Thursday, September 27, 2012

Burglars hit old Facebook home

The San Francisco Bay Area has recently been hit with a rash of burglaries. On Monday, facebook became 1 of the victims. The local paper, the Daily Post, reports a security guard working for the company that was guarding the 1050 Page Mill facility was involved. The suspect was not working at the time.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Most Facebook Apps Can Post Behind Your Back [EXCLUSIVE]

http://mashable.com/2012/09/04/most-facebook-apps-post-behind-your-back-exclusive/

The Truth About Peter Thiel's Massive Facebook Selloff And His Board Seat

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-truth-about-peter-thiels-massive-facebook-selloff-and-his-board-seat-2012-9

WSFA - Facebook page shames bad drivers in Mountain Brook

http://m.wsfa.com/autojuice?targetUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wsfa.com%2fstory%2f19413141%2ffacebook-page-shames-bad-drivers-in-mountain-brook

Facebook (Android) - CNET Mobile

http://m.cnet.com/reviews/facebook-android/35426653

Why the Social Media Revolution Is About to Get a Little Less Awesome - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/why-the-social-media-revolution-is-about-to-get-a-little-less-awesome/262156/

Plugins to kill Facebook Timeline come with security headaches - California Watch - The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/11/4811494/plugins-to-kill-facebook-timeline.html

Hoax proves it: Woman has bad taste in men | The Columbus Dispatch

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2012/09/08/hoax-proves-it-woman-has-bad-taste-in-men.html

Reminder: Sharing Facebook Intel With Your Enemies Is A Terrible Idea - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/09/10/reminder-sharing-facebook-intel-with-your-enemies-is-a-bad-bad-idea/

AdAge - Facebook CEO Concedes Missteps, But Says World Is Underestimating Mobile Opportunity

http://m.adage.com/article?articleSection=digital&articleSectionName=Digital&articleid=http%3A%2F%2Fadage.com%2Fdigital%2Farticle%3Farticle_id%3D237145

Wall Street Gives Mark Zuckerberg Thumbs Up; Facebook Shares Jump - MarketBeat - WSJ

http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/09/12/wall-street-gives-zuckerberg-thumbs-up-facebook-shares-jump/

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

8 Facebook Products Gone Awry | Wired Design | Wired.com

To be clear, these are not products produced by facebook,
many are failed unlicensed products. My favorite is the
Zuckerberg Bobblehead dol..

An update to the link, apparently it has moved (or something):
Update: 2014-01-14

http://www.wired.com/design/2012/07/facebook-products-gone-awry/

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Why Mark Zuckerberg is a bad role model for aspiring tech execs

Sent to me. It is actually a list of 50 top CEOs in the tech industry and their education background. From Mark Zuckerberg to Meg Whitman.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/070212-tech-ceo-college-260546.html

Facebook's @facebook.com default email mess spread to mobile - Jul. 2, 2012

http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/02/technology/facebook-email-phones/

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

New site tells what you -- and everyone else -- is doing - Technolog on msnbc.com

http://m.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/new-site-tells-what-you-everyone-else-doing-846798

Facebook e-mail change is latest feature to annoy some users, but analysts say it won’t hurt company Facebook irks users with e-mail switch - Business - The Boston Globe

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/06/26/facebook-mail-change-latest-feature-annoy-some-users-but-analysts-say-won-hurt-company-facebook-irks-users-with-mail-switch/mXpFp62w0vNieZyzOCX2lI/story.html

Fortune Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/26/behind-microsofts-yammer-acquisition/

‘Find Friends Nearby’: Facebook’s New Mobile Feature For Finding People Around You [Updated] - TechCrunch

http://m.techcrunch.com/2012/06/24/friendshake-facebooks-new-mobile-feature-for-finding-people-nearby-and-a-highlight-killer/

Facebook Names COO Sheryl Sandberg to Board of Directors

http://allthingsd.com/20120625/facebook-names-coo-sheryl-sandberg-to-board-of-directors/

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Facebook expansion ok'd by Menlo Park City Council

Fb will pay $14.6M over 15 years to increase capacity from 3,600 to 6,600 people on the former Sun Microsystems site.

On the first Day of Options.

On a moderate day, 78.5M shares were traded.
The market opened at $31.48 per share, closed at $28.84

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=FB+Historical+Prices

The highest volume of options (13,300) had a strike price of $30.
Less than half that amount (6,028) had a strike price of $29.
The low strike price of $13 had a volume of 45.
The high strike price of $44 had a volume of 3,365.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=FB+Options

Given the closing price, it appears the confidence outweighs
the negative outlook.

tc

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Who actually said "Privacy is dead"?

Thanks to Cindy for clearing this up for me.

This statement has been attributed to Mr. Zuckerberg, but that is not correct. I have reported as such also. Google seems to think it is this security clown named Steven Rambam (enjoy your 15-minutes buddy). And if you glaze over what one of the leading producers of herring says, you might think so.

So what is the actual statement?, who said it? Well, when this person said it, it cause a real kerfuffle. Ironically, the company this person represented was part of the Online Privacy Alliance.

He said
that consumer privacy issues are a "red herring." "You have zero privacy anyway," - "Get over it."

The person at the time was the CEO of Sun Mircosystems, Scott McNealy.

Here is the 1999 confirmation story. (MOVED HERE) (See below)

tc


Added 2017-04-25 (April 25)
The link to confirm the quotation keeps moving or dying.
Here are some other that might help.




Monday, May 21, 2012

Fwd: blog maverick - what mark cuban said about fb ipo

Someone said this was important. I don't see it as important.

tc

http://blogmaverick.com/2012/05/17/1951/

Soft Ground after IPO

There is no way for me to ignore soft ground, or find a decent news stories on this. As we all know by now, Facebook set the price at $38, it opened at $42, fell multiple times to around $38.00, then closed up $0.23 (twenty-three cents) (0.6 percent higher) on the first day of trading. During trading it was reported that the Underwriter (Morgan Stanley) had to repeatedly defend the opening price by buying any stocks offered that would lower the price below the IPO price. The number of share MS had to buy can cannot be found, but I have heard rumors that they purchased 11m of 16m shares. Again, the answer cannot be found. However, the WSJ blog reports some of the details on this standard practice.

The WSJ Blog also reports the total share traded for the day 421.2 million - reportedly a record number of trades on an opening day for this type of stock.

At 10am Pacific time the stock price continues to fall below the IPO price. Currently trading around $34.15, down $4.18. It is worth noting that the day before the IPO FB was trading around $36 per share in private markets.

UPDATE (2:05pm Pacific Time): FB closes down $4.20 at $34.03 for the day (4pm EDT).
FB is traded on the NASDAQ

tc

Friday, May 11, 2012

Facebook's Zuckerberg says mobile first priority

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE84A18520120512?irpc=932

Facebook's New App Center: Everything You Need to Know

http://mashable.com/2012/05/11/facebook-app-store-faq/

Facebook's IPO said to have more demand than shares available

http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=moneywatch&catid=57432879&feed_id=76&videofeed=43

Digital Trends » Facebook tests charging users money to “highlight” posts

http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/facebook-tests-charging-users-money-to-highlight-posts/

Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Renounces U.S. Citizenship Ahead of IPO | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404344,00.asp

Facebook Privacy Policy Change Paves Way For Off-Facebook Advertising - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/05/11/facebook-privacy-policy-change-paves-way-for-off-facebook-advertising/

IPO pipeline clears ahead of Facebook - IPO Report - MarketWatch

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ipo-pipeline-clears-ahead-of-facebook-2012-05-11

Facebook issues 'profits warning' as users switch to mobile - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/9258915/Facebook-issues-profits-warning-as-users-switch-to-mobile.html

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Some REAL Facebook Numbers

400 Millions is what they say, but their S-1 filing says something else.
Juicing the goose? Here is a video, you decide:

Friday, April 13, 2012

Facebook offers Menlo Park $14.6M for Zoning Exception

More later today. But FB has offered $14.6M over 15 years. Also agrees to local intern program, local training, afforable housing, freeway segments, & more. It will offer something to East Palo Alto as well.

tc

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Collier middle, high school students using Facebook pages to rate 'who's hot' - POLL » Naples Daily News

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/feb/04/collier-middle-high-schools-hot-list-teenager-rate/

Corporate co-dependence: when good partnerships go bad | MediaFile

http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2012/02/02/corporate-co-dependence-when-good-partnerships-go-bad/

FaceBook pictures posts – are your kids safe?

http://m.paysonroundup.com/news/2012/feb/03/facebook-pictures-posts-are-your-kids-safe/

Facebook IPO: CEO is ruler. Can shareholders win? - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0203/Facebook-IPO-CEO-is-ruler.-Can-shareholders-win

Will Facebook Be Overvalued? Does Donald Trump Have Bad Hair? - MarketBeat - WSJ

http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/02/02/will-facebook-be-overvalued-does-the-donald-have-bad-hair/

Facebook Details Continue to Emerge Following IPO Announcement | PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/249311/facebook_details_continue_to_emerge_following_ipo_announcement.html

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Facebook's New Offices May Herald a Trend for 2012 - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2012/01/02/facebooks-new-offices-may-herald-a-trend-for-2012/

Excela Creative Launches First, Custom, Made-For-Facebook Integrated Website

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/03/prweb9067774.DTL

Credit Cards + Facebook = Extra Creepy? - Deal Journal - WSJ

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/01/03/credit-cards-facebook-extra-creepy/

Facebook is Good, but Personal Face Time is Better, Say MIT Sloan MBAs - MarketWatch

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-is-good-but-personal-face-time-is-better-say-mit-sloan-mbas-2012-01-02

Retailers value Google+ more than Facebook, Twitter | ZDNet

http://m.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/retailers-value-google-more-than-facebook-twitter/6797

Facebook Studio Awards deadline extended | ZDNet

http://m.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-studio-awards-deadline-extended/6808