5/2/12

Article 1

Recently, Facebook created a 3 BILLION, not million, BILLION dollar advertising business.  Facebook plans to introduce this business on May 18th during an IPO roadshow convention.  Although this may seem like a great idea, many investors are uneasy about it.  They don't know wheather or not putting all the money into it, will really give them what they want.  They don't know what they are getting for their dollar.  One of the advertisers that are skeptical about the advertising is a company that had been advertising on Facebook since 2009, Kia Motors.  Although they are unsure about the new advertising, they will continue to put millions and millions of dollars into advertising on Facebook.  But this is not the first time that Facebook has done something like this.  Last year, they launched a feature of their website entitiled "Sponsored Stories." Here, advertisers could repost peoples positive posts on the Facebooks news feed, therefore highlighting them for others to see.  For this sort of service, advertisers pay a rate based on the views that the post gets.  It will be interesting to see how this new advertising business works out.  Facebook has not exactly been on the uprise with the outbreakings of other social networking sites such as Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram taking the lead, leaving Facebook behind along with past social networking giants in Myspace and Formspring. 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304868004577378122958515302.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews

Article 2

How about some exciting news for all you electirc car drivers?  Soon, Orlando area WALGREENS will be recieving new car charging stations.  Yes, you head it here, brand new car charging stations.  How many you ask? A wopping total of 8 or 9 throughout the Orlando area.  But there is some bad news that must come with all this exciting news.  The locations of the Walgreens who will recieve these electric car charges were not released.  These charging stations are compatible with all North American made electic vehicles.  Once again, however, we have some bad news once again.  It does cost more to charge at a public station like the ones at the Walgreens than it would at home.  At these public places, it costs a total of 4 cents per minute and at home it costs less.   At the public charging stations, you must charge for a minimum of 15 minutes.  Although this may seem outragous, it is not.  It is actually quite convient.  If someone knows that their car is about to die and they need a charge in the worst of ways, why not stop off at a public charging station at a Walgreens, grab a soda and a pack of animal crackers, and bite the bullet and pay the 4 cents per minute so that you can get to your next destination.  It makes more sense. 

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-16/business/os-walgreens-charging-stations-20120416_1_electric-car-drivers-gas-stations-electric-car