Archive for March, 2011

JP Morgan wants 10% of Twitter

An investment fund of U.S. bank JP Morgan wants to buy 450 million dollars with a 10% stake in the social network Twitter.
Fund, Digital Growth Fund, was established in February to invest in private technology companies with rapid growth has raised 1.23 billion dollars so far. U.S. Bank also plans to invest one-third of the fund into another technology company, possibly maker Zynga games or online phone service provider Skype. Kleiner Perkins Fund has invested 200 million dollars in December last year social networking, Twitter valuing $3.7 billion.

Apple intends to finance purchases of PCs

Apple could announce a financing plan for acquisition of Mac computers by small firms, says AppleInsider.com. Thus, Apple could finance the purchase of $ 500 per year up to five Mac computers. According to information provided by AppleInsider, the companies that want to buy more than five computers will pay $ 99 annually for each additional system. Also, if computers purchased under this plan grants are in service for more than 24 hours, customers can borrow PC 15-inch MacBook Pro. Service subsidies could be launched in March.