Find Friending Facebook on CNET
Friending Facebook may be dead but Facebook has started a new chapter as a public company. As such, I am still writing about Facebook, just over at CNET.
Friending Facebook
Emil Protalinski covers Facebook from all angles, closely watching it grow from its $50 billion valuation in 2010 to its internally stated goal of becoming the first trillion dollar company.
Emil Protalinski
Emil is a freelance journalist writing for CNET and ZDNet. Over the years, he has covered the tech industry for multiple publications, including Ars Technica, Neowin, and TechSpot.
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Goodbye Friending Facebook: We only part to meet again
Today, I am Unfriending Facebook. No, I am not leaving Facebook. I am closing down Friending Facebook. Thank you to all of you for reading, sharing, and Liking my articles for the last 15 months.
Facebook rules: Everyone can vote on new privacy policy
Facebook's rules state if there are 7,000 comments on a new privacy policy, the company has to take it to a worldwide vote. Activists made sure that threshold was broken. Are you ready to vote?
Facebook acquires mobile social gifting startup Karma
Facebook has acquired social gifting startup Karma for an undisclosed sum. This is the first acquisition Menlo Park has made as a public company: the first of many to come, I'm sure.
Facebook closes at $38 on day one
Facebook was priced at $38. On day one, the stock saw a high of $ 45, a low of $38, and ultimately finished at $38.37. Why didn't it fall below the $38 mark, even though it tanked twice?
Zuckerberg: "Our mission isn't to be a public company" (video)
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a short speech before he rang the Nasdaq bell remotely from his company's headquarters in Menlo Park. In short, he's happy, but not ecstatic.
FB starts trading on the Nasdaq
Facebook is now a public company. Will the stock go up, or down? The social networking giant has started trading shares on the Nasdaq under the "FB" ticker. Be honest: you're a little excited.
Facebook hit with $15 billion class action user tracking lawsuit
Facebook is once again being sued for tracking its users even after they logout of the service. The latest class action lawsuit demands $15 billion from Facebook for violating federal wiretap laws.
Watch Facebook go public
Facebook is going public. Will the stock go up, or down? The social networking giant has a valuation of $104 billion, which making it the largest U.S. company, by market value, at its IPO.
Mark Zuckerberg's personal challenge for 2012: Code every day
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has done a very minimal amount of programming since 2006. In 2012, however, he is aiming to write some code every single day.