Facebook

The Mahalo Top 7

Official Site: Facebook | About
Wikipedia: Facebook
Facebook: The Facebook Blog
Technical information: Facebook Developers Site
Reuters: Facebook, 49 U.S. States Agree on Web Safety Steps (May 8, 2008)
CBS News: "Facebook Under Fire For New Feature" (September 7, 2006)
Telegraph: Facebook: How to Prevent Online Exposure (September 6, 2007)

Facebook Company Information

Facebook: Press Releases
Mashable: "Facebook - The Complete Biography" (August 25, 2006)
Facebook: About | Site Tour
Yahoo! Finance: Facebook Company Profile
Startupulse: Facebook

Staff

Founder and CEO
- Mark Zuckerberg
Co-founder and VP Engineering
- Dustin Moskovitz

Facebook Tools and Development

Facebook Share Bookmarklet
Developers.Facebook: Facebook Open Source Projects
Ignore All Facebook Requests Button
CNET News: Waste your workday away with Facebook Platform apps (June 15, 2007)

Facebook News and Articles

Topix: Facebook Search Results
Google News: Facebook Search Results
CNet: Court enforces Facebook-ConnectU settlement (June 26, 2008)
Washington Post: Friends Indeed? (April 20, 2008)
The New York Times: Facebook Is Extending Its Network to Blood Donations (March 10, 2008)
USA Today: Movie clips available on Facebook (March 9, 2008)
BBC NEWS: Facebook - back to the kids? (February 22, 2008)
The Hoya: "Facebook Affects More Than Just Your Social Life" (January 18, 2008)
The New York Times: On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data (December 17, 2007)
CNET News: ABC News reaching out to Facebook users? Good luck, guys (November 26, 2007)
InformationWeek: How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook (November 26, 2007)
The New York Times: Brawl Over Islam on Facebook (September 10, 2007)
BBC News: If your Face Fits (June 27, 2006)

Facebook Milestones and Growth News

TechCrunch: Facebook No Longer The Second Largest Social Network (June 12, 2008)
Silicon Alley Insider: Facebook Growth Slower Than Thought, Not "The Next Google" (February 1, 2008)
BizReport: MySpace leads, Facebook follows (January 19, 2008)
TIME: Is Facebook Overrated? (November 28, 2007)

Facebook Privacy News

The New York Times: Facebook Plans New Privacy Controls (March 19, 2008)
Times Online: What's the Penalty for Creating a Fake Facebook Page? (February 25, 2008)
The New York Times: How Sticky Is Membership on Facebook? Just Try Breaking Free (February 11, 2008)
BBC News: Facebook faces privacy questions (January 18, 2008)
New York Times: Staying Private on Facebook (January 17, 2008)
TechCrunch: Facebook Stirring Up Anger For Disabling Accounts (December 11, 2007)
The Wall Street Journal: Facebook Settles Probe by Cuomo Into Site's Safety Measures (October 17, 2007)
Times Online: "Privacy fears as Facebook puts users’ details on search engines" (September 6, 2007)

Facebook Management News

Reuters: Microsoft sends out feelers to Facebook: report (May 7, 2008)
Chicago Tribune: Facebook sites face scrutiny for NCAA March Madness pools] (March 14, 2008)
New York Times: Facebook Hires a Google Executive as No. 2 (March 5, 2008)
CBS News: The Face Behind Facebook, Tells 60 Minutes "Beacon" Needs Work, 2008 IPO Highly Unlikely (January 10, 2008)
Economist.com: Face value | Book value (July 19, 2007)
FastCompany: Hacker. Dropout. CEO. (May 2007)
BBC News: Yahoo! to Buy Facebook for $1Bn' (September 21, 2006)
CNET News: Microsoft Lands Facebook Ad Deal (August 22, 2006)

Facebook Features and Applications News

Silicon Ally Insider: Confirmed: Facebook Going Open-Source (May 27, 2008)
Beta News: Facebook to launch Web-based instant messaging service (March 14, 2008)
TechCrunch: Facebook To Launch Instant Messaging Service (March 14, 2008)
BBC NEWS: Facebook translated into Spanish (February 8, 2008)
TechCrunch: Facebook Now Supports LinkedIn Style Friend Suggestions (February 5, 2008)
BBC: Facebook asked to pull Scrabulous (January 16, 2008)
BBC News: Facebook Opens Profiles to Public (September 6, 2007)

Facebook Blogs and Commentaries

AllFacebook.com: The Unofficial Facebook Blog
FaceReviews: Facebook News, Application Reviews and Social Networks
Lifehacker: Facebook Tip: Facebook Adds Privacy Controls (March 19, 2008)
WashingtonPost.com: When Mom or Dad Asks To Be a Facebook 'Friend' (March 9, 2008)
Consumerist: Privacy: Joining Facebook Is Like Joining The Mafia. Just Try To Leave. (February 11, 2008)
Mashable: Facebook Launches in Spanish (February 8, 2008)
Download Squad: Facebook Apps to Begin Feedback Based Notifications (February 7, 2008)
ReadWriteWeb: Facebook to Punish Stupid Applications, Reward Good Ones (February 6, 2008)
ReadWriteWeb: Is Facebook Your "Permanent Record?" (February 4, 2008)
Webware: Report: Facebook raises '08 revenue projection (February 1, 2008)
Scobleizer: The Shy Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook (January 26, 2008)
Blog Maverick: My New Facebook Strategy and the FB Power Level (December 18, 2007)
Mashable: Breaking: Facebook Announces Ad Network Plans (November 6, 2007)
Webware: MySpace vs. Facebook (the video) (May 31, 2007)

Facebook Interviews

Yopo: "Dustin Moskovitz, Co-founder of Facebook" (January 25, 2006)
Minority Rapport: "A Chat With Facebook's 'Pressguy' Chris Hughes" (September 2, 2005)

Facebook Criticism

Fractals of Change: "Facebook Proves a Point" (March 27, 2007)
MSNBC: Facebook Feature Draws Privacy Concerns (September 8, 2006)
YouTube: Facebook Vs. MySpace (Time: 4:42)

Facebook Videos

YouTube & Google Video: Facebook
Google Video: "Leveraging Social Networks for Progressive Organizing" (Time: 58:47)
Google Video: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Question About Free Internet Content (Time: 0:16)
YouTube: Facebook Movie (Time: 11:29)
YouTube: Facebook Song (Time: 2:51)
YouTube: Facebook Infomercial Parody (Time: 3:34)
YouTube: Facebook Anthem (Time: 1:49)
CollegeHumor: Real Life Facebook (Time 2:47)

Facebook Culture

Mahalo's Guide to 30 Reasons Girls Should Call It A Night
Mahalo's Guide to: Fbchicks.com
The Daily Princetonian: "Your Mom is on Facebook.com" (March 29, 2007)

Facebook Parody and Satire

College Humor: Video: Facebook News Network (Time: 1:32)

Related Searches

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Guide Note

Facebook is a social web site that connects people with friends, much like Friendster and MySpace. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard University student, in 2004 and quickly grew in popularity. It is now one of the top social networking sites in the world.

Fast Facts

Launched: February 4, 2004
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Limit: 5,000 friends
Employees: 500
Users: Over 69 million
Languages available: English, Spanish, Bokmal, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Polish

History

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook from his dorm room at Harvard in 2004. It was first available only to Harvard students. Over the next two years, he opened it up first to other Ivy League colleges, then to a broader base of colleges, and then to the general public.

Founding controversy

Founders of another social networking site founded by Harvard students, ConnectU, have argued in court that Zuckerberg stole their code after working for them briefly as a programmer. They have sued twice in court. Facebook has sued ConnectU as well, accusing ConnectU of hacking into the site and email harvesting.

Facebook Safety Control

On May 8, 2008 Facebook agreed to provide additional safety measures for its site. The agreement between 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia attorneys general with Facebook will increase efforts to protect its young members from sexual predators.

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