Which Tech Companies Made the Most Money in 2012?
December 20, 2012
By Copy of Technology copy
All of our favorite tech giants made big moves in 2012, but how did the dollars and cents shake out? Which companies pulled in the most cheddar, and which are growing at the fastest clip?
Our friends at Statista have broken out the income, revenue growth and stock performance of some Internet and tech heavyweights. While Apple and Samsung blow the competition away in terms of net income, LinkedIn is the golden child in terms of year-over-year growth, with a whopping 89% revenue increase.
Dive into the data below.
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Thumbnail image courtesy of Sylvain Kalache.
More About: Business, Tech, Year End 2012, infographics
Facebook Will Let People You Don’t Know Message Your Inbox For $1
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If you start noticing a few more messages in your Facebook inbox in the coming weeks from people you don't know, here's why.
Facebook announced Thursday that it is testing a new option to charge users a one-time fee of $1 to send a message to another user's inbox on the network who they aren't friends with.
Currently, if you send a Facebook message to someone you're not connected to, it may end up in the Other tab, an oft-overlooked subsection of the inbox that basically serves as a spam folder, depending on whether you have mutual connections. With the new option, however, you would be able to pay a premium to ensure that the message ends up in the main inbox where it's likely to be…
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More About: Facebook, facebook messaging
Facebook Will Let People You Don’t Know Message Your Inbox For $1
By Copy of Technology copy
If you start noticing a few more messages in your Facebook inbox in the coming weeks from people you don't know, here's why.
Facebook announced Thursday that it is testing a new option to charge users a one-time fee of $1 to send a message to another user's inbox on the network who they aren't friends with.
Currently, if you send a Facebook message to someone you're not connected to, it may end up in the Other tab, an oft-overlooked subsection of the inbox that basically serves as a spam folder, depending on whether you have mutual connections. With the new option, however, you would be able to pay a premium to ensure that the message ends up in the main inbox where it's likely to be…
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More About: Facebook, facebook messaging
Internet Minute of Silence Declared for Sandy Hook Victims
By Copy of Technology copy
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy declared a national moment of silence to honor the victims of last Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which will be observed at 9:30 a.m. EST Friday.
It didn't take long for an online-specific campaign -- Web Goes Silent -- to spring up. The web effort calls for a five-minute pause from online activity. While Web Goes Silent hopes you won't tweet, post on Facebook or check your email, it's using the hashtag #momentforsandyhook to build support in advance.
More than 100,000 people have already pledged to participate on Causes.com, including Britney Spears, Suze Orman, Sean Parker and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
The campaign also…
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More About: Social Good, US, causes.com, sandy hook, school shooting
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