tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post8567271294651411288..comments2024-03-28T22:59:15.275+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: Facebook to be financed by Dubai?secretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-33382856901981527052008-11-24T01:17:00.000+04:002008-11-24T01:17:00.000+04:00unable to log into facebook is it blooked or whats...unable to log into facebook is it blooked or whats wrong ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-27536183164794219972008-11-03T09:58:00.000+04:002008-11-03T09:58:00.000+04:00The content blocking policies will be given a cold...The content blocking policies will be given a cold shoulder if the deal go through...<BR/><BR/>Don't worry... to make money they will block everything else and make sure atleast all in the country are using this service. Or better make it part of the emirates ID program!Foreigner at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633786161168234550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-38032506904781861642008-11-02T12:15:00.000+04:002008-11-02T12:15:00.000+04:00if they couldnt manage to make money with all thos...if they couldnt manage to make money with all those users and over half a billion dollars in funding then what makes u think they will now?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-60175266035121821872008-11-02T00:20:00.000+04:002008-11-02T00:20:00.000+04:00The company is likely spending well over a $1 mill...The company is likely spending well over a $1 million per month on electricity alone, say experts we’ve spoken with. Bandwidth is likely another $500,000 or more per month on top of that. The company has earmarked $100 million to buy 50,000 servers this year and next. And sources say they’ve been buying one NetApp 3070 storage system per week just to keep up with all this user generated content. At up to $2 million each, that adds up quickly - we’ve heard estimates that they may have spent as much as $30 million this year alone with the company. And the icing on the cake - earmark another $15 million per year in office and datacenter rent payments.<BR/><BR/>And don’t forget those human assets. With 750 employees and growing, Facebook is spending at least another $10 million per month on payroll.<BR/><BR/>It costs a couple of hundred million dollars a year just to keep the lights on at Facebook. But the real problem is keeping up with growth, particularly storage needs. Add another $100 million or more per year for capital expenditures, and you’ve got a company that’s doing exactly the opposite of printing money.<BR/><BR/>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/facebooks-growing-problem/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-83380880092735976132008-11-01T21:40:00.000+04:002008-11-01T21:40:00.000+04:00just out of curiousity...wat wud facebook need 50...just out of curiousity...wat wud facebook need 500 million dollars for?!!! don't they receive cash for advertisements......???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-69083809831719345412008-11-01T16:15:00.000+04:002008-11-01T16:15:00.000+04:00i wonder how that might alter policies regarding c...i wonder how that might alter policies regarding content that IS objectionable in dubai..Lirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-30041326151272056422008-11-01T12:23:00.000+04:002008-11-01T12:23:00.000+04:00they spent their 500 million on what exactly?!they spent their 500 million on what exactly?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-19020656502411195342008-11-01T05:49:00.000+04:002008-11-01T05:49:00.000+04:00It seems to me that Gideon Yu is in the wrong emir...It seems to me that Gideon Yu is in the wrong emirate....he should be going to Abu Dhabi where money is plentiful. Dubai, on the other hand, has debts of $47 billion, and its bonds are yielding almost 13% -- both signs that Dubai will be unable to raise funds in the debt market. <BR/><BR/>Almost all Dubai's overseas investments have resulted in massive losses, including stakes in MGM Mirage, EADS, Deutsche Bank, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-49125457437779199922008-11-01T00:21:00.000+04:002008-11-01T00:21:00.000+04:00When in need of money...come to Dubai...nice!!!!Th...When in need of money...come to Dubai...nice!!!!<BR/><BR/>Though I like the idea of Facebook not getting banned because of this...Stainedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718001009325538247noreply@blogger.com