In the months before Facebook became a public company in May 2012, shares in the social media network were the most sought-after investment opportunity in the company. Some people were so… Read more »
Uber’s latest funding brings the company into the stratosphere of private company valuations. At $40 billion, Uber is believed to be four times more valuable than Airbnb, Snapchat, Palantir or Dropbox. Its… Read more »
Given the usual strategy for OTT communications apps is to grow big and then sell out to an internet giant, Line’s plan to go independent runs counter to the market. Read more »
Twitter’s initial public offering is a sign that it has graduated from being a startup into a full-fledged media entity — but the pressures of doing that have already changed the… Read more »
Twitter launched a new feature that adds images and video previews to a user’s timeline automatically, a move that is clearly designed to appeal to advertisers — but will it wind… Read more »
It’s unclear how much IPO prices affect a stock’s longterm value. Here are some other examples of famous social media IPOs and how they’re doing now. Read more »
Just a few years ago, Twitter was dismissed by many as a plaything, but it has grown to become a crucial part of the real-time information ecosystem — and now it… Read more »