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October 2007
- Meebo Joins Facebook as Platform
  
  newser | Fortune Magazine | Oct 31, 07 4:34 AM CDT
  
  Meebo, an instant-messenger startup, is following in the footsteps of Facebook by allowing certain hand-selected developers to create new widgets for its pages. Unlike Facebook, however, it plans to lure developers by offering them half the revenue gained from the features they create and will sell the ads itself, instead of leaving the task to the more code-oriented developers. More »
- Google to Blow Minds With Facebook Rival ‘Maka-Maka’
  
  newser | TechCrunch | Oct 29, 07 2:35 PM CDT
  
  Google is set to launch its hush-hush rival to Facebook next month. Code-named “Maka-Maka,” the watershed social networking service will introduce a completely open source platform and a slew of new applications. Details are scarce, but the vision is a social layer that combines all of Google’s existing services—think GoogleChat, iGoogle, Orkut—and incorporates outside data, TechCrunch reports. More »
- Don't Let Facebook De-Face You
  
  newser | MarketWatch | Oct 29, 07 1:35 PM CDT
  
  Social-networking sites make it easier to connect with friends and make new ones, but they also let casual acquaintances like co-workers—or your boss—look you up on a whim. Protect your privacy with these six steps from MarketWatch : Look for tools that allow you to restrict access to your profile, like the "private" setting on MySpace or the "limited profile" function on Facebook. More »
- Will Costly Options Hurt Facebook?
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Oct 28, 07 10:16 PM CDT
  
  Microsoft's recently purchased stake in Facebook may make it harder for the social networking site to hire talented employees, reports the Wall Street Journal . By selling a 1.6% stake for $240 million, Facebook increased its valuation to $15 billion, in turn radically increasing the cost of stock options, which are a vital part of many Silicon Valley compensation packages. More »
- Facebook Seeks Hedge Fund Cash After Microsoft Deal
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Oct 26, 07 1:12 AM CDT
  
  After raising $240 million from Microsoft, the social networking site Facebook expects to raise a further $260 million from hedge funds and private-equity investors, according to the Wall Street Journal . The cash will be used to fund an international expansion and a new ad revenue system. The investment would put the value of Facebook at $15 billion. More »
- Microsoft Deal Overshadows Google's Analyst Day
  
  newser | CNET | Oct 25, 07 12:30 AM CDT
  
  Google made some noteworthy announcements at its Google Analyst Day yesterday, but they were overshadowed by Microsoft's announcement earlier in the day that it was acquiring a $240 million stake in Facebook, a prize for which the two companies had reportedly engaged in a heated bidding war. Among Google's news: the early success of its Apps business. More »
- Microsoft Beats Out Google for Facebook Deal
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Oct 24, 07 5:00 PM CDT
  
  Microsoft has beaten out Google for the hand of fair Facebook. The much-anticipated decision was announced today: Microsoft will handle Facebook's international ad sales (it already handles US sales) and invest $240 million for a 1.6% stake in the networking site. "We are pleased to take our Microsoft partnership to the next level," says Facebook's chief revenue officer. More »
- Facebook Closes in on Combo Ad, Investment Deal
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Oct 24, 07 3:01 PM CDT
  
  Google and MIcrosoft are both pushing hard to land a deal to sell international ads for Facebook, and the networking site could announce a decision as early as today. Whichever company is chosen will also buy a minority stake in the startup. Top Google and Microsoft execs are traveling to Facebook headquarters for negotiations, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Facebook May Announce Deal Results Tuesday
  
  newser | Valleywag | Oct 21, 07 1:43 PM CDT
  
  The result of the bidding war between tech giants Microsoft, Google and Yahoo as to who will own a large investment stake in the social networking site Facebook is still not clear, but an answer may be forthcoming: an all-hands meeting for the young company has been called for Tuesday, meaning the company may be on the verge of disclosure, reports the gossip site Valleywag. More »
- Don't Buy Latest Dot-Com Hype, Mag Warns
  
  newser | Economist | Oct 18, 07 3:15 PM CDT
  
  While Facebook and other online social networks are growing like digital weeds in Silicon Valley, their popularity may be more a product of hyperbole than actual developmental potential, the Economist argues. But major internet speculators Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft don't seem to care, as each bids billions to buy Facebook, whose 2007 revenue may be only $100 million. More »
- Facebook Founder's No to IPO
  
  newser | CNET | Oct 18, 07 12:21 AM CDT
  
  Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has quashed speculation over a possible initial public offering. Speaking to an overspill audience at the Web 2.0 conference, held in a ballroom of the ornate Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Zuckerberg said Facebook, the popular internet social network, would not be selling shares on Wall Street anytime soon. More »
- Facebook Getting Safer
  
  newser | CNN | Oct 17, 07 2:33 PM CDT
  
  Facebook will roll out new protections against online predators, CNN reports, after an investigation by New York's attorney general last month blasted the site for "significant defects." The improvements include a new disclosure for parents and an easier process for reporting unwanted advances. Facebook will also appoint (and pay) an independent examiner to keep tabs on the site's progress. More »
- Facebook Users Hook Up—With Fellow Burmese Monk Backers
  
  newser | Wired | Oct 5, 07 1:50 PM CDT
  
  Mammoth networking site Facebook is triggering a massive mobilization of protesters around the world who will hit the streets this weekend in support of the Burmese monks, Wired writes. Nearly 300,000 people have joined the Facebook group "Support the Monks' Protest" since a story on the movement broke last week, and thousands of those are expected to turn out for marches tomorrow in cities from Taipei to Vienna. More »
- Facebook to Jump to Real-World Bookshelves
  
  newser | Harvard Crimson | Oct 1, 07 4:26 PM CDT
  
  The kudzu of the internet will spread beyond the virtual world to bookstore shelves next year with the publication of The Facebook Book, a satirical look at the social-networking phenomenon. The authors, both recent Harvard grads, say they plan a "fictional and fanciful" take on Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg's brainchild, the Crimson reports. More »
September 2007
- Parents Fret but Won't Curb Kids' Web Surfing
  
  newser | Reuters | Sep 26, 07 4:29 PM CDT
  
  A new study of parents with children who use the Internet finds that 71% had at least one incident involving inappropriate content in the last year. But with most saying the web helps their children in school, and only 30% citing problems with overuse, parents are stepping up monitoring efforts instead of keeping their kids away, Reuters reports. More »
- GeoCities' Fate Offers Lesson for Facebook
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Sep 25, 07 11:56 AM CDT
  
  As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg contemplates a big Microsoft deal, the Wall Street Journal ’s Dennis K. Berman has a cautionary tale for him: GeoCities. The web community, once the third-most-visited site on the internet, fell into obscurity after Yahoo's huge buyout stymied its innovation. That’s relevant for Zuckerberg, who has already spurned one major, though smaller, buyout offer. More »
- NY Targets Facebook Predators
  
  newser | ComputerWorld | Sep 25, 07 3:49 AM CDT
  
  The online social networking site Facebook is becoming a hangout for sexual predators hunting young victims, according to an undercover investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Investigators pretending to be teenagers on Facebook were repeatedly solicited by adult sexual predators, reports Computerworld . But when complaints were filed with Facebook, the company usually ignored them, probers found. More »
- Microsoft May Pump up to $500M Into Facebook
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Sep 24, 07 5:09 PM CDT
  
  Facebook is in talks with Microsoft about a $300-500 million investment that could give the software company as much as a 5% ownership stake in the social networking site. The deal could boost Facebook's value over $10 billion, and help Microsoft challenge rival Google for Internet advertising cachet, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
- Boomers Get TheirSpace
  
  newser | New York Times | Sep 12, 07 6:45 PM CDT
  
  Entrepreneurs are rolling out social networking websites aimed at those old enough to have spawned the devotees of Facebook and MySpace, the NY Times reports. Investors say it's good business—older surfers are more likely to stick with a site they like, and there are a lot of tech-savvy boomers. “I’ve discussed my divorce … and when do I dare go dating again," says one 52-year-old. More »
- Yahoo Joins Forces With UK Social-Networker Bebo
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Sep 12, 07 2:38 PM CDT
  
  Internet giant Yahoo and networking site Bebo will collaborate on advertising in the UK and Ireland, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bebo—launched in 2005— hasn't taken off in the US, but it's the top social-networking website in Britain. Yahoo will sell the bulk of Bebo's banner and video ads, which analysts say will boost Yahoo's advertising revenue and target younger surfers. More »

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Twin brothers Cameron, left, and Tyler Winklevoss, founders of ConnectU, talk with reporters following a news conference in Boston, Wednesday, July 25, 2007. A federal judge gave the brothers and Divya... (Associated Press)

ConnectU founders Tyler Winklevoss, left, and Cameron Winklevoss, right, who are twin brothers, and Divya Narendra pose following a news conference in Boston, Wednesday, July 25, 2007. A federal judge... (Associated Press)

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d. The three founders of ConnectU say Zuckerberg agreed to finish computer code for their site, but repeatedly stalled and eventually created Facebook using their ideas. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE) (Associated Press)

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