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Usman Khalid
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Facebook IPO: Was it a quick success or a slow failure? – Part 1

The Facebook went public on May 18, last Friday and over the period of six days a lot has happened. At the close of business at Nasdaq, FB was trading at $32.05 a share. The stock was made open for the public at the book value of $38 a pop. This is a huge loss […]

Facebook IPO: Was it a quick success or a slow failure? – Part 2

Advertisements on a social network is completely understandable and very consistent for the likes of LinkedIn and Facebook. However, that is the only ‘business’ that Facebook does to date other than charging third-party app developers like Zynga. Though advertisements on Facebook have been embraced by many marketers all over the world, but it is still […]

Facebook IPO: Was it a quick success or a slow failure? – Part 3

These are all the plans that the company could come up and what might realize in the future. But, what about the interim time? The company is in the stock market, not planning to do so. There are risks of high proportions in the stock market that have been beefed up by the 2008 crisis. […]

Facebook IPO: Was it a quick success or a slow failure? – Part 4

Google, the value can be calculated by determining the worth of Android, presence of Google.com and its position, value of its other ventures like Google Map, etc. For Facebook, everything stops at Advertisement and third-party apps like Farmville. This is tricky but can be calculated. Terminal Value is where the mind game starts for real. […]

What went wrong with HP and where is it headed? – Part 1

Hewlett-Packard, once known as the great asset to the technology industry and a great innovator, is now in the depths of dark and endless tunnel that is leading nowhere but disparity. In the last half a decade, things have gone worse for the company and this week’s layoffs have written the statement in crimson. The […]

What went wrong with HP and where is it headed? – Part 2

What HP committed was a cardinal sin by doing away from R&D and making their way into the hyper-active PC industry. They bought COMPAQ for a whopping $26 Billion. What they should have done is to tow the line of IBM in this regard, make COMPAQ the peripheral for computer manufacturing and continue innovating stuff […]

What went wrong with HP and where is it headed? – Part 3

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What went wrong with HP and where is it headed? – Part 4

Whitman’s eBay bought PayPal, the world’s largest online money transaction platform and intelligently integrated it into the online shopping system. To be honest, that could have been possible with a good partnership with Peter Thiel. But intentions were different. However, Ms. Whitman lost the opportunity to make PayPal coupled with eBay an online shopping giant. […]

Asus ET2700INKS (2012): The Taiwanese company’s first 27-inch All-in-one Windows PC – Part 1

Asus rolled out the first 27-inch All-in-one desktop PC, ET2700INKS, this month. The new desktop is the Taiwanese company’s move to cater to the growing market for such devices. The new computer costs a premium for all the hardware nestled inside a single case, much like HP. The new ET2700INKS will set the user back […]

Asus ET2700INKS (2012): The Taiwanese company’s first 27-inch All-in-one Windows PC – Part 2

Design The Asus ET2700INKS is a sleek and simple design but with attractive cuts and is slimmer than most of its competition in the market. It has all the notable ports and extensions and most importantly it brings along an external sub-woofer. The 27-inch screen sports a 1920×1080-pixel resolution which is a standard for PC […]

Asus ET2700INKS (2012): The Taiwanese company’s first 27-inch All-in-one Windows PC – Part 3

Performance The new Asus system is a better performer than the recently launched HP Omni 27. There are differences in stark contrast in their performances. Both offer Intel’s Core i-series CPU from last year (Sandy Bridge) but the Asus has Core i7 and the HP has Core i5, which is a lot said in one […]

Samsung Series 7 Gamer (2012): At last the Korean manufacturer enters the gaming arena – Part 1

The market has been hoarded with gaming laptops this year. Samsung has shown interest in manufacturing high-end laptops but to date no mentionable gaming laptops was introduced. However, the Korean company has made its presence in this small but very important market segment with a new notebook called Samsung Series 7 Gamer. The new laptop […]

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