Facebook’s Zuckerburg Loses Court Case Over Documents

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

As we discussed the other day, Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was going after 02138mag.com for publishing documents from his time at Harvard. The social network founder was requesting the documents be pulled due to them violating his privacy. According to the judge, the documents were part of the ...

Facebook’s Ad Platform Causes Complaint Of Privacy Groups

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Recent outcry by certain bloggers about Facebook’s new advertising platform now gets a formal epilogue, as several privacy groups ready to file complaints with the Federal Trade Commission against Facebook’s practices. Our own Mark has had quite a lot to say on the subject; check ...

Why Facebook’s Modus Operandi Matters

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

There are a number of major, show stopping problems that I see with the Kindle. As you know, I was critical of the Kindle before being critical of the Kindle was cool. In addition to the ugliness, craptastic business model and price as well as the lack of unit features ...

MoveOn Decries Facebook’s Project Bacn

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Never in my wildest dreams would I ever imagine that I’d be in agreement with MoveOn.org, the group that Caroline McCarthy charitably describes as having “got its start as a left-leaning grassroots organization.” Calling MoveOn a left-leaning organization is about like calling Helen Thomas unpleasant on the eyes. None-the-less, George ...

Facebook’s Chinese Ambitions Coming into Focus

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

We noticed that Facebook’s new-found capitalization was burning a hole in their pocket already, as they prepared to drop about 40% of it on a new purchase in China two weeks ago. Today, word comes from the East that while Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be personally acquainted with ...

Facebook’s Walls Crumbling Around the Garden

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Google has been doing quite a few things to AdSense lately. They’ve changed the clickable area, reducing accidental clicks and therefore slightly fraudulent charges to advertisers. They’ve also been rumored to be trying to enter Facebook from the app developer’s backdoor. Today, Venturebeat and other bloggers confirm ...