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Friday, May 9, 2014

Andrew Bohuslavizki- Apple Iphone 6 Release Date Set For August 2014

As rumors suggest that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) could release two models of its next-generation iPhone, dubbed the iPhone 6, with larger screen sizes this year, a new report said Friday that the California tech giant could debut the 4.7-inch version of the iPhone 6 as soon as in August, following up with a bigger model in September.

On Friday, Reuters cited a report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, saying that Apple could surprise the tech world by releasing the iPhone 6 with a 4.7-inch screen in August, one month earlier than the company’s usual iPhone release cycle. The report also said a 5.5-inch or 5.6-inch iPhone 6 model is expected to reach stores in September.

If Apple indeed launches a new iPhone in August, it would be a different strategy for the company, which launched the past three versions of the flagship smartphone in September or October, MacRumors reported. The site added that the current news also contradicts earlier reports, claiming that the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 could be launched in September, while the 5.5-inch version could be delayed until later this year or early 2015 due to production issues.

The report from the Economic Daily News in question also stated that Apple would produce 80 million iPhone 6 units in 2014, with the company’s suppliers, including Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. (TPE:2354) and Largan Precision Co., Ltd. (TPE:3008), aiding with assembly and camera module production, respectively.

On Wednesday, it was reported that Pegatron Corporation (TPE:4938), a major Apple supplier, had received 15 percent of the orders for the new iPhone 6 with a 4.7-inch display. Some other reports also said that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) has already provided the first batch of Touch ID fingerprint sensors that would be used in the iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3.

In addition to the larger screen sizes, the new iPhone 6 models could also feature a thinner design, a faster A8 processor and an improved camera.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Andrew Bohuslavizki- Twitter IPO Still Has Huge Questions Looming

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc shares slipped on Monday after some of the five lead underwriters of its initial public offering said the social media firm may not achieve Facebook-like scale and its stock may not rise much higher.

In their first research reports since the November IPO, only Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs recommended buying the stock. Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan issued the equivalent of "hold" ratings. One analyst, Justin Post of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, initiated coverage with a sell rating and valued shares at $36 (£22.01), according to theflyonthewall.com.
Twitter shares dipped 1.3 percent to $41 on Monday. After an explosive debut on November 7, when shares closed more than 70 percent above the $26 IPO price, Twitter has churned for weeks in the low $40s.
At $41, the San Francisco-based company still trades at roughly 20 times estimated 2014 revenues, a multiple that dwarfs that of social media peers like Facebook Inc and LinkedIn Corp at roughly 11 and 17.6 times, respectively.
Firms that played a role in the IPO were not allowed to issue recommendations on the stock during a three-week span following the IPO known as the "quie t period." Their projections, published Monday, added little clarity to the debate over a fast-growing but still unprofitable company that has divided opinion on Wall Street.
Twitter's IPO was easily the most highly anticipated technology offering since Facebook's in 2012. Some on Wall Street have questioned whether Twitter will ever gain the same kind of vast user base Google Inc and Facebook have relied on to grow their businesses.
"The biggest unknown is that TWTR may be a niche product and won't break through to the mainstream, and may never see MAUs up near the 1B+ levels of mega-platforms like GOOG and FB," Deutsche Bank analyst Ross Sandler wrote in reference to the more than one billion users of both Facebook and Google. Sandler, the most bullish of the five analysts who kicked off coverage on Monday, put a $50 price target on the stock.
Although Twitter has rapidly revved up its revenue engine in the past year, investors are counting on it to continue delivering significant top-line gains. The company said last month that revenue in the third quarter more than doubled from a year ago to $168.6 million.
Goldman Sachs analysts led by Heath Terry saw "substantial opportunity" for growth acceleration even above Twitter's current pace as it expands internationally, thus justifying Goldman's $46 price target.
Goldman was the lead underwriter on Twitter's IPO.
"While competition for users' time is fierce and Twitter's growth trajectory is unlikely to be linear, we believe these revisions will, over time, justify considerable upside beyond the share current price and valuation," Terry wrote.
Eight out of 22 analysts so far issued a hold rating on Twitter, while nine recommended "buy" and 5 "sell," according to Thomson Reuters data.
J.P. Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth, who valued shares at $40, warned that the stock was priced at a "significant premium" to Facebook and LinkedIn.
He said, however, that the fundamentals of Twitter's business appeared promising. Twitter, which has so far pinned its business model on real-time, brand advertising campaigns that accompany television programs, has yet to tap into smaller businesses that want to buy ads themselves or monetize its popular video-sharing app Vine.
"We look for new initiatives like Twitter Cards and Twitter Amplify to be strong growth drivers," Anmuth said. "We believe there is also strong monetization potential in Twitter's self-serve platform, retargeting, the MoPub mobile ad exchange, and Vine."

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Yelp.com- Andrew Bohuslavizki

Andrew Bohuslavizki- Yelp was started out of MRL Ventures, an incubator Max Levchin and several former PayPal executives founded to develop Levchin's investment projects.^[8] In late 2004, Levchin brought up the topic of Yellow Pages, which had been worked on since the incubator was started, with Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons. The two brainstormed over lunch about Jeremy's difficulty using the internet to find a local doctor, then pitched Levchin shortly after on building a site where users could ask friends for recommendations for local services by email.^[8]^[9]^[10] That day Levchin agreed to invest $1 million in the project.^[8] MRL co-founder, David Galbraith, who had instigated the research into a Yellow Pages product, came up with the name "Yelp."^[11]
The initial site was hard to use, and attracted few readers or reviewers.^[10]^[12] In an "a-ha moment", Stoppelman and Simmons noticed that an increasing number of users were using a feature that allowed them to write reviews without being prompted.^[9]^[10] They relaunched the site in February 2005 based on unsolicited review writing.^[13]
Yelp's early review community was grown in part through Yelp parties, which were held at local businesses looking to attract patrons.^[14] The Yelp Elite, a category of super-users chosen by Yelp, was created in 2005 to reward the best reviewers.^[15] The Yelp Elite were invited to parties and other special events.^[12]^[16] The Yelp site had 12,000 reviewers in 2005, which grew to 100,000 in 2006.^[12] In early 2007, Yelp introduced "People Love us on Yelp" stickers to raise awareness for Yelp.^[17] By 2008, the website had fifteen million monthly visitors.^[18]^[19] Three years after Yelp was founded, it was active in 24 cities. Website traffic almost double over a six month period starting in late 2007 and the number of reviews passed two million.^[20]

Yelp, Inc. raised $5 million in venture funding from Bessemer Venture Partners in October 2005, which was used to expand to New York City, Chicago and Boston.^[12] Another $10 million was raised in October 2006 with Benchmark Capital,^[21] followed by $15 million with DAG Ventures in February 2008.^[22]^[23] In January 2010, Yelp raised $100 million in venture capital from Elevation Partners to fund an increase in sales staff.^[24

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Andrew Bohuslavizki- Tumblr

Andrew Bohuslavizki- Tumblr, stylized in their logo as tumblr., is a microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private.^[4]^[5] Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear.
As of May 19, 2013, Tumblr hosts over 108 million blogs.^[2] Its headquarters is on the 6th floor of 35 East 21st Street in the Flatiron District in New York City's Silicon Alley.^[6]^[7]^[2]
Tumblr was acquired by Yahoo on May 21, 2013 for approximately $1.1 billion