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  • Facebook IPO: Risk Factors and law

    By Eileen Brown | May 18, 2012, 4:29am PDT

    Facebook has to comply with laws, not only in the United States, but around the world. It also needs to vigorously defend its intellectual property as it states in its IPO filing.

  • Facebook IPO: Risk Factors and dependance

    By Eileen Brown | May 17, 2012, 2:29am PDT

    I have been looking at Facebook’s IPO filing, and I have noticed that its risk factors can be grouped into areas of potential concern for investors. In this post, I focus on Facebook’s dependence.

  • Facebook IPO: Risk Factors and growth

    By Eileen Brown | May 16, 2012, 10:23am PDT

    Facebook’s IPO filing with the SEC warns potential investors of the chance that the value of their investment may go down as well as up. This post looks at growth and why you might think twice about investing.

  • Twitter reaches 10 million active accounts in the UK

    By Eileen Brown | May 15, 2012, 11:14am PDT

    Twitter UK is celebrating its first year of operation over here and has announced that it has 10 million active users in the UK who log on each month

  • Draw Something rapidly declines in popularity after Zynga acquisition

    By Eileen Brown | May 14, 2012, 9:02am PDT

    Perhaps Zynga was seduced by the meteoric rise of the over simplistic Draw Something and did not stop to analyse whether the newest addition would have any staying power over its other games.

  • Why the FBI should be worried about Bitcoin

    By Eileen Brown | May 11, 2012, 8:23am PDT

    A leaked document from the FBI shows concern that cyber criminals treat Bitcoin as just another payment option alongside established virtual currencies. With no centralised authority, detecting suspicious activity can be problematic.

  • Domino's tracks your pizzas with new Facebook Ordering app

    By Eileen Brown | May 10, 2012, 12:16pm PDT

    Domino’s has been leading the way with mobile and social initiatives such as the ‘Social Pizza’ application. Now you can use Facebook Ordering to order and track your pizza without ever leaving Facebook

  • McDonald's crowdsources new ideas with 'make your own burger' campaign

    By Eileen Brown | May 8, 2012, 1:04pm PDT

    McDonald’s has used crowdsourcing to find new ideas for its burgers. Finalists can get their own burger design created and sold to over two million daily visitors in outlets across Germany.

  • Tired of using Google search? Try DuckDuckGo

    By Eileen Brown | May 2, 2012, 1:25pm PDT

    Are you tired of using Google search and worry about your personal information being widely shared with other sites? DuckDuckGo with its focus on privacy might be the engine you have been searching for..

  • Creating the 'third' space in the 'Anywhere Working City'

    By Eileen Brown | May 1, 2012, 11:26am PDT

    You are likely to spend as much time on holiday as you do commuting to work. Are you taking a holiday from work, or are you taking a holiday from commuting? The Anywhere Working City white paper argues the case for the ‘third’ space - the space between home and work