1. Goldman Offering Clients a Chance to Invest in Facebook  permalink

Goldman Offering Clients a Chance to Invest in Facebook
Dealbook.nytimes.com

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.

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Technews.tmcnet.com
Facebook Now Worth $50 Billion, Does Deal with Goldman Sachs Http://www.tmcnet.com/news/20/5220555.htm   —  Jan 03, 2011 (MANAVIGATOR via COMTEX) -- US investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and Russian Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies have invested USD500m (EUR376m) in social networking website Facebook, the New York Times said citing sources in the know.

Nawaat.org
Facebook Now Worth $50 Billion, Does Deal with Goldman Sachs Tunisie: Campagne de piratage des comptes Facebook par la police tunisienne   —  De nombreux indices faits avérés me laissent croire que depuis quelques jours nous vivons ce qui ressemblerait fort à une campagne de piratage des comptes Facebook par la police tunisienne. Il s’agit vraisemblablement d’une campagne destinée surtout à subtiliser les log et mot de passe des utilisateurs afin de fouiner dans leurs messages ...

2. Curation, Influence & Lethal Generosity  permalink

Curation, Influence & Lethal Generosity
Globalneighbourhoods.net

I was reading the pre-publication version of  Curation Nation, Steve Rosenbaum's impressive book on web curation as a business strategy. My friend Aaron Strout [l] has suggested I post a blog on the very same subject.

3. Sri Lanka: Homegrown Reconciliation Process  permalink

Sri Lanka: Homegrown Reconciliation Process
Rezwan / Global Voices in English

By Rezwan Kanishka Ratnapriya at Groundviews wonders whether Sri Lankans can create more opportunities for themselves “to establish a sustainable peace with the end of war in Sri Lanka by creating a culture of inclusiveness, equality and respect for all communities.”

4. India: Differences Between An Indian MBA And A Foreign MBA Education  permalink

Rezwan / Global Voices in English

By Rezwan Ashwin looks at the main differences between an Indian MBA and a Foreign MBA education.

5. "Карта помощи" пострадавшим от русской зимы заработала в ...  permalink

"Карта помощи" пострадавшим от русской зимы заработала в ...
Www.izvestia.ru

"Карта помощи" пострадавшим от русской зимы заработала в интернете *РИА НОВОСТИ* Группа волонтеров запустила интернет-ресурс, который позволяет пользователям оперативно сообщать о кри�

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6. Begin feeling  permalink

Begin feeling
Oldnewthing / The Old New Thing

A few years ago, the gas station near Microsoft's main campus (the one which had been run by my colleague in a previous stage of his career) appeared to have suffered some problems with the LCD unit on one of its pumps. Instead of "Please insert card", it said " @leace incebd cabd ". As a geek, I quickly determined that bit 4 got wiped out in ...

7. Apple Holds Smartphone Lead, But Android Is Gaining  permalink

Apple Holds Smartphone Lead, But Android Is Gaining
Ryan Kim / GigaOMTech

While Android surges among new smartphone buyers, Apple iOS continues to hold on to the overall marketshare lead, though still within spitting distance of a fading BlackBerry OS and a hard-charging Android OS, according to the latest figures from the Nielsen Company.

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Dondodge.typepad.com
2011 The Year Of Android vs iPhone - who wins?   —  Prediction season has started early this year. Fortune, Techcrunch, Scoble, Louis Gray, and others are already picking winners in the Smartphone market, which most see as a two horse race between iPhone and Android. My prediction? Both will win because they are playing different games. Android will win the market share battle, but Apple will ...

8. Registration: Let the users choose  permalink

Globalneighbourhoods.net

I've been getting an increasing number of invites to try or be a beta user for new social media products.  If the tool involves either social analytics or social networks, I am more interested than I have been previously.