UPDATE: Facebook Sweetens the Pot

Facebook is now planning to sell 25% more shares, which would increase the company's value to $106 billion.

Would You Pay for Facebook?

As to be expected, the spectacle of Facebook continues, with its IPO expected to launch this Friday on the NASDAQ at roughly $34-$38 per share. According to Bloomberg, this puts a value on Facebook at $104.2 billion. Some investors have wondered if Facebook is worth the price, but to build demand for their IPO, Facebook convinced investors that they could be profitable.

Academia's Social World

It was only a matter of time before the popularity of social networking entered into the hallowed halls of academia and became known as Academic Social Networking (ASN). After all, Facebook did start on a college campus. So what is an ASN and is it beneficial?

Promote your work with Facebook

Facebook and other social networks can be used to promote a professor, his/her writings or even a class or topic. Here are a couple of links that give tips on promotion:

* movie promotion

* business promotion