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Zuckerberg Hangs With Medvedev in Moscow

He hopes to boost Facebook's presence in Russia

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg is in Moscow today, but it's hardly a vacation: He's meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to talk about cooperation in start-ups and IT technology, AFP reports. Zuckerbeg clearly hopes to boost Facebook's presence in Russia, where Russian-language social network VKontakte reigns supreme. Russian firms...

Facebook Unveils Online Gift Store

But don't try buying presents for your dog's account

(Newser) - Facebook is rolling out a new e-commerce feature that may prove to be a gift to its shell-shocked investors. Facebook Gifts allows users to buy and send real-life presents to friends without leaving the site, which will remind users of the service for events like friends' birthdays and anniversaries, reports...

Facebook Posting 'Private Messages': Reports

But maybe they're just old wall postings?

(Newser) - Are people's private Facebook messages appearing in their Timelines today? French newspapers posted stories saying as much, and similar incidents cropped up in the US, reports Slate , but now TechCrunch reports that the messages from 2007 to 2009 are actually old wall posts that were never private in the...

Stalking Exes Online Is Bad for Your Health

Tracy Clark-Flory: 'Cutting off contact' is much healthier

(Newser) - What with Facebook, Flickr, and other fine venues for stalking "exes," breakups aren't nearly as final as they once were. But for your own good, please stop following them around cyberspace. "Conventional wisdom, and even science, has it that cutting off contact with an ex makes...

Facebook Party Invite Goes Viral, Sparks Dutch Melee

Thousands descend on Haren, along with riot police

(Newser) - Oh, the importance of privacy settings. A Dutch girl sent out an invite via Facebook to her 16th birthday party, which ended up getting viewed by about 30,000 people. Last night, a crowd estimated at 3,000 showed up in the small town of Haren, and the ensuing vandalism,...

Zuckerberg: Mobile Tech Was Our Biggest Mistake

Facebook building a search engine, he says

(Newser) - In his first public talk since Facebook's IPO in May, Mark Zuckerberg said the stock's decline was "obviously disappointing," and admitted the company had "burned two years" by focusing on the wrong mobile technology, reports the Financial Times . But he came across as upbeat and...

Facebook Blocks New Yorker's Cartoon Boobs

Site apologizes for mistake, says it's taken steps to correct

(Newser) - Even the New Yorker's getting too raunchy for puritanical Facebook administrators, Gawker has discovered. The Facebook page for the magazine's cartoons was temporarily blocked when the New Yorker posted a drawing of Adam and Eve sitting against an apple tree, with Eve remarking: "Well, it was original....

Facebook's Latest Mission: Prevent Suicides

Site will urge users who post distressing comments to get help

(Newser) - Concerned about one of your Facebook friends? The social networking site will soon allow you to report any suicidal comments you see, and Facebook will follow up by sending the user an email with the number of a suicide prevention hotline and instructions on how to chat with a counselor...

If Facebook Users Could Elect the President...

Obama would win, but quilters like Mitt

(Newser) - If all of America were made up of people with Facebook pages, President Obama would win hands down, Forbes has discovered. As of yesterday, Obama rocked with 28.5 million Facebook fans, while Romney tallied a paltry 6.6 million So who goes for Obama in the Facebook universe? Video...

Taliban Pose as Hotties to Dupe Soldiers on Facebook

Australian officials warn troops to be cautious online

(Newser) - That attractive woman befriending you on Facebook? She may be a Taliban soldier in disguise, trying to squeeze you for vital information—at least if you're an Australian soldier, The Sunday Telegraph reports. An Australian government review found that Taliban had duped unsuspecting Aussie soldiers online, that 1,577...

Facebook: Zuckerberg Won't Sell Shares for a Year

Firm moves to protect share price as it hits new low

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg is a much poorer billionaire than he was a few months ago, but he won't be joining the early investors selling off their Facebook shares. Those shares hit a new low of $17.73 yesterday, and the company took steps to assure investors that the slide will...

Scapegoat for Facebook&#39;s IPO: CFO ... or You?
Scapegoat for Facebook's IPO: CFO ... or You?
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Sep 4, 2012 1:40 PM CDT

Scapegoat for Facebook's IPO: CFO ... or You?

NYT pins it on the exec, but others say investors themselves are to blame

(Newser) - Financial writer Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times has set off much chatter today with a scathing column about Facebook's IPO that pins most of the blame on company CFO David Ebersman. Sorkin finds it odd that the 42-year-old has largely escaped mention even though he played...

Teen 'Facebook Killer' Gets Year in Prison

Jinhau K found to have 'a serious behavioral disorder'

(Newser) - A Dutch teenager was found guilty today of fatally stabbing a 15-year-old girl and trying to murder her father over a dispute that first heated up on Facebook, Dutch News reports. Jinhau K, 15, will serve a year in juvenile detention and three more in a psychiatric institution for murdering...

Facebook&#39;s Oldest User Is 101
 Facebook's Oldest User Is 101 
Aug 28, 2012 11:43 AM CDT

Facebook's Oldest User Is 101

And Florence Detlor has met Mark Zuckerberg

(Newser) - If your grandmother insists she can't figure out Facebook, introduce her to Florence Detlor. At 101, she's the oldest registered user of the social networking site, Mashable reports. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg posted a picture of herself and Mark Zuckerberg with Detlor at the company's headquarters, which...

After Facebook Debacle, SEC May Pull IPO Gag

Committee tells Darrell Issa he raised valid points

(Newser) - The SEC is considering eliminating the rule forbidding company executives from hyping their stock before they go public, after a string of disastrous high-profile IPOs like Facebook's. SEC chair Mary Schapiro sent a letter to Darrell Issa letting him know that her team was reviewing the so-called "quiet...

Facebook Building Office Designed by Frank Gehry

Company hopes to break ground in 2013 on renowned architect's vision

(Newser) - A little sliding stock isn't keeping Mark Zuckerberg from thinking big about Facebook's future. The company has enlisted world-renowned architect Frank Gehry to design its first custom-built office site, reports AllFacebook . Gehry envisions one giant building "that manages to avoid the look of a warehouse or hangar...

Ex-Marine Held for Radical Facebook Posts

Brandon Raub sent for psychiatric evaluation

(Newser) - A former Marine in Virginia is being held for psychiatric evaluation after posting anti-government messages on Facebook. Brandon Raub, 26, was detained for making alleged threats, and questioned by the FBI and Secret Service after authorities received complaints about his posts, ABC reports. The postings on his public profile mainly...

Grilling App Crashes After Zuckerberg Praises It

iGrill makers thrilled with endorsement

(Newser) - Want to boost traffic to your site? Try getting an endorsement from Mark Zuckerberg. His Facebook post on the iGrill app caused so much traffic that it shut down iGrill's servers for two hours. The app is a wireless cooking thermometer for Apple touchscreen devices, and Zuck's post...

Facebook's Problem Isn't Zuckerberg, It's Peter Thiel

George Anders thinks a better board could turn Facebook around

(Newser) - Bedrock investor Peter Thiel has sold off more than 90% of his stake in Facebook, and it might be high time he followed that stock out the door. Thiel still has a seat on Facebook's board, even though he now holds just 5.6 million shares, or 0.3%...

Facebook's 1st Big Investor Dumps His Stock

Peter Thiel's move could be bad news

(Newser) - PayPal founder Peter Thiel, Facebook's first major investor and also a board member, has sold off the majority of his shares. Thiel invested $500,000 in Facebook in 2004, and has made more than $1 billion from that investment, the Wall Street Journal notes. He had already sold some...

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