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The Site That Could Have Been Facebook

A look at Zuckerberg's early competition

(Newser) - If things had shaken out differently, Adam Goldberg might have been the troubled genius protagonist of The Social Network. When Facebook first launched back in 2004, Goldberg’s CU Community, a Columbia-based version of the same concept, was already up and running. “At first I was like, Oh my ...

Mark Zuckerberg, Fashion Icon?

 Mark Zuckerberg, 
 Fashion Icon? 
OPINION
Sep 29, 2010 10:43 AM CDT

Mark Zuckerberg, Fashion Icon?

Surprisingly, yes, writes Rebecca Dana

(Newser) - In The Social Network , Mark Zuckerberg explains that Facebook is like fashion—but he could be talking about The Social Network itself. Deep down, it’s “a fashion flick,” writes Rebecca Dana for the Daily Beast . Sure, Zuck’s entire wardrobe appears to consist of sweatpants, hoodies, and...

The Social Network : The Next Citizen Kane ?
 The Social Network: 
 The Next Citizen Kane? 
critics going totally nuts
Sep 27, 2010 7:12 AM CDT

The Social Network: The Next Citizen Kane?

Critics are already calling it a classic

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg already hates The Social Network —but after hearing the early reviews, he probably hates it even more. It doesn’t open until Friday, but critics are already calling "The Facebook Movie" a masterpiece, predicting an Oscar, and comparing it to Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Balzac, and...

Facebook Fixed Site By Turning It Off, On Again

Low-tech solution ended the biggest outage in four years

(Newser) - Facebook went down for two and a half hours yesterday, its biggest outage in more than four years. The “like” button disappeared from all 350,000 sites with Facebook integration. How did the site’s tech gurus deal with this disaster? The same way your mom solves most of...

Facebook Back After More Tech Trouble
Facebook Back After
More Tech Trouble
updated
Sep 23, 2010 5:12 PM CDT

Facebook Back After More Tech Trouble

Site was down or slow for many users

(Newser) - Facebook looks to be back in business after having serious tech trouble for the second straight day, reports Mashable . “We’ve resolved the tech issues that caused the site to be unavailable for some people," said the company in a tweet . "Everyone should now have access.”...

Zuckerberg Now Richer Than Steve Jobs

Facebook founder leapfrogs Apple chief on list of billionaires

(Newser) - Bill Gates is still the richest man in America but Mark Zuckerburg is moving up in the rankings, according to the latest Forbes rich list. The 26-year-old Facebook founder, with an estimated fortune of $6.9 billion, is now in 35th place, surging ahead of Apple's Steve Jobs, who came...

Facebook Phishing Scam Sends You Fake Passwords

(Newser) - A new Facebook phishing scam plaguing inboxes—with the sender appearing to have an email address sourced from Facebook—sends recipients attachments with "new passwords" and very exuberantly notifies them of such in the subject line. The usual advice applies: Don't open that attachment. Read the full article .

Is the 'Facebook Phone' On Its Way?

Probably not, but a Facebook-branded phone might be

(Newser) - Much buzzing ensued this weekend over the possibility of a “Facebook phone.” Bottom line? Not gonna happen—but that doesn’t mean we won’t see a “Facebook-branded, social-networking-focused Android phone” in the very near future, writes Dan Nosowitz on Fast Company . The story that started it...

Six Reasons Why I&rsquo;m Not on Facebook
Six Reasons Why
I’m Not on Facebook
OPINION
Sep 19, 2010 9:33 AM CDT

Six Reasons Why I’m Not on Facebook

Wired 's UK editor on why he bucks the trend

(Newser) - David Rowan knows that shunning social networks will make him sound like an "old dude." But the UK editor of Wired is OK with 'old' if that means avoiding the social and political costs of our "ever-greater enmeshment" in proprietary networks. Here's what turns this techie off:...

Activists Fume Over Facebook Crackdown

Boycott groups say site 'silences' voices

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg may say he's all about making the world more open, but that world does not include certain sections of his own site, activists claim. A group called Boycott Target Until They Cease Funding Anti-Gay Politics tells Politico that certain sections of their page, including discussion threads and...

Facebook Photos Lead to Arrests in Gang Rape at Party

Canadian police bust teen who may face child porn charges

(Newser) - After Facebook photos of a brutal gang rape at a party went viral, police have made two arrests and are calling for a halt to the sharing of the images, which have been "spreading like wildfire," the lead investigator tells the Vancouver Sun . "The very public discussion...

Facebook Rival Diaspora Offers Peek at New Site

Creators release code for developers, put emphasis on privacy

(Newser) - Developers have been given a preview of a site that aims to be a privacy-conscious rival to Facebook. The team behind open-source social networking project Diaspora have released the project's source code. "This is now a community project and development is open to anyone with the technical expertise who...

Would-Be Abortion Clinic Bomber Caught Via Facebook

FBI busts NC man who posted threats online

(Newser) - Want to bomb an abortion clinic, or anything, for that matter? Maybe don't advertise it on Facebook. A North Carolina man who described himself as "the Christian counterpart of Osama bin Laden" on his Facebook page faces 20 years in prison after Planned Parenthood alerted the FBI to his...

Zuck: Privacy Is the 'Third Rail'
 Zuck: Privacy Is the 'Third Rail'  
'new yorker' profile
Sep 13, 2010 7:55 AM CDT

Zuck: Privacy Is the 'Third Rail'

Facebook founder opens up for rare interview

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg granted a rare interview to the New Yorker , and though it discloses nothing too shocking, the Facebook founder is getting some attention for his latest comments about privacy. Highlights:
  • On privacy: Privacy is the Internet's "third-rail issue," he says. “A lot of people who are
...

Facebooker Busted After Posing With Lover, 14

He was worried about cops, but posted anyway

(Newser) - Boasting about sex with underage girls is not the brightest thing to do on Facebook. Just ask Robert Nickson, 27, who was busted by Philly cops after crowing on his site about his 14-year-old fiancée. The couple, who described themselves as "engaged," posed together in a photo...

Facebook Addicts: Insecure Narcissists
 Facebook Addicts: 
 Insecure Narcissists 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 12, 2010 1:48 PM CDT

Facebook Addicts: Insecure Narcissists

New study won't make frequenters of site happy

(Newser) - Use Facebook a lot? Well then you're probably narcissistic, insecure, or both, according to a new study. Researchers had 100 young adults take tests designed to measure their narcissism levels, and asked them about their Facebook habits—and found a correlation: Those who scored higher on the test checked the...

The Social Network Gets Zuck All Wrong
The Social Network Gets Zuck All Wrong
OPINION
Sep 9, 2010 9:52 AM CDT

The Social Network Gets Zuck All Wrong

Harvard classmate says Mark was cool kid on campus

(Newser) - Aaron Sorkin’s new movie, The Social Network, appears to be a "paranoid, sleazy, and grim" imagining of the founding of Facebook, in which Mark Zuckerberg, a cantankerous outsider, creates his social network in a bid to impress buxom women and callow preppies. “That completely misses the point,...

Meet Facebook 'Genius' Sean Parker
Meet Facebook 'Genius' Sean Parker
'vanity fair' profile
Sep 8, 2010 7:46 AM CDT

Meet Facebook 'Genius' Sean Parker

Otherwise known as Justin Timberlake in The Social Network

(Newser) - According to Sean Parker, Sean Parker has "helped change the world, at least three times." Two of those times, one assumes, are related to his involvement in the early days of Napster and Facebook: "Two of the most significant companies in the history of the Internet,"...

Facebook, Studying Don't Mix
 Facebook, Studying Don't Mix 
Sep 7, 2010 11:45 AM CDT

Facebook, Studying Don't Mix

New study shows another negative result of multitasking

(Newser) - Surprise, surprise: Turns out it's not a good idea to use Facebook while studying. A new study finds that those who did so scored an average of 20% lower on exams than those who did not, the Telegraph reports. However, only one-quarter of those who used Facebook while working believed...

Sarkozy Gets Google Bombed
 Sarkozy Gets 
 Google Bombed 
Sep 7, 2010 9:28 AM CDT

Sarkozy Gets Google Bombed

French president apparently not too popular right now

(Newser) - Thousands of Google bombers have made their feelings about French president Nicolas Sarkozy known: He's a "trou du cul." That's "a crude French anatomical phrase," according to the Telegraph ; Urban Dictionary is more to the point: It means "a**hole." Search for the phrase on...

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