Friending Facebook

Emil Protalinski

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  • Goodbye Friending Facebook: We only part to meet again

    By Emil Protalinski | May 20, 2012, 8:54pm PDT

    Today, I am Unfriending Facebook. No, I am not leaving Facebook. I am closing down Friending Facebook. Thank you to all of you for reading, sharing, and Liking my articles for the last 15 months.

  • Facebook rules: Everyone can vote on new privacy policy

    By Emil Protalinski | May 18, 2012, 4:50pm PDT

    Facebook’s rules state if there are 7,000 comments on a new privacy policy, the company has to take it to a worldwide vote. Activists made sure that threshold was broken. Are you ready to vote?

  • Facebook acquires mobile social gifting startup Karma

    By Emil Protalinski | May 18, 2012, 2:58pm PDT

    Facebook has acquired social gifting startup Karma for an undisclosed sum. This is the first acquisition Menlo Park has made as a public company: the first of many to come, I’m sure.

  • Facebook closes at $38 on day one

    By Emil Protalinski | May 18, 2012, 12:50pm PDT

    Facebook was priced at $38. On day one, the stock saw a high of $ 45, a low of $38, and ultimately finished at $38.37. Why didn’t it fall below the $38 mark, even though it tanked twice?

  • Zuckerberg: “Our mission isn’t to be a public company” (video)

    By Emil Protalinski | May 18, 2012, 12:40pm PDT

    Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a short speech before he rang the Nasdaq bell remotely from his company’s headquarters in Menlo Park. In short, he’s happy, but not ecstatic.

  • FB starts trading on the Nasdaq

    By Emil Protalinski | May 18, 2012, 7:59am PDT

    Facebook is now a public company. Will the stock go up, or down? The social networking giant has started trading shares on the Nasdaq under the “FB” ticker. Be honest: you’re a little excited.

  • Facebook hit with $15 billion class action user tracking lawsuit

    By Emil Protalinski | May 18, 2012, 7:39am PDT

    Facebook is once again being sued for tracking its users even after they logout of the service. The latest class action lawsuit demands $15 billion from Facebook for violating federal wiretap laws.

  • Watch Facebook go public

    By Emil Protalinski | May 18, 2012, 5:55am PDT

    Facebook is going public. Will the stock go up, or down? The social networking giant has a valuation of $104 billion, which making it the largest U.S. company, by market value, at its IPO.

  • Mark Zuckerberg’s personal challenge for 2012: Code every day

    By Emil Protalinski | May 17, 2012, 9:39pm PDT

    Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has done a very minimal amount of programming since 2006. In 2012, however, he is aiming to write some code every single day.

  • Facebook’s last hackathon before going public is a go

    By Emil Protalinski | May 17, 2012, 8:00pm PDT

    Facebook is hosting one last hackathon as a private company just before it goes public. The event ends when Zuckerberg rings the Nasdaq bell remotely and FB shares start trading for the first time.