We're at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., where the company has invited us to "see what we're building," according to the invitation we got last week. What it's building: Graph Search, a powerful new search engine which people can use to find people, places, photos, and interests,... Read more...
A former Facebook product manager named Noah Kagan has written a brutally honest article about how and why he got fired from Facebookin 2006 and what he learned from it. The experience must be particularly painful, given that it eventually cost Kagan a $100 million fortune. So the fact that ... Read more...
In 2004, Facebook had 70,000 users—most of them Ivy League elites. Most people had no idea it existed. But before the site hit the nearly billion yokels it boasts today, one kid traveled NYC to sell the idea. This is what it looked like. That kid was Eduardo Saverin, since immortalized in The So... Read more...
By Jill Krasny I'm quitting Facebook because it makes me feel like a loser. I don't mean reading posts about babies taking first steps and people flaunting their engagement ring makes me feel bad. I mean that the simple act of logging in, scrolling the news feed and posting about someth... Read more...
So white people cant wear hoodies either? Facebook has raked in billions and will make a splash when its stock hits the open market next week. So, what are folks on Wall Street concerned about? Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie, apparently. Michael Pachter, an analyst for Wedbush Securities, tol... Read more...
Buried in the new release that Facebook is buying Instagram is a suggestion from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerbergthat this is a one-time deal. "This is an important milestone for Facebook because it's the first time we've ever acquired a product and company with so many users. We don't plan on doin... Read more...
This Zuckerberg guy uh... he's uh... pretty smart Facebook just bought Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. Instagram is a mobile-only photo-sharing app. It grew from 1 million users in January 2011 to 15 million in December 2011. It has 30 million users now. What's great about ... Read more...
Zuckerberg 2016? Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a 28.4 percent in his company but also controls 57.1 percent of the voting shares. He pulled this off by handing out $100 bills. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is one good negotiator. As I noted when Facebook filed... Read more...