Facebook Gives Online Ads A Social Spin http://news.ebrandz.com/content/view/1510/510/... Facebook Ads enables users to learn about new brands and products through the “trusted referrals of their friends”¦”¯
Facebook Blasted Over Online Advertising Plan http://news.ebrandz.com/content/view/1555/517/... “Facebook has drawn the ire of thousands of its users, and has once again bowed to the pressure of the political campaign against its advertising techniques”¦”¯
Ask.com Unveils “AskEraser”¯ To Protect Users’ Privacy http://news.ebrandz.com/content/view/1577/517/... For those of us worrying about online privacy, Oakland-based Ask.com gives people the power to prevent their search from being deposited in data banks”¦
Facebook CEO Apologizes, Lets Users Turn Off Beacon http://news.ebrandz.com/content/view/1567/517/... Just one month after Facebook launched Beacon, a controversial advertising platform -- the company has scaled back its plans and humbly apologized for stomping on its users’ privacy”¦”¯
Facebook s Mark Zuckerberg to Keynote South by Southwest http://www.billhartzer.com/pages/facebooks-mark... Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will keynote the fifteenth annual SXSW Interactive Festival, also known as South by Southwest. This year it’s being held March 7th to March 11th in Austin, Texas.
Microsoft + Facebook - The Next Microsoft Acquisition ? http://thejunction.net/justfacts/2008/05/07/mic... According to sources close to the company - Microsoft’s bankers have been putting out subtle signals to Facebook to see if it would be open to a full buyout of Facebook.Microsoft already invested $240 million, back in October 07 in Facebook, the social-networking site... hence the wacky current $15 billion valuation.No word on what Facebook’s reply was, although Harvard University dropout, 23 year old Facebook CEO and Founder, Mark Zuckerberg has long said he’s not interested in selling the company.Zuckerberg owns a 20 percent share of Facebook, which is now valued at $3 billion. Accel Partners, the venture capital firm that invested $12.7 million in May 2005 and owns 11 percent of Facebook, now holds stock worth $1.65 billion. Facebook spokeswoman Brandee Barker declined to comment on the report.
How the Web Was Won - An Oral History of the Internet - Part 7 http://www.thelangreport.com/brain-food/how-the... An Oral History of the Internet How the Web Was Won This article is 7th in a series comprising the “Oral History of the Internet”¯ ”¦.a fascinating story that should be read by...
Facebook on Hiring Frenzy http://www.technologygear.net/facebook-on-hirin... Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has increased company’s work force by hiring people like crazy. The recent increase in the number of employees has been about 50%
Need A Job? Facebook's hiring like crazy again http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-increas... Facebook plans to increase staff by 50% this year, Bloomberg reports. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Bloomberg that since no other companies were hiring in the recession, Facebook has benefited from the surplus of engineers available. He added that the company was building its workforce much slower than typical startups. Facebook currently has 1,000 employees.
