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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.
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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"
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.
Facebook's last hackathon before going public is a go
Facebook is hosting one last hackathon as a private company just before it goes public. The event ends when Zuckerberg rings the Nasdaq bell remotely and FB shares start trading for the first time.
IPO day: How high will FB go?
Have you wanted to predict Facebook's final share price at the end of day one? Now is your chance: FacebookIPODayClosingPrice.com lets you do exactly that. All you need is a Twitter account.
Facebook IPO: Final numbers
Facebook is going public on Friday. Forget all the hype, speculation, and rumors. Focus on the numbers, not the letters. Here's a quick rundown of the most important and most recent ones.
Weeks later, Facebook stops censoring member
Facebook temporarily suspended one of its users from commenting on public posts and labeled her a spammer. Facebook has now fixed the problem, improved its spam filters, and issued a statement.
Facebook sets IPO share price at $38: $104 billion valuation
Facebook has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $38 a share, giving itself a valuation of $104 billion, and raising $18.41 billion. Facebook will go public the morning of Friday May 18, 2012.