Facebook Co-founder Discusses ‘The Social Network’ (kind of)
On CNBC’s guest blog today, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin posted an article he titled “What I Learned from Watching ‘The Social Network.’” According to his post, his relationship with Facebook seems as strong as ever.
Eduardo Saverin provided original and ongoing funding to start “thefacebook,” only to be cut out of the company by Mark Zuckerberg around the time the network hit one million members.
The movie “The Social Network” is based on a novel by Ben Mezrich, but the information for the novel was provided through interviews with Saverin. After those interviews, Facebook re-evaluated and adjusted its relationship with… Continue reading
Bing & Facebook Challenge Google Instant Search
Google and Yahoo are currently the two top search engines, but Bing will be knocking Yahoo into third place soon enough. With two new features being added to the search engine, Bing is making big strides to challenge its main competitor, Google, and its new ‘Instant Search’ feature. Either way, the way we search is changing fast.
Mark Zuckerberg and Qi Lu (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)
Yesterday, big names like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft’s Qi Lu announced a major merging of the two companies’ most popular websites. This all started with Microsoft buying a 1.6% stake in Facebook for… Continue reading
New Facebook Groups, Dashboard, and ‘Download Your Info’
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The first new tool has been called “Download Your Information.” This will allow Facebook users to download almost any of the important information and content they have posted on the website.
For example, many Facebook users are likely to use the website for photo albums, instead of actual books and paper… Continue reading
‘The Social Network’ – 1st World Reviews
At this point, those of you who saw David Fincher’s “The Social Network” did so because you knew it was about the guy who made Facebook. Now that the film has been released and opinions have been developed, most of you will see “The Social Network” because someone you know will tell you it’s the best movie of the year.
I am a biased David Fincher fan, not to mention an avid Facebook user, but the story of friendships and deceptions leading up to the creation of the social site would be interesting to anyone.
Everyone, no matter their interests, can… Continue reading
