A greater percentage of Facebook’s monthly active users became daily active users in recent years as consumers switched to smartphones, according to an analysis of the company’s filing for an initial public offering. DAU as a percentage of MAU is … Continue reading →
February 8 – 9, 2012 | San Francisco Inside Social Apps 2012 is coming next Wednesday and Thursday! Pre-registration passes are $599 until February 7, and will be $799 at the door. Register Here Join us as we … Continue reading →
Some users are once again seeing the “Discover New Games” module in the right sidebar of Facebook. The Discover New Games module highlights games a user’s friend is playing or that are otherwise popular. This time around it includes a … Continue reading →
With mobile growth outpacing overall monthly active user growth, Facebook knows how critical it will be to monetize its mobile users. But for the company that has long shunned traditional types of advertising, the solution is not as simple as … Continue reading →
Some Facebook groups now have cover photos, making them more consistent with the new Timeline design. The default image is a collage of the group members’ profile photos, which link to individual profiles. The image is slightly transparent, but colors … Continue reading →
Facebook had $1 billion in net income on $3.71 billion in 2011, according to its filing to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering. The company’s revenues grew 87 percent year-over-year from the 2010, which in turn more than … Continue reading →
Facebook revealed that it spent $68 million in cash and stock on acquisitions last year, according to its filing for an initial public offering. The company said all of the deals were not material. Here’s more details on how much … Continue reading →
Facebook said it paid out $1.4 billion to developers through payments on its platform in 2011. Apple paid out half that much to iPhone, iPod and iPad developers last quarter. Apple said it paid $700 million to iOS developers in … Continue reading →
Facebook named Google as its prime competitor among others including Microsoft and Twitter in its filing for an initial public offering today. The Securities and Exchange Commission requires a company to describe all the risk factors associated with investing in … Continue reading →
Revenues from Zynga games accounted for 12 percent of Facebook’s 2011 revenues, the social network’s S-1 filing reveals. No other customer represented more than 10 percent of total revenue in 2009 or 2010. Facebook reports that social game devs — … Continue reading →
