by clicking on File 1, and you will get a folder Navi[XX].

8. Download the Happy file (NaviTH_Eclair_2.1) .

9. Replace the file libpapago.so under \NaviTH with the one from the Happy file.

10. Copy all the content to the SD card root directory including the APK and NaviTH directory.

11. Install Papago! X5 application by clicking on the APK file.

12. Switch “On” the GPS function on Galaxy Tab.

13. switch “On” for Use wireless network from Settings > Location and security.

14. Run Papago! X5

15. Choose the “Menu” (first on-screen button on the right) to goto Menu.

16. Choose the right arrow to goto the next page.

17. Choose Settings (the purple icon with the gear icon).

18. Choose the “UI Language” (second from top).

19. Choose the “English” (first from top).

20. Exit Papago! X5

21. Copy out the file “R51_SSC.hdr” (Map header file) from the directory \NaviTH\MapsAndroid_101103E_And_Z.

22. Replace the map files in the directory \NaviTH\MapsAndroid_101103E_And_Z

23. Copy back the file “R51_SSC.hdr” (Map header file) into the directory \NaviTH\MapsAndroid_101103E_And_Z. 24. Run Papago! X5

24. Run Papago! X5

Mayweather disses Jeremy Lin

Boxer Floyd Mayweather believes that New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is getting national attention because of his race, rather than his exceptional play..according to ESPN.

Mayweather posted on Monday: “Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is  because he’s Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don’t get the  same praise.”

Lin has led the Knicks to five straight victories, including a 38-point  game against the Lakers.

Mayweather rarely hesitates to air racially charged opinions, either in  person or in social media. He has repeatedly insulted rival Manny Pacquiao,  including an online video in 2010 in which he used racial and homophobic slurs  against the Filipino congressman.

Apple’s Stock Surges to $500; Market Value Near $500 Billion

Apple, whose price hit $500 for the first time on Monday, could be the first company ever to reach a trillion dollar valuation.

The tech giant’s valuation is now nearly halfway to the 10-figure mark, with speculation Apple will launch iTV later this year driving shares to new record highs. Yet, Apple still has a way to go to become the most valuable company of all time.

Apple shares are up more than 20 percent year to date.

And with its price now around $500, the company’s valuation is about $460 billion-roughly $8 billion more than the market caps percent of Google ($198 billion) and Microsoft ($257 billion) combined.

If Apple shares continue to hit new record levels, its market cap will reach $500 billion when the price reaches $537. Still, shares will need to rise another $100 above that level to put Apple in contention for the most expensive company ever.

According to Standard and Poor’s, ExxonMobil was the most recent company to see a valuation north of $500 billion, back in 2007 when oil prices were at record highs.

Not surprisingly, it was the Tech Bubble of the last decade that first launched companies into rarified half trillion dollar market valuations levels. Between 1999 and 2000 Intel, Cisco and General Electric all saw their valuations peak at around $500 billion.

While Microsoft may not excite investors like it did in Y2K, the software behemoth still holds the record for the most expensive valuation. Its market cap closed out 1999 at just over $600 billion according to Standard and Poor’s, before peaking north of $650 billion during the tech bubble in 2000.

The high analyst price target on the street for Apple right now is $700. At that price, its market cap will handily surpass Microsoft’s Y2K record.

The Apple TV was one of the last product initiativesspearheaded by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, before his death. If the entertainment device and platform prove as big a game changer as the company’s iTunes, iPhone and iPad, Apple shares could well continue their record run.

With its current float of about 932 million shares outstanding, Apple shares would need to top $1073 to reach the Trillion Dollar mark

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Is Facebook the next Google or Groupon?

We finally have the details on the highly anticipated Facebook IPO. Here’s what the numbers tell us… Facebook is being valued at five times what Google is. Is Facebook really on it’s way to becoming the first $700 billion company? Or is this the latest run of red-hot tech IPOs to come market overvalued?

Facebook’s imminent stock sale risks putting public stock markets to shame. Investors will surely clamor for a piece of the social network. But unlike Google’s 2004 initial public offering, everyone who’s anyone has already made a killing off Mark Zuckerberg’s dorm-room project. At a $100 billion valuation, it’s hard to imagine much could remain.

The list of who gained access to Facebook’s value-creation steamroller is extensive. It’s not just Silicon Valley elite, including Sean Parker, Peter Thiel and Zynga’s Mark Pincus. The roster extends to global billionaires and, naturally, Goldman Sachs. Even Microsoft is up big.

In one respect, that’s good. It suggests innovative entrepreneurs can access ample capital from a diversity of sources. And that may mean fewer of the likes of Pets.com tap public investors. But when the question of equality of opportunity in capitalism is being questioned like never before, Facebook shows one clear way the rich get richer.

Set aside the earliest funders. Thiel, who invested the year Google went public, gambled on a Harvard dropout with an idea. Accel Partners could easily have seen its $12.7 million investment in 2005 vanish, rather than rise to $9 billion on paper.

Later investors also took risks, though their procession looks more like the Davos caste system. At the $15 billion mark, there was Microsoft and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing. Soon after, Russian Internet smarty-pants Yuri Milner cleverly offered to buy stock from Facebook employees. Bono’s Elevation Partners swooped in with a deal that might just allow it to raise another fund.

Later came Goldman, buying nearly $2 billion of Facebook stock for private banking clients and itself at a $50 billion valuation. Facebook staff shares were available on SecondMarket, but only to accredited investors with experience investing in private firms.

The worry is that after the investing aristocracy has feasted on Facebook, there’s little left for the hoi polloi. Google’s lifespan as a private firm was shorter before debuting at $85 a share. They’re now $580 – a valuation approaching $200 billion. For Facebook to match that performance it would need to become the world’s first $700 billion company.

Whitney Houston, Superstar of the 80′s & 90′s, Dies

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.

Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen told KABC-TV that Houston died in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton. Her body remained in the hotel and Beverly Hills detectives were investigating.

News of Houston’s death came on the eve of music’s biggest night — the Grammy Awards.

Her longtime mentor Clive Davis was to hold his annual concert and dinner Saturday, and a representative of the show said it would proceed.

Houston was supposed to appear at the gala, and Davis had told The Associated Press that she would perhaps perform: “It’s her favorite night of the year … (so) who knows by the end of the evening,” he said.

Houston had been at rehearsals for the show Thursday, coaching singers Brandy and Monica, according to a person who was at the event but was not authorized to speak publicly about it. The person said Houston looked disheveled, was sweating profusely and liquor and cigarettes could be smelled on her breath.

Two days ago, she performed at a pre-Grammy party with singer Kelly Price.

Rosen said police received a 911 call from hotel security about Houston at 3:43 p.m. Saturday, and paramedics were already at the hotel because of a Grammy party. Paramedics unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate the singer, the lieutenant said.