valleywag.com - 12/5/2008
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Through the golden heart of every world-changing startup pulses an avaricious get-rich-quick scheme. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the billionaire-boy cofounders of Google, established this doing-well-by-doing-good myth. But Mark Zuckerberg hasn't been able to make the same magic happen for his ...
facebook.com - 12/5/2008
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facebook.com —
Postcard Spam If a friend sends you a
message or posts on your Wall with a link...
to a postcard for you to open, don't click on it. Chances are it's a virus that may cause your Facebook account to become compromised. If you do click on one of these ...
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Facebook Security
blog.facebook.com - 12/4/2008
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blog.facebook.com —
Over the summer we announced an extension of
Facebook Platform called Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect makes it...
easier for you to take your online identity with you all over the Web, share what you do online with your friends and stay updated on ...
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Facebook Across the Web
valleywag.com - 12/5/2008
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valleywag.com —
So much for Silicon Valley's latest get-rich-quick scheme.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has cancelled a plan to...
let employees cash out their shares early. In August, before the markets started to melt down and with Facebook worth $15 billion on ...
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Facebook cancels employee stock sale [Meltdowns]
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Facebook cancels employee stock sale [Meltdowns]
Gawker: valleywag —
... Facebook executives had been courting potential buyers for employees' shares since the summer. But as the value of Google tumbled from its high of $700 last year, would-be investors started asking questions about whether Facebook's value, too, had dropped. By last month, they were getting downright nervous. ...
Facebook Can't Find Buyers For Employee Stock
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Facebook executives had been courting potential buyers for employees' shares since the summer. But as the value of Google tumbled from its high of $700 last year, would-be investors started asking questions about whether Facebook's value, too, had dropped. By last month, they were getting downright nervous. ...
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