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Zuckerberg To Kick Off Trading On Day Of Facebook’s IPO

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:24:37 +0000

It’s a big day, geeks. This is the day Facebook finally goes public. Yes, at 9:30 AM EDT today, the initial public offering that so many have been waiting for becomes a reality. Trading is slated to start at a mere $38 a share, but expect it to jump like nuts when the floor actually […]

UPDATED AND CORRECTED: Abraham Lincoln Tried To Patent Facebook

Jeremy Goldstone — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:48:02 +0000

UPDATE: No. No, he did not. Oops. … Original story: Abraham Lincoln. The Great Emancipator. The sixteenth president of the United States of America. Creator of Facebook and social media. Creator of Facebook? And you thought Mark Zuckerberg had to worry about the Winklevoss twins coming after him, try the guy who won the Civil […]

FTC Likes Facebook, Ignores You

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:30:29 +0000

I’m an idiot. And I know I’m an idiot because I’m on Facebook, and I’m supremely confident that my data is safe. That confidence is purely based on having dodged every other major data bullet that’s come our way. But the fact I have to face is that Facebook makes money by having access to […]

The Complaint Department: Fäceböökämmerung

Jeremy Goldstone — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:15:09 +0000

Facebook. Why? No, seriously, why? Do I even need to discuss it at this point? You’ve logged in by now. You’ve thrown up your hands in disgust. You’ve done a search on Google looking for blog posts to reinforce your view that, indeed, this is a terrible redesign, which is what brings you here. I […]

Facebook Unfriends Google+ Ad, Blocks User’s Other Ads

M. Gilden — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:01:01 +0000

While this shouldn’t really come as any kind of surprise, Facebook doesn’t like Google+ treading on their turf. Michael Lee Johnson, a self-proclaimed “Internet Geek, App Developer, Technological Virtuoso”, came up with a rather bold way to get more friends on Google’s social network- by creating an ad on Facebook. The ad (shown on right), […]

Voice of Objectivity: Skype On Facebook Really Is “Awesome”

Yoni Gross — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:20:15 +0000

Voice of Objectivity is an ongoing column meant to temper the tendency of the Techcited to run away with the most exciting or controversial ideas in technology’s near future. The opinions presented here do not necessarily represent the views of Techcitement or this writer. Someone’s got to keep a cool head around here. I guess […]

BREAKING NEWS: Facebook Launches Skype Video, Group Chat

Yoni Gross — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:14:25 +0000

In a live event this afternoon, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a set of “awesome” new features centered on chat. He broke the announcement down into three areas: group chat, the chat interface, and video chat. Facebook has had groups available for a year, and in that time, 50 percent of its users have become […]