Like it or loathe it, it is bigger and more controversial than ever. Facebook closes in on 2 billion users but can it see off the controversy. Also france and Youth Unemployment. Also in the programme, chinas answer to boeing prepares for its Maiden Flight. We start with facebook, because despite the ongoing controversy over everything from fake news to extremist and violent content, the Social Networkjust keeps getting bigger and more profitable. Facebook has been warning for some time it cant keep growing at this rate but the latest results show no sign of a slowdown yet. Take a look at these numbers. Facebook made profits ofjust over 3 billion in the first three months of this year. Thats a jump of more than 76 on the same period last year and more than investors were expecting. Facebook is creeping ever closer to two billion users 1. 91; billion people are now actively using the Social Media Platform every month, up 17 on this time last year. But in recent months theres been growin
Territory. We will have a look at the markets later. And piggy backing a mobile network. Well be looking at the growing trend of Virtual Network operators and ask whos winning the consumer or the company . And as facebook earnings surge 71 and its number of friends swell to over 2 billion, today we want to know are you a facebook Friend Or Foe and why . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. I have just sent to a Friend Request, i hope it will be accept it hello and welcome to Business Live. We start in Silicon Valley where it seems there is no stopping the worlds biggest social network. Facebook has seen another huge jump in profits as Advertising Revenues keep on rising lets show you just how big. In the three months to the end ofjune, facebook made a net profit of 3. 89 billion. Thats a jump of 71 on the same period last year and better than wall street was expecting. Injune, the number of active monthly users crossed the two billion mark. That means more than one in every fo
It is 6 00 in london. A very good morning to you. New products have arrived packed with 2000 Silicon Valley executives and celebrities. The company unveiled its nextgeneration. Of these of the new iphones the iphone 6 and the iphone 6 plus. They are without a doubt the best iphones we have ever done. I hope you will agree they are the best phones you have ever seen. Biggest announced the screen iphones. Caroline hyde is here. It is a key day for apple. Did he deliver . The next chapter in the apple story is what he said. He is brought an entirely different product to the market. A new ecosystem. It has been reiterations of what steve jobs has done but now, at last, we have seen changes. A new category a new apple watch. A payment system. This is a company that is not trying to vindicate that it is worth more than half 1 billion, more than the gdp of sweden, thailand. It seems to be impressing. The stock is not a little bit because we knew about the products that they were going to anno
since what you swear an expression of who you are what you wear is an expression of who you are we have made it for people of different tastes and previes ares. reporter: $349 for the sport edition and vary depending on size material and band. the highest at 18 karat gold starts at $10,000. the first new device category to be unveiled since the death of steve jobs. while other smart watch have failed to drum up excitement tech watchers feel apple s entry of a necessity. something they made to do. this company needs to prove that there s magic out there. especially tim cook who knows more of an operations guy and not an innovate or. reporter: preorders begin on april 10th and will be available april 24th. cnn, washington. for more on the apple watch we re could debate this all day we want to bring in a 30s party, the ceo of the bio