Twitter was blocked in Pakistan for much of Sunday because it would not remove tweets that were considered "offensive to Islam." The tweets were encouraging the Draw Muhammad Day (#DrawMuhammadDay) competition, which prompted users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad to Facebook. Even though some of the images posted were favorable, many Muslims regard any depictions of the prophet as blasphemous. There were conflicting reports of what was blocked and when. Despite the outages, Pakistan's Minister of Interior, Rehman Malik, tweeted that Twitter and Facebook were not going to be blocked in the country, and asked citizens to "please ignore the rumors. Twitter spokesman Gabriel Stricker said Twitter had not taken down tweets or made changes before Pakistan stopped blocking the site. The ministry ... Continue reading →
By David BenoitFacebook�s continued fall has put the social network on pace to be one the worst large U.S. IPO starts in the past five years. Bloomberg The social network�s much ballyhooed offering was in the midst of its second-straight day of declines, dropping as low as $30.98 today. That would have been an 18.5% drop from its IPO of $38. The stock has recovered somewhat, recently down 3% to $33. That also marks a 13% decline from its IPO price, equal to the worst three-day start for an IPO that raised over $1 billion since 2007, according to Dealogic. There have been 23 U.S. IPOs over that size since 2007.� Through the first three sessions, only asset-manager Och-Ziff Capital performed as poorly, losing 13% ... Continue reading →
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Facebook, whose stock is trading on public markets for the first time today, has had an incredible rise - from zero to 900 million users in just over eight years. In the fast-changing technology world, though, today's Facebook can quickly become tomorrow's MySpace. Make no mistake: Everyone's favorite social network faces substantial risks. Here are a few. Missing the Boat on Mobile Facebook's biggest driver of usage - and revenue - comes from the old, desktop-PC web. But as people start spending more time on mobile devices, and more people get online for the first time only on mobile devices, Facebook could lose its edge. The biggest risk, then, is the rise of a mobile-only or mobile-first social network that steals the attention and hearts ... Continue reading →
