Now there’s no reason why all businesses, even small start-ups and flea market shops, shouldn’t be able to accept credit cards. Square, an electronic payment service, allows mobile phone users to accept credit card payments through their smart phones. Not even three years old, Square has already secured a solid and loyal following, with tens [...]
What is the difference between a Bank and a Credit Union ? The infographic below gives information and compares average rates if you need financing to buy a car, a home, or want to manage your money & personal finance. [via]
Written on 26 April 2012 by Vincent AbryFacebook IPO will be either May 17 or May 24 according to Techcrunch. Facebook valuation is $100 billion and deal size will be between 5 to 10 billion. See our infographic for all details on Top 10 Internet IPO of all time. “According to multiple sources close to the company, Facebook is eying IPO on [...]
Written on 19 April 2012 by Vincent AbryIn the world of shopping and e-commerce, we rely on merchant services to allow us to accept credit cards. A while ago, Square came out with a dongle that attaches to your cell phone to allow you to swipe credit cards at your destination without the hassle of a merchant account. Following suit, Microsoft Go [...]
Today, the IPO for Yelp! officially opened to a successful initial offering. The IPO entered the market at $15 per share – a price higher than what was expected. The good news only continued, the shares closed at the end of the market day with a share price of $24.58 (+64%). Yelp! is a service [...]
Here are the World Top 10 largest IPOs of Internet companies in the last 10 years. Yelp (IPO was March 2) does not make this Top10 List because Deal Size was only 107 million (no10 Linkedin was 353 million). The information on Facebook is not yet unveiled, so we put only known data (An update [...]
Written on 02 March 2012 by Vincent AbryEarly last week, Google reported that it had a major security breach in the form of a bug in its Google wallet app. If a person’s Android phone was stolen, the thief could simply clear all of the data out of the Google wallet app and then reset it to include the original prepaid card [...]
Yesterday in a blog post about Facebook’s IPO, we briefly mentioned the story of a graffiti artist who was chosen to do some murals on the initial headquarters that Facebook used. Today, we want to go a little more into depth about it because it truly is an amazing story of an artist – even [...]
Facebook – as predicted – filed for its IPO yesterday. In doing so, the public has gained a lot of information not only on how much money Facebook makes per year, but how they generate the revenue. According to the reports filed by Zuckerberg and company, Facebook generated $3.71 billion in revenue last year. After [...]
Apple’s Q1 revenues were excellent : 46.33 billion dollars (13 billion net profit). The company has now nearly 100 billion in cash. But what could Apple buy with 46 billion $US ? -all NFL franchises -Ford -20% of Google outstanding shares -46 billion McChickens (before tax) -30 Burj Khalifa towers (Dubaï) And this represents also [...]
Written on 30 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryFacebook is preparing to offer stock in an effort to raise $10 Billion with its Initial Public Offering (IPO). The company expects to value itself at $75-100 billion which would justify its expectations of raising $10 billion. The papers are currently being prepared and are expected to be filed by Facebook at some point in [...]
What is a LLC or Limited liability company ? What are the advantages and disadvantages ? Here is all you need to know about this flexible form of enterprise in United States. Taxes, Owners, Liabilities, Recordkeeping, Management, you will know everything. [Business Infographic by Intuit, via]
Written on 22 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryGoogle just unveiled an Adsense Toolbar for its Chrome browser. You will have access to all your quick stats : Today’s earnings, Yesterday, This month so far, Last month, Top custom channels, Top URLs, and Lifetime Revenue. The app is safe to download because it comes from Google itself. If you would prefer a mobile [...]
Written on 19 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryFacebook IPO will occur probably between april and may 2012. This will be the biggest IPO in tech/internet industry (10 billion dollars) : 6 times more than Google in 2004 (1.67 billion). Only 3 other US companies had 10billion+ IPOs : AT&T 10.6 billion (2000), General Motors 18,1 billion (2008) and Visa 19,7 billion (2010). [...]
Written on 12 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryWalmart Economy is HUGE. It’s earth’s largest retailer. Walmart’s Warehouses are 880 million square feet (equal to Manhattan). 2010′s Revenues were 421 billion dollars in 2010. In comparison, Exxon Mobil revenues were 354 billions, Chevron 196 billions, General Electric 151 billions and Pfizer 68 billions. Walmart employees are 2.1 million. [via]
Written on 06 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryDailymotion had already proposed in the past to share advertising revenue with video creators. This time it’s different: the video platform decided to offer revenue sharing (advertising) to all publishers who will embed the player on their site. Big change. So this is like Google Adsense for videos. Youtube may be doing the same thing [...]
Written on 30 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryBlack Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. This year it’s November 25. Mega sales and promotions … Americans love it and some stores open at 4am. Last year the Black Friday has generated $ 45 billion in sales. You can now even shop directly on Amazon.com (see 2011 deals here). 270,000 [...]
Written on 24 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook has released a new application called SendMoney which allows to send money to your Facebook Friends. The app is using eBay’s online payment system, PayPal. You can also send a customized greeting card (hundreds of cards to choose from) along with the money. Ideal for Christmas, New Year, Weddings and Birthdays. In order to [...]
Written on 18 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook is now testing its virtual currency Facebook Credits outside its own site. Facebook for Websites is being tested on some sites as GameHouse.com. Social Gaming first but this could be extended to VOD, e-commerce and votes at reality TV shows. With virtual money all over the web, the social network could compete with online [...]
Written on 25 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryForbes just unveiled its new list of the richest people in the United States. Bill Gates is still in first place with $ 59 billion, followed by Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) 39 billion and Larry Ellison (Oracle) with 33 billions. 27 year old Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) appears in 14th place with $ 17.5 billion fortune. [...]
Written on 22 Sep 2011 by Vincent Abry