Facebook.com Valued at $10 Billion

Facebook.com received an investment of $200 million the week from Digital Sky Technologies (DTS). The investment was in exchange for 1.96 in equity, thus resulting in a valuation of $10 billion for all the equity. The investor also wants to purchase outstanding shares from employees and others for an additional $100 million.

WalMart Looking to Increase Tech Sales

WalMart reported today in a press release that they are revamping their electronic areas to have wider aisles and more brand names. All 3,500 WalMart stores nationally will get improved consumer electronic areas beginning this week with more mobile solutions and home entertainment devices. WalMart has continued to take market share away from traditional electronic outlets like Circuit City and Best Buy and plans to continue the current trend.

JobCircle.com Enables Employers to Use Twitter

With the use of Twitter, JobCircle.com is allowing employers to find and hire new employees. Social Media Recruitment Pack, kind of a boring name, but the product utilizes Twitter pages to post job openings to a vast number of job seekers quickly and efficiently. Anyone with a Twitter account can access the job postings and find their next position before it is widely publicized. This direct and instant job recruitment could be the wave of the future.

Delta Offering Wi-Fi on 50% of Flights Delta Air Lines is now offering WI-FI service on 50% of it's flights within the United States. They are leading the way with number of aircraft offering the highly desired service. 139 airplanes now come with WI-FI access for passengers to surf the Internet from their laptops during flight. Other portal electronic devices may also access the service for instant messaging and email. The company's goal is to have the service available on all flights to allow customers the ease of knowing which airline to select for their personal and business air travel.

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Skype Offers $5.95 Plan for South American Calls

Many business and individuals are finding out about Skype, a leader in Internet communications, and utilizing their services to save on their monthly phone bills. In a press release today, the company announced unlimited service to a number of South American countries for a low $5.95 a month pricing. Countries include Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Puerto Rico and Argentina. The plan is being marketed to US residents with family members in these countries.

Activision Releases X-Men Origins

X-Men Origins: Wolverine, an epic  action-adventure game, is being released in stores world wide this week with expectations high for the new release. The new game was developed by Raven Software in connection with Activision and Mavel. A number of voices from the film are utilized for the game including Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, and will.i.am.

This release is reported to be the most realistic Wolverine experience to date in a video game. The story line for the game reflects the theme of the comic books and the film but is entirely unique and compelling. The video is available for XBOX 360, Playstation 3 and Windows.

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