Mark Zuckerberg married to the longtime girlfriend on the next day after the Facebook IPO. For the guests the wedding was a surprise – they thought that they were invited because of another occasion.
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Surprise: Mark Zuckerberg Wedding
Facebook Groups File-Sharing
Mashable reports that Facebook rolls out file-sharing feature for groups. It is available now only in Facebook Groups for Schools, which can be joined only by users with the valid email address of the particular college or university. In the nearest future, sharing of the files on Facebook will be available for everyone in any group.
Warren Buffett said: I will not buy Facebook shares
81 year old billionaire Warren Buffett said that he is not going to buy shares in Facebook but also mentioned that he doesn’t consider Facebook as a second dotcom bubble. “People get excited about companies that have done that well.”
The Daily Telegraph reported Mr Buffett saying: “It is not a bubble… this is not what we were seeing in late 1999 all the way into 2001. We aren’t in any bubble phase of anything.”
Facebook Action Links: Interact with Timeline Apps
Yesterday, Facebook introduced the new function, which is called “Action Link”. This link will appear next to the Like and Comment ones, but its main purpose will be to “interact with your timeline app directly from Facebook.”
Facebook Supports Organ Donation Campaign?
In the U.S. about 7 thousand people die each year while waiting for organ transplants. Facebook hopes to reduce that number by creating a special application which allows users to become donors, without leaving the social network, reports The New York Times.
Facebook IPO set for May 18
Facebook decided to start the initial public offering (IPO) on 18 May, according to the Associated Press. This is considered to be the most anticipated financial event after the Google’s entering the stock market in August 2004.
When will Facebook have 1 Billion Users?
Facebook reported 900 million registered users, so we’ve got a question: when will Facebook have Billion Users? Back in February, some analysts attempted to predict the month of this billion user registration, and perhaps they were very close to the truth, but maybe not.
Yesterday we got new information provided by the Irish bookmaking agency Paddy Power: August or September.
Facebook Android Application Update: V1.9
4 months ago we already had an overview of updated Facebook App for Android, yesterday Facebook released new version 1.9 of the application.
According to official blog post, Facebook for Android 1.9 includes:
- Performance improvements.
- New messenger features, like adding adding people on the fly to the group conversation.
- Shortcuts to share photos and messages faster.
Facebook Timeline Gets Email
It’s been about six months since Facebook presented Timeline for pages. Now the social network introduces next innovation: starting from this week, each Timeline Page will get an email address.
Facebook Profile Design: History of Changes
Today we are going to overview the history of Facebook Profile changes from 2005 till the end of 2011.