The echo-chamber has flooded the web with all the details following the filing of Facebook’s IPO. It will raise $5 billion in the listing. It will be valued somewhere between US$75-billion and US$100-billion. We even know that the graffiti artist who took stock instead of cash for painting the walls at Facebook’s first HQ is now worth US$200 million. But what’s behind the numbers and how do they compare?
1. We’re all going mobile
Out of 825-million monthly users on Facebook, more than half — 425-million active users — access the site via mobile. These are people who use the site via a mobile app (its app is the most downloaded on the iTunes App Store) or via a mobile-optimised version of the website. Mobile users grew by 21% over the last four months. As many point out, the company doesn’t currently serve any advertising on its mobile site or apps.
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