| May 2008 | May 23, 2008 - Facebook's major overhaul of its core member profile pages is a risky but necessary move for the world's second-largest online social network, according to several developers of popular applications for the site. The move is risky because Facebook will alter the user interface ... www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146268/developers_facebook_redesign_risky_but_needed.html
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| Jul 2008 | Jul 24, 2008 - By BRAD STONE. SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, the rapidly growing social network, unveiled some new features on Wednesday as it works to broaden its reach online and to recalibrate its sometimes contentious relationship with the thousands of developers writing programs for the service. ... www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/technology/24facebook.html
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| Feb 2009 | Feb 18, 2009 - By BRAD STONE and BRIAN STELTER. Facebook, the popular social networking site where people share photos and personal updates with friends and acquaintances, lost some face on Wednesday. What do social networking sites like Facebook owe their users, who happily plaster their pages with ... www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/technology/internet/19facebook.html?ref=technology
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| Mar 2009 | Mar 5, 2009 - I'm heading to Facebook this morning for a briefing with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others on the company's latest product developments. One of them will be the next step for Facebook Pages, the showcase home pages that brands can create to engage their customers more intimately. ... www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/03/mark_zuckerberg_3.html
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| Apr 2009 | Apr 24, 2009 - Voter participation didn't meet the stated minimum for a policy change, but Facebook says it will follow the will of the members anyway. By Ian Paul. Facebook intends to adopt two new governing documents following a four-day vote on the documents that was open to all Facebook users. ... abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=7421448
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| May 2009 | May 26, 2009 - By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER. A Russian investment firm, Digital Sky Technologies, has invested $200 million in the social networking company Facebook in return for a 1.96 percent stake, the two companies said Tuesday. The investment values Facebook's preferred stock at $10 billion, ... www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/technology/internet/27facebook.html
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| Jul 2009 | Jul 1, 2009 - Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet. Right now, Facebook privacy controls are too scattered ... www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/167728/facebook_simplifies_privacy_settings_calls_them_too_ complex.html
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| Aug 2009 | Aug 12, 2009 - By chadwick.matlin - The Big Money. Facebook just purchased the rights to nearly everything you do on the Internet. And it cost them only $47.5 million. Facebook's purchase of FriendFeed, an obscure social media platform, is potentially momentous. To understand why, we must understand ... www.reuters.com/article/wtUSInvestingNews/idUS364883629220090812
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| Sep 2009 | Sep 16, 2009 - By Nick Clark. Facebook has this week hit two significant milestones in its history. The social networking phenomenon now has a staggering 300 million regular users around the world, and has become cash flow positive for the first time ever. While experts agreed it was a landmark ... www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/facebook-heads-towards-profit-1788430.html
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| Oct 2009 | Oct 30, 2009 - In addition to financial damages, Sanford Wallace, among the first to be crowned "Spam King," may face jail time. By Thomas Claburn. Facebook has won yet another massive judgment against a spammer who already owes $234 million to MySpace. A California federal judge on Thursday granted ... www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221400140
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