Facebook: 955 million users worldwide

What about a company announces quarterly results rather good, but immediately saw its stock quote dip? This is true of Facebook. Its action has lost 11.34% to 23.80 dollars after the announcement of its first financial results since its IPO. Admittedly, unlike last year, the social network reported a net loss of $ 157 million, against 240 million net income for second quarter 2011, which is partly explained by investments. However, Facebook released 12 cents earnings per share, as analysts expected, and above all, the turnover is much higher, since increased by 32% in one year and even manages to slightly exceed expectations: 1.18 billion against $ 1.15 billion expected.

If the economic environment has a lot to many experts, others are concerned. And if Facebook was not able to monetize its service on mobile platforms, which drain a large portion of its audience? Trails are proposed by Mark Zuckerberg, in particular, to generate revenue with mobile users. This is particularly the case of the update status. It would be a way to accompany the 28% increase over one year in advertising revenue, to $ 992 million.
But users will they be willing to pay for it? Facebook has conducted experiments on this system in New Zealand. However, it should know what were the results of this experiment. In any case, if the financial results can leave some analysts skeptical, the number of active accounts Facebook exploded. The social network now has 955 million worldwide, up from just over 29% from one year to another. A little more than a straw ...
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