It’s common knowledge that Facebook just isn’t signing up as many users as it once was. The plateau makes sense, given the sheer size of the user base, which remains large despite a flurry of reports indicating a teenage user exodus. Those studies didn’t stop Facebook from declaring 63% increase in revenue and an eightfold increase in profit for the fourth quarter yesterday.
After the worlds first bitcoin ATM, Robocoin, was installed in Canada, it set the digital currency in motion – and it seems to be heading in the direction of Asia.
Curious about who’s coining it in Africa and why? Of course you are. Forbes just announced nine fresh faces that joined the esteemed list of Africa’s 50 Richest people.
Remember the story about a bitcoin ATM opening in Canada? Well, they’ve already installed it and its working as we speak. The machine now lives at Waves Coffee House in Vancouver’s downtown area. It uses palm-recognition for users to log in to their accounts, which is pretty nifty – but could get pretty gross pretty quickly.
The world’s top-tier CEOs is certainly a diverse group of people. In an effort to divine some sort of patten that might set one on the path to CEO-hood, Harvard Business coalesced the personal date of the top CEOs across the globe, including details on their hairline, their educational background and the number of children that they have – it’s all there. Check it out, below.
Madonna has topped the latest celebrity earnings list, which has raised more than a few pairs of eyebrows considering that her latest album flopped. So how did she make a whopping $125 million between June 2012 and June 2013 you ask?
The Gulfstream G650 is absolute luxury and if you a have R639 million to spend on this jet, you can expect yours in 2017 and not a moment sooner. The G650 is number one in its class.
It is refreshing to hear that some companies prioritise the consumers wants and needs over their own. WhatsApp’s founders could be a lot wealthier than they already are, but choose not to utilise those paths.
This would be a pretty special anniversary present for any deserving lady. A rare blue diamond unearthed in the Cullinan mine in April 2013 has successfully been auctioned for R160 million.
Esmere Weideman, CEO of Media24 was caught in a SIM swop scam over the weekend, in which she was robbed of R360,000. Unbeknownst to Weideman, R1,5 million was transferred from her home loan account to her cheque account by criminals who had gained access to her information via a SIM swop.