5 posts and columns on Eastern Europe

Facebook Lands Former Bebo CEO (And ex-Googler) Joanna Shields

in Media on April 1, 2010 at 2:06 am PT

Facebook is beefing up its European sales team with a big name in social networking circles: It is adding former Bebo CEO Joanna Shields, who will runs sales and business development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The Bids Are In for AOL's Sale of ICQ–It's Down to a "U.N." of Four Buyers

in News on February 8, 2010 at 5:02 am PT

AOL has taken another step closer to selling off its ICQ instant messaging service, culling seven bids to four “serious” ones, said sources close to the situation. The price for the service is hovering just under $200 million, several sources said, with one bid 15 to 20 percent higher. Sources said that the solicitation of bids is now over, with the four remaining described by one source as a “U.N. of buyers.”

World-Wide PC Shipments to Improve, No Thanks to Windows 7

in News on June 25, 2009 at 3:47 pm PT

World-wide PC shipments will be lousy in 2009, but not quite as lousy as previously thought. Gartner says they’ll fall six percent for the year, which is an improvement over the 6.6 percent drop it forecast last month and the 9.2 percent decline it projected back in March.
makingmacs

World-Wide PC Shipments to Improve, No Thanks to Windows 7

in News on June 25, 2009 at 3:47 pm PT

World-wide PC shipments will be lousy in 2009, but not quite as lousy as previously thought. Gartner says they’ll fall six percent for the year, which is an improvement over the 6.6 percent drop it forecast last month and the 9.2 percent decline it projected back in March.
makingmacs

Da! Facebook Takes $200 Million From Russian Investors at $10 Billion Valuation

in Media on May 26, 2009 at 9:17 am PT

Facebook is indeed taking money from Russian investors Digital Sky Technologies. As previously reported, the social network is selling $200 million of preferred stock at a $10 billion valuation; DST will also buy up to $100 million of common stock at a lower valuation later this year.
niko3