BBC Sport sur Twitter : "Your #TheMasters day 1 leaderboard: #bbcgolf. Masters 2015: Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods chase title at Augusta - BBC Sport. BBCSport : "This is the best moment of ... Carl Froch v George Groves as it happened - BBC Sport. London 2012 opening ceremony clip released. Scotland - Pinball.
Euro 2012 quarter-final: England v Italy. Jonnywathen : Spanish 12th man #bbcfootb... Facebook flotation: How the others fared. 19 May 2012Last updated at 20:20 ET Facebook floated on the US stock exchange on Friday to much fanfare.
By the end of its first day of trading the company was valued at about $105bn. Other major internet companies have travelled the same route before but their fortunes have varied. Find out what would have happened had you invested a $100 in Amazon, Baidu, eBay, Google, LinkedIn, or Yahoo. Continue reading the main story Whose shares have gone up the most since flotation? Make your $100 bet Your $100 is now worth $ Flotation price: $* Latest price: $** Annualised return: % Amazon$218.36** eBay$39.03** Baidu$117.40** Google$623.05** LinkedIn$104.95** Yahoo$14.87** How does this compare to the others? Reset Amazon$11,442 eBay$5,315 Baidu$4,528 Yahoo$2,821 Google$740 LinkedIn$252 Amazon: Began life as an online book seller and in the process revolutionised the way books were sold.
Click reset on the final slide to begin again and get more detail by clicking on the names on the right hand side. Draw Something is 'fastest growing' mobile game. Apple doubles quarterly profits to $11.6bn (£7.2bn) 25 April 2012Last updated at 05:17 ET Apple shares have fallen 13% in recent weeks Apple has reported its profits almost doubled in the first three months of the year.
Apple said its net profit came in at $11.6bn (£7.2bn), up from $6bn in the same period last year and much better than had been expected. The technology giant sold 35 million iPhones in the quarter, which was also almost double the level from a year ago. Apple shares rose more than 7% to $601 in after-hours trading. To put its results in perspective, Apple's profits are now more than Google's quarterly revenues of $10.65bn. Microsoft, the world's largest software firm, has quarterly revenues of about $17bn. Google and Microsoft make Android and Windows Phone respectively, which are rivals to Apple's iOS platform. 'Blowout quarter' "Apple had a blowout quarter," said JJ Kinahan, a strategist at TD Ameritrade. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads, 150% more than the same period last year. The rise of the adult playground. 6 May 2012Last updated at 21:13 ET Glossy exercise machines are cropping up in parks, near the brightly-coloured swings and slides for children.
It's the latest bit of government "nudge theory", writes Sophie Robehmed. Kids heading down the slide headfirst, babies talking gobbledygook in the sandpit and a golden retriever bounding past with a stick in its mouth. Such images conjure up classic park scenes. But something else is popping up in the UK's public spaces alongside children's play areas - exercise bikes, high bars and cross trainers for adults. Outdoor gyms - or adult playgrounds - have been growing in popularity in recent years.
"Cost and accessibility are the two main barriers for people wanting to exercise," says Charlotte Tarrant of GOGC. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote My nudge mantra is 'make it easy' - if an outdoor gym does that, then hooray” End QuoteRichard ThalerEconomist and nudge theorist Continue reading the main story Anatomy of an adult playground. No link between time in education and happiness, study suggests. 4 May 2012Last updated at 23:09 ET These graduates may not end up happier than their peers Staying in education longer does not necessarily make someone happier, according to new research.
The UK and German study of people who as teenagers stayed in education until they were 15 in the 1940s did find they had a better memory later in life. But the study in the Economic Journal found no "statistically significant" effect on wellbeing or quality of life. The researchers believe improved mental abilities in later life may be due to getting more demanding jobs as adults. However, Professor James Banks from the University of Manchester said the findings may not correlate for today's youngsters. The academics compared the mental abilities of those who turned 14 before the school leaving age was raised to 15 in 1947, with those who were 14 just after the change and stayed in school for an extra year.
Data was collected every two years between 2002 and 2008.