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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford adds fantasy baseball stats to Sync]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What&amp;39's the difference between a Yankee Stadium hot dog and a Fenway Park hot dog You can buy a Yankee Stadium hot dog in October!(Credit:CC Werner Kunz/Flickr)Fantasy baseball is a way of life. If you're a real die-hard player, then you probably play in several leagues and check team statistics several times a day. It can get borderline obsessive.Ford Motor has added a new Fantasy Update option to its Sync vehicle communication and entertainment system that allows baseball fans to get weekly player updates over their car speakers. Accessing the information is fairly easy, and much safer than checking your cell phone while driving. You wouldn't want to careen your car off the side of a mountain just to see on your cell phone when Stephen Strasburg is returning from Tommy John surgery. Unfortunately, the baseball stats aren't tailored to your team, but rather are a simple broadcast of weekly leaders in the American and National Leagues, including stats such as batting average, home runs, RBIs, stolen bases, and runs scored. Active pitching stats are also mentioned, including strikeouts, saves, and if your favorite hurler won or lost. The setup works with select 2010 models or newer Ford and Lincoln Sync-equipped vehicles, a Bluetooth-enabled phone, and an active Sync services account.We hope future versions of Sync will be able to integrate with popular Fantasy Baseball leagues hosted on ESPN, CBS, and Yahoo to truly make this service a home run.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Buffett cautions social-networking investors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Warren Buffett is warning investors to be careful about which social networks they friend with their investment dollars.Buffett, the chief executive of the Berkshire Hathaway investment empire, warned investors Friday at a conference in New Delhi to be wary of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter--a sector that has recently generated great interest and anticipation on Wall Street.&quot;Most of them will be overpriced,&quot; Buffett said, according to a Bloomberg report. &quot;It's extremely difficult to value social-networking-site companies.&quot;&quot;Some will be huge winners, which will make up for the rest,&quot; he said, without specifying which companies he expects to be winners and which will be losers.Buffett isn't alone in his dire warnings of another bubble in the offing. IAC founder and former entertainment mogul Barry Diller recently called the multibillion-dollar valuations of social-networking companies with high user engagement but unproven long-term revenue &quot;mathematically insane.&quot; Investor buzz for hot Silicon Valley companies that aren't yet publicly traded--like Facebook, Twitter, and Zynga--has hit a fever pitch and reportedly captured the attention of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The commission is reportedly interested in companies that offer exchanges for privately traded stock and along the way offer a peek at the hypothetical valuations of these otherwise tight-lipped companies. Facebook, with an estimated value of $50 billion, is expected to be one of those players testing the IPO waters this year. With a user base of 500 million, the social-networking giant is estimated to be recording revenue in excess of $1 billion on the back of its Social Ads program. Of course, Facebook is still a private company and is under no obligation to reveal its financial details. However, should Facebook hit the threshold of 500 individual shareholders, it will be required to either start trading publicly or at least begin disclosing its financial information, according to rules set by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Twitter, another social-networking company rumored to be looking at a public offering later this year, will generate about $150 million in advertising revenue this year, up from the $45 million it made last year, according to market research firm eMarketer predictions. The microblogging site recently completed a $200 million funding round that gave the company a $3.7 billion valuation. Two-year-old daily deals site Groupon, which reportedly turned down a $6 billion buyout offer from Google late last year in favor of a hoped-for $25 billion IPO, is estimated to be bringing in $103 million in revenue. LivingSocial, which thinks it could overtake Groupon this year, recently sealed a $175 million investment from Amazon that gave it a $1 billion valuation. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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