Facebook, the largest in the world, a social networking site, has created a dual shares structures that allow the owners of shares complete control over the company, reports BBC. Several private companies, including Google, have introduced such a structure, before they become public companies. But from Facebook said that so far have no plans to become a public company. The site has more than 300 million users a month and is currently leading in the industry. “We made a double structure, as existing shareholders want to retain voting control over certain issues. So the company will be able to focus in the long run to build a bigger business,” said Facebook spokesman Larry Yu. According to analysts, without the new structure, new shareholders can influence business decisions based on short term, but can not obtain long-term interests. Recalled, though the company is not public, former and current employees sell part of its stake in social network.
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The rapid development of the network will cause it that the occupation of the new Internet generation will be increasingly demanded in recent years. Companies will need to integrate new technologies for social and business contacts in an already existing infrastructure and business culture, says a new report by Gartner. For this purpose will require a new type of talented and skilled professionals, able to understand the tasks of the business to be professionals in the visual and social projects, and possess knowledge on how to activate and guide the power of web technologies. New jobs are not just targeted at a specific area, but will combine business, creativity and technical knowledge. Gartner has identified four main jobs that will become popular in the near future.
Specialists to work with Internet users
They will help users to effectively work with applications and information received from the Internet. Such specialists will need to have skills in three areas – development of user interfaces for simplified operation, development of virtual assistants who help people work with different Internet service providers, and are experts in interaction, which create possible models for dialogue between people and virtual assistants.
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In the online search leader Google said it bought the company for Internet advertising Teracent. The purchased company will contribute to broadening the presence of central heating Internet giant pomegranate inferior to display advertising. This type of advertising is most known by the banners that used to promote a product. Another option is widely called contextual advertising that appears in the request for a product or service in search engines. Thus, Google will increase its presence in a market where Yahoo is the leader with 14.5 percent according to comScore, Google e sixth and 2.2% of the pie. Teracent technology allows easier targeting consumers, monitor their behavior on the Internet – what they are looking and what interests they have. Service suitable for companies with limited budgets who want to reach directly to a group of people.
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The technological giant Cisco announced it would acquire a developer platforms for the transmission of Internet traffic over mobile networks Starent Networks. The price of the transaction is 2.9 billion dollars, it will be implemented in full in cash at a price of $ 35 per share of Starent Networks. Deal with the company’s estimated 20 percent more than the price the shares at the market close yesterday. With the acquisition Starent Networks will participate on the market of telecommunication equipment of the highest class, where various GSM operators things invested heavily to expand capacity of their networks. Cisco estimates of up to 2013 data transmitted by the mobile network will be doubled each year.
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The largest site for online sales Amazon.com buy similar Portal – Zappos.com, which is specialized in selling shoes, transmit Reuters. The price of the transaction is 927.9 million dollars. The internet merchant Zappos.com is popular in the U.S. with a high level of service, free delivery and ability to back consumer goods purchased. For the past year the company made a revenue of around 1 billion dollars and operating profit of 40 million dollars. The U.S. analysts comment that the step was taken after the failed launch of its own site Amazon.com for the sale of shoes – Endless.com, which was presented in 2007. The deal for Zappos.com continue to amaze all the analyzers, who claim the internet market is getting some decrease in financial crisis.
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Six of the 10 companies have indicated that they will miss the renewal of its software on computers with new operating system of Microsoft – Windows 7, transmit Reuters. The main reason for this are the efforts of companies to save money on expenses they deem side and because of concerns that some important applications will be compatible with the new operating system is specified in the analysis of ScriptLogic, which conducted the survey. Windows 7 is expected to appear on the market in October 22 this year, won the platform until now much more appreciative reviews than its predecessor in the face of Vista. One proof that Vista does not enter into the hearts of most consumers is the company Intel, which leave their computers in the old version of the operating system – XP.
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