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Zuckerberg Buys Up Neighbors' Homes for $30M

He'll lease them back to same families; this is a privacy safeguard

(Newser) - One perk of being a multibillionare: You can buy privacy—and buy your neighbors out of their homes. That's what Mark Zuckerberg has done, spending $30 million on four houses next to his own Palo Alto abode, the San Jose Mercury News reports. He doesn't have any crazy...

To Get the Poor Online, Let Them Have Cat Videos
To Get the Poor Online,
Let Them Have Cat Videos
OPINION
Sep 17, 2013 12:18 PM CDT

To Get the Poor Online, Let Them Have Cat Videos

Tech leaders err with their too-serious ambitions: Manu Joseph

(Newser) - It's great that Mark Zuckerberg and other tech leaders are pushing to bring Internet access to the Third World, but they need to lighten up a little, writes Manu Joseph in the New York Times . These efforts always have such oh-so-serious goals expressed in the "grave tone of...

America's Richest Got $800M Richer Last Year

And more facts and figures from the Forbes 400 list that will make you sad

(Newser) - Forbes has dropped its annual Forbes 400 list, full of names and numbers to make you feel even worse about the state of your bank balance. Some highlights:
  • With a net worth of $72 billion, Bill Gates is once again the richest person in America, now holding the top spot
...

Zuckerberg's Huge Remodel Includes $60K Greenhouse

Construction permits for his mansion add up to $1.6M

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg's crazy expensive San Francisco mansion is about to get even more crazy expensive. His contractor has taken out five construction permits that add up to more than $1.6 million in remodel costs, and workers at the house tell the San Francisco Chronicle they think the construction...

Zuckerberg on NSA: 'Government Blew It'

Marissa Mayer also talks government surveillance

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg and Marissa Mayer were both asked about the newly revealed NSA surveillance programs at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference yesterday, and neither had anything positive to say, the Guardian reports. "Frankly, I think the government blew it," Zuckerberg said, adding that he believes the government did a...

Facebook Moves to Get Planet Earth Online

And using Facebook, presumably

(Newser) - Some 4 billion people on this planet do not have Internet access, so a group of tech giants has formed a partnership with the aim of finally connecting those unfortunates to the virtual world of cat GIFs and, ahem, witty news curation websites. Spearheaded by Facebook, the partnership, called Internet....

Facebook Hacker Hijacks Zuckerberg's Wall

His bug report was ignored

(Newser) - After Facebook engineers ignored his warning of a bug that allowed users to bypass privacy settings to post on anybody's timeline, a hacker managed to get some fast attention by using the bug on Mark Zuckerberg's page. "First sorry for breaking your privacy and post to your...

Facebook Stock Nears a Milestone

It surges 30%, inches closer to IPO price

(Newser) - Don't look now, but Facebook is thisclose to erasing the year-plus embarrassment of having a stock price below its IPO price. Shares boomed about 30% today to close at $34.36, getting within striking distance of the $38 IPO mark, reports MarketWatch . In fact, this is Facebook's best...

2 Big Names Bail on Zuckerberg Advocacy Group

Elon Musk is one, angry over ads supporting Keystone pipeline

(Newser) - The advocacy group spearheaded by Mark Zuckerberg on immigration reform is down two high-profile players from Silicon Valley because of an ad strategy that has angered environmental and liberal groups, reports Reuters . The bigger name to leave is Tesla CEO Elon Musk. "I agreed to support FWD.us because...

Facebook Cracks Fortune 500 List

Walmart takes No. 1

(Newser) - Fortune released its annual Fortune 500 rankings today, determining once again which American companies are best at capitalism in 2013. Notable takeaways include:
  • Walmart reclaimed the No. 1 position with a revenue of $469.2 billion, sending oil companies Exxon Mobil ($449.9 billion), Chevron ($233.9 billion) and
...

Liberals Dislike Zuckerberg's Political Ads

Facebook in crosshairs thanks to strategy

(Newser) - As Facebook announced its earnings yesterday, a small crowd of protesters gathered outside its headquarters, wearing hazmat suits and chanting things like, "Keystone, take a hike. Facebook dislike." It was the latest sign of the backlash the company is facing over Mark Zuckerberg's new political organization, FWD....

Zuckerberg's Symbolic New Salary: $1

His billions in stock options should cushion the blow

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg has joined another exclusive club: that of tech CEOs so fabulously wealthy they can afford to take a $1 salary. A Facebook filing yesterday said Zuckerberg will make that amount this year and forgo any bonuses, reports Quartz . The real pay, of course, comes in the form of...

Zuckerberg: Why Our Immigration System Is a Mess
Zuckerberg: Why Our Immigration System Is a Mess
OPINION
Apr 11, 2013 11:54 AM CDT

Zuckerberg: Why Our Immigration System Is a Mess

It keeps smart people out who hold the key to a 'knowledge economy'

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg's political advocacy group for immigration reform launches today, reports Politico , and Zuckerberg himself takes to the Washington Post to explain the rationale behind FWD.us. You'll get the gist from a string of questions he poses in the op-ed piece:
  • "Why do we kick out
...

Facebook Unveils 'Home' for Phones

Download to convert Androids will be out next week

(Newser) - The "Facebook phone" is here and, as expected , it is not a phone built by Facebook. Instead, the company unveiled "Facebook Home," a download that converts an Android phone into a Facebook-centric device, reports CNET . It will be available on a limited basis April 12 at the...

Zuckerberg Joins Big-Money PAC to Loosen Immigration

Hard-line GOP strategist is among bipartisan consultants

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg, political advocate? Yep, the Facebook CEO has joined other executives in forming an advocacy group that's likely to focus on various issues, starting with US immigration, Politico reports. No surprise there: It's already a hot topic among Silicon Valley executives competing for global talent. And Zuckerberg...

Employees Say the Top CEO in America Is ...

Mark Zuckerberg wins poll, tying with SAP's co-CEOs

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg may not be able to keep his investors happy , but those inside Facebook still love him. Zuckerberg just topped Glassdoor's latest list of the 50 highest-rated CEOs in the country, with a 99% approval rating from Facebook employees, reports PC Mag . Not surprisingly, Facebook employees also voted...

Facebook Is About to Look Very Different

News Feed getting revamp to boost 'relevancy'

(Newser) - Logging on to Facebook soon won't be the same old-same old: The site will today announce a major revamp of its News Feed, a redesign that the Los Angeles Times describes as the biggest in the feature's nearly seven-year history. The company has stayed fairly mum on what'...

Tech Giants Fund Big Annual Award for Scientists

Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, will shell out $3M to each winner

(Newser) - Forget the Nobel Prize; pretty soon, enterprising medical researchers will really be after the Life Sciences Breakthrough Prize. Some of the biggest names in tech—including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Sergey Brin—have teamed to create the award, which rewards biological breakthroughs with fat, $3 million checks....

Zuckerberg's New Friend: Chris Christie

Facebook founder to hold fundraiser for New Jersey governor

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg will host a fundraiser for Chris Christie next month, in perhaps the Facebook founder's most overt display of his political leanings to date. Zuckerberg and Christie apparently hit it off when Zuckerberg donated $100 million to Newark's school system, USA Today reports. "They have maintained...

Facebook's Search Tool Has Real Promise ...

... assuming people 'like' and share more, say reviewers

(Newser) - Facebook unveiled its new search tool today even as stats showed that the number of Americans using the site fell by 1.4 million in December, reports MarketWatch . A blip, or did the US hit a saturation point? Maybe it's those new ads and fees ? Time will tell,...

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