Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
DELL: IPAD TO EXPENSIVE, WILL FAIL IN THE INTERPRISE
http://mashable.com/2011/03/30/dell-ipad-enteprise/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29
A senior Dell executive says Apple’s iPad is not fit for enterprise customers because of its high price (when you account for peripherals), and will eventually be outpaced by Android tablets.
“Apple is great if you’ve got a lot of money and live on an island. It’s not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex,” Andy Lark, Dell’s global head of marketing for large enterprises and public organisations, said to CIO Australia.
As a company that plans to build tablets based on Android and WP7, it’s understandable that Dell is bearish on Apple’s iPad. Unfortunately, Lark chooses to back his claims with an example that simply doesn’t add up.
“An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse and a case [means] you’ll be at $1,500 or $1,600; that’s double of what you’re paying. That’s not feasible,” says Lark.
The cheapest iPad 2 model costs $499. A dock is $29, and a wireless keyboard is $69. Case options abound and range from $20 to $100, with Apple’s Smart Cover starting at $39. The iPad doesn’t natively support a mouse (you can use a hack on a jailbroken iPad to use a Bluetooth mouse with a device, though), but even if it did, you can get a decent wireless mouse for $20.
Add all that up, and you’re nowhere near Lark’s figures, even if you go with the most expensive iPad model which costs $829. It’s fine to believe in the success of Android, but if you’re going to dismiss the iPad, using bogus numbers simply won’t convince anyone.
A senior Dell executive says Apple’s iPad is not fit for enterprise customers because of its high price (when you account for peripherals), and will eventually be outpaced by Android tablets.
“Apple is great if you’ve got a lot of money and live on an island. It’s not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex,” Andy Lark, Dell’s global head of marketing for large enterprises and public organisations, said to CIO Australia.
As a company that plans to build tablets based on Android and WP7, it’s understandable that Dell is bearish on Apple’s iPad. Unfortunately, Lark chooses to back his claims with an example that simply doesn’t add up.
“An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse and a case [means] you’ll be at $1,500 or $1,600; that’s double of what you’re paying. That’s not feasible,” says Lark.
The cheapest iPad 2 model costs $499. A dock is $29, and a wireless keyboard is $69. Case options abound and range from $20 to $100, with Apple’s Smart Cover starting at $39. The iPad doesn’t natively support a mouse (you can use a hack on a jailbroken iPad to use a Bluetooth mouse with a device, though), but even if it did, you can get a decent wireless mouse for $20.
Add all that up, and you’re nowhere near Lark’s figures, even if you go with the most expensive iPad model which costs $829. It’s fine to believe in the success of Android, but if you’re going to dismiss the iPad, using bogus numbers simply won’t convince anyone.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
HHē (@HHEhair) Human Hair Express Changes the Face of Black Beauty
After decades of watching mothers, aunts, cousins, sisters and significant others spend hours in beauty salons, hair stores and in front of mirrors, Robert Errold Scott, Maurice Moore and Irving Buissereth solidified a plan anchored by a mission and made the ultimate investment in the future of the African-American community at large.
Not content with sourcing the finest in luxury virgin wefted hair pieces, the trio, known as “The Triangle Offense” emerged from their industry think tank with a mission to lead the community by example in the ways of self-empowerment and to ultimately eradicate the “B” word from the vocabulary of the community. Notes founder Robert Errold Scott, “We are not just three guys selling hair. We have developed the hhē line through innovation, diligence and faith. Our initial line of products set the tone for our standard of quality both in business and in the community as a whole”.
Human Hair Express, or hhē (pronounced as the pronoun “he”) launches this month on a national beauty tour making stops in all major markets for beauty trade shows, speaking engagements and its newly branded salon series “Tequila and Tresses” sponsored by award winning spirit brand Don Tepo and a national Urban lifestyle publication.
hhē can be found online at Human Hair Express where consumers can shop, discuss trends, ask questions and follow the brand's global inititives.
Monday, March 28, 2011
THE FUTURISTIC FASHION OF DIANA ENG
Diana Eng, the former Project Runway contestant whose futuristic, technology-infused fashions we profiled at CES in January, is now building out her own line of innovative, wearable accessories.Eng began integrating electronics and other kinds of wearable technology with apparel after taking an “electronics for artists” course as an undergraduate at the Rhode Island School of Design. There, she gained not only technical skills, but also inspiration through exposure to designers like Issey Miyake and Martin Margiela, who taught Eng to think “innovatively and really outside of the box,” she says. Since then, Eng has done much of her design and technology research online.
We recently visited her workspace at NYC Resistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn, where she showed us some of her latest work and the tools she used to create it.
Among the highlights were two pieces in her line of “Smart Scarves.” One, a $60 “Jack Frost” scarf, is made of a soft pale blue cotton upon which snowflakes appear beneath temperatures of 65 degrees Fahrenheit; the lower the temperature, the larger the snowflakes appear.
By far our favorite creation is a softly draped, battery-powered “twinkle dress” embroidered at the neckline with a microphone and small lights that flash in response to noise. Sadly, it’s not for sale, due to safety concerns and the difficulty of producing it on a mass scale. It is the perfect party dress; the more animated and talkative its wearer, the more attention she draws to herself with light. To see the dress in action, see the third look in the video below:
In our interview, Eng joked that the best way to bridge the gender gap in the tech industry was to teach girls how to make things sparkle. “They’re going about it the wrong way,” she said, laughing.
All of Eng’s work is handmade, and thus produced in small quantities of ten to one hundred that quickly sell out, Eng says, before she even has time to begin promoting them. Eng is looking into getting some of her accessories manufactured by third parties to satisfy existing demand.
Eng is also the author of do-it-yourself electronic fashions book, Fashion Geek: Clothes Accessories Tech is also available for purchase on her website.
Check out the gallery below for a closer look at her work and the NYC Resistor studio. If you’re interested in exploring further kinds of wearable tech, see our recent roundup here.
Sprint Kicks Off the War Against AT&T’s Acquisition of T-Mobile
Sprint is making it clear that it will do everything it can to prevent AT&T from acquiring T-Mobile USA, setting up a likely showdown between the nation’s top wireless networks in Congress.
The $39 billion acquisition would combine the two of largest wireless carriers in the U.S., something Sprint says “would entrench AT&T’s and Verizon’s duopoly control over the wireless market.” AT&T is trying to fix major flaws in its network, while T-Mobile is hemorrhaging customers and needs an exit strategy.
The acquisition, if approved, would result in a company with more than 125 million subscribers, besting Verizon’s more than 93 million and dwarfing Sprint Nextel’s more than 49 million customer base. Before it can go through, though, it has to secure approval from the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commissions. And since it’s a high-profile deal, it’s also likely to face scrutiny from Congress.
That’s where Sprint comes in. It had some harsh words for AT&T in its announcement, claiming that the deal would create an anticompetitive duopoly:
“With regard to Sprint’s recent statements about our transaction, we have always found that the most constructive course is to focus on our own strategies for serving our customers and building our business, rather than becoming distracted by challenging the business strategies of others,” SVP Jim Cicconi said in response.
While Sprint may be ready for a fight, AT&T spends six times more on lobbying than Sprint, and the number two wireless carrier has been ramping up its antitrust operation in order to win government officials over, according to WSJ. If AT&T gets its way and the deal is decided based on the competitiveness of the nation’s 20 local markets rather than from a national perspective, then the deal is likely to secure government approval.
Still, Sprint isn’t about to let AT&T absorb T-Mobile without a fight:
“So on behalf of our customers, our industry and our country, Sprint will fight this attempt by AT&T to undo the progress of the past 25 years and create a new Ma Bell duopoly,” Sprint SVP Vonya McCann stated in the company’s announcement.
Those are fighting words, and you can bet that this battle will only get more brutal as Congressional hearings loom.http://mashable.com/2011/03/28/sprint-att-t-mobile/
The $39 billion acquisition would combine the two of largest wireless carriers in the U.S., something Sprint says “would entrench AT&T’s and Verizon’s duopoly control over the wireless market.” AT&T is trying to fix major flaws in its network, while T-Mobile is hemorrhaging customers and needs an exit strategy.
The acquisition, if approved, would result in a company with more than 125 million subscribers, besting Verizon’s more than 93 million and dwarfing Sprint Nextel’s more than 49 million customer base. Before it can go through, though, it has to secure approval from the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commissions. And since it’s a high-profile deal, it’s also likely to face scrutiny from Congress.
The First Shots Are Fired
That’s where Sprint comes in. It had some harsh words for AT&T in its announcement, claiming that the deal would create an anticompetitive duopoly:
“If approved, the proposed acquisition would create a combined company that would be almost three times the size of Sprint in terms of wireless revenue and would entrench AT&T’s and Verizon’s duopoly control over the wireless market. The wireless industry moving forward would be dominated overwhelmingly by two vertically integrated companies with unprecedented control over the U.S. wireless post-paid market, as well as the availability and price of key inputs, such as backhaul and access needed by other wireless companies to compete. “AT&T didn’t take long to fire back, though:
“With regard to Sprint’s recent statements about our transaction, we have always found that the most constructive course is to focus on our own strategies for serving our customers and building our business, rather than becoming distracted by challenging the business strategies of others,” SVP Jim Cicconi said in response.
While Sprint may be ready for a fight, AT&T spends six times more on lobbying than Sprint, and the number two wireless carrier has been ramping up its antitrust operation in order to win government officials over, according to WSJ. If AT&T gets its way and the deal is decided based on the competitiveness of the nation’s 20 local markets rather than from a national perspective, then the deal is likely to secure government approval.
Still, Sprint isn’t about to let AT&T absorb T-Mobile without a fight:
“So on behalf of our customers, our industry and our country, Sprint will fight this attempt by AT&T to undo the progress of the past 25 years and create a new Ma Bell duopoly,” Sprint SVP Vonya McCann stated in the company’s announcement.
Those are fighting words, and you can bet that this battle will only get more brutal as Congressional hearings loom.http://mashable.com/2011/03/28/sprint-att-t-mobile/
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
New Tablet: Is the Revised Galaxy Tab 10.1 an iPad 2 Killer? [GALLERY]
The numbers are all there for the specmeisters, with this reworked Galaxy Tab rocking a slightly larger touchscreen over the iPad 2, higher resolution, a 1GHz dual core processor and lighter 595g weight compared with the 601g of the iPad 2 Wi-Fi. But the most important number of all is its price. Unlike Samsung’s overpriced predecessor, the 16 GB Wi-Fi Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will cost exactly the same as the iPad 2 Wi-Fi 16 GB: $499. Bam!
The first Galaxy Tab didn’t fare too well. In fact, the day of the iPad 2′s rollout, even Samsung’s Executive VP of its mobile division Lee Don-Joo admitted its shortcomings: “We will have to improve the parts that are inadequate… Apple made [the iPad 2] very thin… The 10-inch (tablet) was to be priced higher than the 7-inch (tablet) but we will have to think that over,” he said.
We didn’t care much for the first Samsung Galaxy Tab, either. When we got our hands on it earlier this year in Barcelona, it was flimsy, felt cheap, and we thought its much-ballyhooed Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) interface was confusing and buggy. And, the device got uncomfortably hot in one corner.
While this thinner, redesigned model reportedly felt much better in all respects, it’s still missing one key number, and that is the hoard of software Apple offers for the iPad 2, more than 60,000 apps specifically created for the platform. But that impressive number also includes the fart apps, too. Even so, Apple has a huge head start.
Meanwhile, Samsung introduced another contender it calls the Galaxy Tab 8.9, a little more than an inch smaller than its big brother. It includes the same 1GHz dual-core processor, and looks just about the same as the 10.1-inch model, as you’ll see in the gallery below.
Both of Samsung’s new tabs beat the iPad 2 easily in the camera spec department, with a 3-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel up front, both shooting 1080p video. In what could be the clincher for many users, the Samsung tablets boast another capability lacking in the iPad 2: Adobe Flash playback.
Want to try one? You’ll have to wait until June 8 for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi, priced at $499 for the 16 GB version and $599 for 32 gigs. Samsung was not as specific with the release date for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 Wi-Fi, which it said would be available in “early summer” at $469 for 16 GB and $569 for 32 gigs.
So is the Galaxy Tab 10.1 an iPad 2 killer? I don’t think so, but it’s a lot closer to being competitive than Samsung’s first attempt. Tell us in the comments if you agree.
Here’s a gallery featuring both new Samsung Galaxy Tabs:http://mashable.com/2011/03/22/galaxy-tabs/
BlackBerry PlayBook Will Run Android Apps
When the long-awaited BlackBerry tablet hits the U.S. and Canada on April 19, Research in Motion (RIM) has a surprise up its sleeve: support for Android apps.The company announced today that in addition to its new native SDK, the BlackBerry PlayBook will support apps written for Android 2.3 and BlackBerry Java. RIM also announced that it is bringing the Airplay and Unity 3 game engines to the PlayBook.
Android support on a BlackBerry-branded device is a big deal. Rumors about this sort of arrangement have been ongoing since early 2011, but it seemed an unlikely development until now. In a statement, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said: “The upcoming addition of BlackBerry Java and Android apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook on BlackBerry App World will provide our users with an even greater choice of apps and will also showcase the versatility of the platform.”
The technical details surrounding Android-compatibility aren’t clear. We assume RIM is using a virtual machine that can support Android code. This method is likely similar to what the QNX-based tablet will do to run apps written for older BlackBerry handset devices.
RIM says developers will just need to repackage, code sign and submit existing Android apps to the Blackberry App World.
For developers that want to create native apps for the PlayBook, RIM says its BlackBerry Tablet OS Native Development Kit will be in open Beta by this summer. It seems odd to release a device to consumers before the native development kit is even in open beta, but we guess that’s why RIM is expanding its options to also include apps written for BlackBerry Java, Android and Adobe Air.
The big question is: how will Android apps be presented on the PlayBook? Our guess is they will appear in home-screen widgets with a full-screen option, given the differences in orientation and resolution. That could actually be an interesting experience, depending on execution.
To be clear, the apps that the PlayBook supports will be Android 2.3 — not Android 3.0. So this means that developers that want an easy port of a utility or basic game will have an easy time moving to the PlayBook. Developers building new tablet apps from the ground-up for Honeycomb, however, will still need to consider alternate development paths for PlayBook.
What do you think of the PlayBook and its Android app compatibility? Does it make the device more attractive? Let us know in the comments.http://mashable.com/2011/03/24/blackberry-playbook-android/
TWITTER TRENDS THIS WEEK 2
http://mashable.com/2011/03/26/top-twitter-trending-topics-chart/ 
Web culture can be fleeting, but when the Internet grabs hold of something it really, really loves to make fun of, a mere mortal meme can transcend the petty bounds of its digital adolescence and live forever in the soul of our civilization — the uber-meme, as Nietzsche (would have so obviously) described it.
That spiritual transformation is upon us, my friends, and its name is Rebecca Black. Since surfacing on the social web in mid-March, there’s not a single tube on the Internet you can crawl through without hearing her … what’s the word … voice. Twitter — the womb from which Black’s ironic fame was born — is no exception. Her name has been trending over the course of three weeks, and while she played second fiddle on last week’s chart, she’s finally claimed the throne once occupied by the likes of Super Junior, and yes, even The Great Bieber himself.
What’s the rest of the world been up to while we’ve been working on our Rebecca Black cover songs? Does it even matter?
To view the past week through Twitter’s eyes, check out the chart below, compiled by our friends at What the Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart. The aggregate is based on Twitter’s own trending algorithm, and does not necessarily reflect raw tweet volume.
You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section, and read more about this past week’s trends on What The Trend.
Top Twitter Trends This Week: 3/18 – 3/25
Web culture can be fleeting, but when the Internet grabs hold of something it really, really loves to make fun of, a mere mortal meme can transcend the petty bounds of its digital adolescence and live forever in the soul of our civilization — the uber-meme, as Nietzsche (would have so obviously) described it.
That spiritual transformation is upon us, my friends, and its name is Rebecca Black. Since surfacing on the social web in mid-March, there’s not a single tube on the Internet you can crawl through without hearing her … what’s the word … voice. Twitter — the womb from which Black’s ironic fame was born — is no exception. Her name has been trending over the course of three weeks, and while she played second fiddle on last week’s chart, she’s finally claimed the throne once occupied by the likes of Super Junior, and yes, even The Great Bieber himself.
What’s the rest of the world been up to while we’ve been working on our Rebecca Black cover songs? Does it even matter?
To view the past week through Twitter’s eyes, check out the chart below, compiled by our friends at What the Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart. The aggregate is based on Twitter’s own trending algorithm, and does not necessarily reflect raw tweet volume.
You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section, and read more about this past week’s trends on What The Trend.
Top Twitter Trends This Week: 3/18 – 3/25
Rank | Topic | Intensity | Description |
#1 | Rebecca Black | 4 | Rebecca Black is a 13 year old singer from Orange County, California with a music video on YouTube that many people find amusing or annoying. Her video has been viewed 46 million times. |
#2 | Full Moon | 2 | Dubbed the “Supermoon,” last Saturday’s full moon appeared 14% bigger and up to 30% brighter than normal. |
#3 | H1N1 | 1 | Eugenia Sader, the Venezuelan Minister of Health, confirmed that there are 100 cases of influenza AH1N1 nationwide. There are concerns about the virus in other Latin American countries. |
#4 | UK Comic Relief | 1 | Red Nose Day is part of the UK Comic Relief campaign, an annual charity fundraiser held each March by the BBC. Funds are raised by a telethon and also by various "fun" events by celebrities, businesses and members of the public across the UK. |
#5 | Knut | 1 | A Berlin zoo official says world-famous polar bear Knut has died. Bear keeper Heiner Kloes said that four-year-old Knut died last Saturday afternoon while alone in his compound and the cause is not yet clear |
#6 | Elizabeth Taylor | 1 | Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary actress, has died at the age 79 of heart failure. She was a tireless fundraiser for HIV/AIDS research. |
#7 | Libyan Conflict | 1 | French Rafale fighter jets are flying combat missions over Libya. Missiles were fired from U.S. warships on targets in Libya. Operation Odyssey Dawn is the name for this operation. |
#8 | Soccer/Football | 1 | Gilson Kleina will take over as interim coach of the Fluminense Football Club. American international Stuart Holden was the victim of an awful two-footed tackle by Manchester United center back Johnny Evans that saw the defender lunge for a 50-50 ball and dive straight onto the midfielder’s knee. |
#9 | Alexz Johnson | 1 | Alexz Johnson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for her role as Jude Harrison in the CTV series Instant Star. |
#10 | UFC | 1 | Ultimate Fighting Championship 128 was held with many notable matches including Shogun vs. Jones, Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub, and Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland. |
Friday, March 25, 2011
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
New Mixtape: @Greenspan410 “Dope Melodies & Heavy Bass”
Mr. Mid-Atlantic aka Greenspan has released “Dope Melodies & Heavy Bass”. This project is presented by IROCKFOX & IMFLASHY.com. This is Greenspan’s first project of the year and features the popular street anthem “Cold.” Expect the title to live up to the exact saying of “Dope Melodies & Heavy Bass”. This is definitely the soundtrack that should be played with the sun roof open cruising down the highway. Some of the talent making a feature are Amber Mimz, Feev, Mullyman, Whitefolkz & Phil Ade. “Dope Melodies & Heavy Bass”
Download Link: http://hulkshare.com/9n84avnpikoz
One of my favorites is the up beat mash up between Greenspan & Phil Ade birthed “Keep Up” which was produced by Mark Henry and last week the video made its debut so check it out below.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
New Music: @BabyFloss1 "Dont Tell Nobody"
Preparing for the release of his new mixtape, "This How Money Look" hosted by DJ Holiday. Baby Floss releases "Don't Tell Nobody." As a major player in the Columbia, South Carolina Hip Hop movement, Baby Floss has his City and State behind him. Check it out here
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
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Monday, March 14, 2011
HP CEO on Mobile: ‘We Don’t Intend to Play in the Minor Leagues’ BY BEN PARR
HP CEO Leo Apotheker has a clear message for his competitors in the mobile and tablet space: we’re in this market to win.Earlier today, HP’s new chief executive revealed the company’s new strategy to a group of analysts and members of the press. His keynote can be summed up in five words: cloud, cloud and more cloud. HP intends to provide cloud-based tools, software and connected devices that will power enterprise and dominate the consumer market.
Central to HP’s consumer play is its 2010 acquisition of Palm, which gave the PC giant access to Palm’s webOS mobile operating system and the Pre line of smartphones.
HP dominates the PC business, selling two PCs and two printers every second — by far the most in the industry, according to Apotheker. Now it intends to dominate the smartphone and tablet businesses too.
“We just announced our new devices, the TouchPad and the [Pre] smartphones,” Apotheker says. “Going forward, we don’t intend to play in the [minor] league in this business.”
HP has an uphill battle to becoming a player in the mobile market. Apple leads the pack with the iPhone and the iPad, but Google, Microsoft and RIM are all making big moves in this space. Confirming previous rumors, HP said the TouchPad will come out this June.
Will you wait for a TouchPad? Does HP stand a chance of grabbing some mobile market share? Let us know what you think, in the comments.http://mashable.com/2011/03/14/hp-mobile-apotheker/
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Zuckerberg’s Wealth More Than Tripled in 2010
Mark Zuckerberg is the 52nd wealthiest person in the world, but he’s not the only billionaire at Facebook. Six of the social network’s founders and investors are among the richest people in the world.
Facebook CEO and co-founder Zuckerberg has an estimated worth of $13.5 billion. In 2010, his worth was estimated at $4 billion and he was ranked 212th — quite an increase for the 26-year-old.
But that’s not to say Zuckerberg’s keeping the money all for himself. In the past year he donated $100 million to the Newark public school system, and he’s committed much of his wealth to charity.
Facebook’s other co-founders, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Savarin, as well as investors Sean Parker and Yuri Milner joined the billionaire club during the past year too, according to Forbes‘s list, released Wednesday.
Moskovitz, who is six days younger than Zuckerberg, is the youngest of all the billionaires, with an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. Saverin, age 28, and Parker, age 31, are each worth $1.6 billion, according to Forbes. Milner, a 49-year-old Russian, is worth $1 billion.
Investor Peter Thiel made the list again this year, with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
Facebook, along with its founders and investors, has seen incredible growth in the past year. The social network now claims more than 500 million members, and more than 42% of the U.S. population. It was recently valued at $65 billion, and earlier this year, Goldman Sachs and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies invested $50 million in Facebook.
It’s likely the Facebook executives and investors will only continue to grow in value, too, as the social network’s products become more and more ubiquitous and integrated across the web and mobile.
Forbes‘s list of the world’s billionaires includes 1,210 people and more than 80 of them are from the technology industry. Bill Gates, of Microsoft, and Larry Ellison, of Oracle, represent the industry in the top 10 billionaires, with net worths of $56 billion and $39.5 billion respectively.
How long do you think it will take for Zuckerberg to be ranked among the likes of Gates and Ellison in the top-10 wealthiest people in the world?http://mashable.com/2011/03/10/facebook-billionaires/
Facebook CEO and co-founder Zuckerberg has an estimated worth of $13.5 billion. In 2010, his worth was estimated at $4 billion and he was ranked 212th — quite an increase for the 26-year-old.
But that’s not to say Zuckerberg’s keeping the money all for himself. In the past year he donated $100 million to the Newark public school system, and he’s committed much of his wealth to charity.
Facebook’s other co-founders, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Savarin, as well as investors Sean Parker and Yuri Milner joined the billionaire club during the past year too, according to Forbes‘s list, released Wednesday.
Moskovitz, who is six days younger than Zuckerberg, is the youngest of all the billionaires, with an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. Saverin, age 28, and Parker, age 31, are each worth $1.6 billion, according to Forbes. Milner, a 49-year-old Russian, is worth $1 billion.
Investor Peter Thiel made the list again this year, with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
Facebook, along with its founders and investors, has seen incredible growth in the past year. The social network now claims more than 500 million members, and more than 42% of the U.S. population. It was recently valued at $65 billion, and earlier this year, Goldman Sachs and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies invested $50 million in Facebook.
It’s likely the Facebook executives and investors will only continue to grow in value, too, as the social network’s products become more and more ubiquitous and integrated across the web and mobile.
Forbes‘s list of the world’s billionaires includes 1,210 people and more than 80 of them are from the technology industry. Bill Gates, of Microsoft, and Larry Ellison, of Oracle, represent the industry in the top 10 billionaires, with net worths of $56 billion and $39.5 billion respectively.
How long do you think it will take for Zuckerberg to be ranked among the likes of Gates and Ellison in the top-10 wealthiest people in the world?http://mashable.com/2011/03/10/facebook-billionaires/
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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