January 2012 - Rich Stokoe

Facebook Filing for $100bn IPO This Week

Posted on January 29, 2012 by rich

Various sources are reporting that Social Network supergiant, Facebook, will file for an Initial Public Offering next week. Wall St. Journal (WSJ), the BBC, and others suggest that shares will be offered to raise $10 billion, and valuing the company at a cool $100bn. Compare that to Google’s 2004 IPO which saw them raise $1.9bn. […]

Apple Releases 2012 Q1 Results

Posted on January 24, 2012January 24, 2012 by rich

Apple have just released their 2012 1st Quarter results. You might want to sit down for this… Back in July I reported on Apple’s 2011 Q3 results. They were very good. Back in October, I completely forgot to report on Apple’s Q4 results, which saw revenues get diluted because people were waiting around for the […]

The Gentlemens’ Guide To Toilet Etiquette

Posted on January 16, 2012December 4, 2012 by rich

Maybe it’s because my dad was a plumber before he retired but I find public bathrooms interesting places. Not in the same way that George Michael finds them interesting you understand. It has been said that Coca Cola is “the great leveller”. Whether you’re a President of the United States, or a shoeless pauper in […]

Google (Customer Services) Is Evil

Posted on January 13, 2012 by rich

Back in July I signed up for Google AdSense so I could earn a little cash to go towards hosting my little corner of the Interwebz. After a week or so of looking at a “your account is under review” page, I suddenly got an error saying I had been disapproved. Then I joined countless […]

Prediction: The Next Big Internet Thing

Posted on January 5, 2012May 2, 2012 by rich

Due to my job as a software developer, I spend much of my day dealing with cutting edge technologies and watching the progress of the IT bandwagon as it barrels uncontrollably through every corner of our lives. From listening to music on your iDevice to Internet-connected TVs and fridges to Twitter on your car’s dashboard, […]