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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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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.

July 27, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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.

May 20, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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?

May 18, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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.

May 18, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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?

May 18, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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.

May 18, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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.

May 18, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Legal

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.

May 18, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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.

May 17, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Legal

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.

May 17, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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.

May 17, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Legal

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.

May 17, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Legal

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.

May 17, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Finance

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.

May 17, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Social Media

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.

May 17, 2012 by Emil Protalinski in Finance