The Facebook IPO is Coming!

Finally, we have some news about the most awaited IPO of the year – Facebook. Apparently, a rumor is floating in Facebook offices that Facebook will file its first S-1 before the end of 2011. Mark Zuckerberg has himself said that it is coming, according to a report by Business Insider.

Facebook has long surpassed SEC’s 500 shareholder limit, because of which it will be required to disclose its financial data to the public before the end of April 2012.

There are mainly two main reasons why companies choose to remain private – secrecy and control. After it’s forced to disclose its financials, it will lose the advantage of secrecy. Going by the current trend in tech companies, Mark Zuckerberg will be able to maintain a significant amount of control even after going public, thanks to supervoting shares.

It is rumored to have a valuation of around $80 billion currently, and I expect it to go public in the $100 – $120 billion range, assuming it has continued to grow at the same rate in the past few months.

Going public will also enable Facebook to keep its employees happy, by giving them a way to cash out, and become actual millionaires, not just paper ones.

Going by the encouraging response to the Groupon IPO despite being fraught with problems, I expect Facebook will easily be able to list at a $100 billion+ valuation.

A lot of newly minted millionaires are going to be roaming around Silicon Valley soon, thanks to companies like LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga, Yelp and now Facebook going public.

10 THINGS TO NOT SHARE ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER

Over-sharing on Facebook is getting contagious by the minute, and this spikes when you go through a personal upheaval. Death in the family is one of those vulnerable moments when you dig up old family pictures and post onFacebook and Twitter. On the flip side a wedding – happy event has you posting your happy pictures in a similar way. But all these lead to oversharing at a later date as things change in your life.

Over-sharing is perhaps up to one’s personal boundaries and can be different from person to person. However, there are a few things you should never share on social media. These are the top 10 things to never share on social media.

1. Your address and street locations and even the addresses of your parents in your hometowns.
2. Never mention you’re off on a holiday and will not be tweeting or posting for a certain period of time.
3. Posting pictures of your children and home videos should be a resounding ’NO’.
4. Never talk about how you hate your job or colleagues or boss.
5. Talking about your personal affairs both personal and professional.
6. Never post your daily routine, you’re letting out crucial info when it comes to safety by doing so.
7. Fights in the family should not be mentioned.
8. Never mention that you’re having a party, you’re sure to be inundated with uninvited guests or riled by those who did not get an invite.
9. Don’t link a friendly site like a Facebook to your professional one like LinkedIn for eg.
10. If it feels like oversharing, even a tad bit, don’t do it. Instincts are usually right about such things and stay away from social media during personal highs and lows as they peak, ‘cos when it all comes back to normalcy you’re bound to regret oversharing.

These 10 are of course not including the ones like not sharing your passwords, pet names, bank balance, thoughts on racism etc. and other ludicrous info that should not be mentioned.

TweetComb v1.4 Android Apk App Application (1.4) Download

TweetComb v1.4
Requirements: Android OS 3.0
Overview: TweetComb is a Twitter client designed and created exclusively for the Android Honeycomb platform. TweetComb gives you a tablet-friendly view of your Twitter timeline, mentions, direct messages, and more.

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Features of TweetComb:
-- Interact with Twitter in a tablet-friendly way with the only Twitter experience designed for Honeycomb.
-- Read your timeline, mentions, and direct messages with three distinct fragments. Each fragment interacts with Twitter for updates independent of the others.
-- Perform a Profile Search from an easy to access ActionBar item.
-- See a user's basic info, recent tweets, and publicly available favored tweets.
-- From the profile page, you can follow or unfollow other users.
-- When new tweets arrive, TweetComb will alert you with an audio clip.
-- TweetComb gives you an easy way to use and switch between multiple Twitter accounts.
-- From an individual tweet, you can reply, retweet, retweet with edit, share, favorite, mark as spam, copy to clipboard, and send a direct message.
-- Quickly send status updates with full support for cut/copy/paste.
-- Support for sending and replying to direct messages inside the app.
-- TweetComb can be shared to from other apps such as the browser, Newsr, and others.

What's in this version:
- Profile links are clickable.
- Hash tag links are clickable.
- Hyperlinks are clickable and display in a local preview. You can also choose to view in a browser on the tablet.
- In-line picture previews are available for yfrog, plixi, and twitpic.
- A button was added to each tweet for easier access to the options (reply, retweet, etc).
- A button was added to each list fragment to take you to the top of the list immediately.
- Trending topics are now clickable.

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Facebook introduce app for iPad

Many of you have been asking about Facebook for iPad. Today, it’s finally here. With the iPad app, you get the full Facebook experience, right at your fingertips. It’s a fun way to keep up with friends, share photos, chat and more.

Here are some of the highlights.

A hands-on Facebook
Use your fingertips to scroll through your News Feed. Give the screen a swipe to page through albums. Pinch a picture to zoom in. Whatever you’re up to, using Facebook on your iPad just feels fun.

Bigger, better photos
Photos really shine on the iPad. They’re bigger and easy to flip through, like a real photo album. It’s like having a slideshow with all your friends and memories, wherever you go.

Navigate anywhere, fast
Your games, apps, groups and lists are in the left-hand menu, so you don’t have to dig around to find the stuff you use most. And your messages and notifications are at the top of every screen, so you can respond to friends and keep up with important updates—without losing your place.

Chat, games and other features
The app comes with a bunch of other new features: You can chat with friends right from your iPad, for example, or play games and use apps in full-screen mode. You can also watch high-res videos inline, record HD video and stream to Airplay devices.
Get the App
Facebook for iPad is now available in the App Store.

We’ve also made several improvements to the iPhone app and m.facebook.com. With your next update, you’ll see a simplified navigation, faster search and access to more games and apps.