Tag Archives: Facebook
May 18, 2012
GBR TrendWatch: Facebook IPO Will Fund The Next Facebook
$104 Billion – Facebook’s valuation on the day of its IPO tops every other IPO in history and there is plenty of criticism that Facebook shares are overpriced. Yet there is no doubt that more than a dozen people will turn from paper billionaires into actual billionaires today and if history repeats itself, then there is reason to believe that the wealth of Facebook will spread and enable an renewed innovator ecosystem of considerable proportions. For developers, it will pay, literally, to pay close attention to this IPO, even if they do not own Facebook stock. (more…)
April 17, 2012
Facebook Credits: The Future of Game Profits
Gamification is at the core of much of what is going into business systems today. It is a concept of taking structures from successful game concepts like World of Warcraft and Farmville and applying them to tasks that people would rather not do. It is forming the basis of systems that require behavioral change to work. At the core of Gamification are reward structures based on games and at the core of rewards may be some form of currency like Facebook Credits that can be used to acquire something the user wants. (more…)
