After a $500 million investment from Goldman Sachs and a big time Russian investment firm, Facebook ‘s value jumps to a stunning $50 billion, making the company worth more than competing companies eBay, Yahoo and Time Warner.
(More on Techland: Facebook Forecast 2011: Mobile & E-Commerce)
The new investment comes at the beginning …
It’s not even an entire workday into 2011, and we’ve already gotten an excellent piece of comics news: Fantagraphics has just announced that they’ll be publishing the complete comics of Carl Barks, in something around 30 hardcover volumes, over the next 15 years. (There’s an extensive interview about it with Fantagraphics publisher Gary …
The inevitable is upon us: Angry Birds is going to be released on the Playstation Network this week marking the game’s first foray into the console world, according to the Playstation blog. With Rovio admitting to the BBC that they are developing a specific version of the title for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii to be released sometime this …
Boy Genius Report is saying that they have exclusive news that Best Buy will be starting a smartphone buy back program in 2011. According to their sources, the company hopes to attract customers who always want to upgrade their phones, and they’re hoping that Best Buys “Buy Back” is a lucrative deal will help people chose the companies …
Executive vice president and chief public policy officer of Activision Blizzard Incorporated George Rose is making it known that he’s not pleased with the new Californian legislation that may make selling violent video games to minors a criminal offense. In an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle, Rose said that not only was the …
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Xbox Live 12-month Gold membership: $39.96 at Walmart
Priced at $60 directly from Microsoft, Walmart is selling year-long subscription cards for the Xbox Live Gold service for just $40.
Wii Hardware Bundle: $179 at Amazon
Available for around $200 elsewhere, Amazon is selling the
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Good morning and happy first Monday of 2011. Here are some of today’s top tech stories to get you started.
Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation
Source: New York Times
The New York Times reports that Facebook recently "raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a deal that values the company at $50
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