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Facebook: Googlers try to save Facebook deal
Facebook: Googlers try to save Facebook deal
Tim Armstrong Google is racing with Yahoo and Microsoft to take a stake in Facebook, and win some of its advertising business. As with YouTube, Google was late to get in on the Facebook deal but again, it's making a full-court press, with some of its top people. Negotiating the deal: Tim ...
Facebook Town Hall: Proposed Facebook Principles
facebook.com — PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING Facebook has created this group to publish, and solicit feedback regarding, the proposed Facebook Principles (the “Principles”). The Principles reflect the philosophy and values we aspire to and will guide us in ... (more) Facebook Town Hall: Proposed Facebook Principles
Governing the Facebook Service in an Open and Transparent Way
blog.facebook.com — Last week, we returned to our previous Terms of Use as we worked on a new set of governing documents that would more clearly explain the relationship between Facebook and its users. (more) Governing the Facebook Service in an Open and ...
Read the proposed Facebook Principles here
facebook.com — The Facebook Principles We are building Facebook to make the world more open and transparent, which we believe will create greater understanding and connection. Facebook promotes openness and transparency by giving individuals greater power to share ... (more) Read the proposed Facebook Principles here
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WSJ Conference Organizer's Wife Secretly Running Google
Gawker: Valleywag — ... ; in Silicon Valley, they make you an "evangelist," a flowery marketing title which really means you get paid to give speeches at conferences and have lunch with people who also don't matter.) She'll now oversee do-gooding investments, like Google's push into renewable energy and disease tracking. That's on top of her day job wrangling deals with Google partners like MySpace (a relative success) and Facebook (an abject failure). She's close to founder ...

WSJ Conference Organizer's Wife Secretly Running Google
Valleywag — ... ; in Silicon Valley, they make you an "evangelist," a flowery marketing title which really means you get paid to give speeches at conferences and have lunch with people who also don't matter.) She'll now oversee do-gooding investments, like Google's push into renewable energy and disease tracking. That's on top of her day job wrangling deals with Google partners like MySpace (a relative success) and Facebook (an abject failure). She's close to founder ...

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