Posts tagged Ceo Mark
Facebook VP of Product Cox steels employees for redesign reaction
Feb 6th
Facebook rolled out a new redesign to 80 million users tonight at its 6th birthday party, and the company’s vice president of product just prepped employees for potential negative reactions by telling the story of the original news feed launch.
After the new features went live, the company showed off streams of real-time reactions to the [...]
Facebook overhauls search as it crosses 400 million users
Feb 5th
On its sixth birthday, Facebook launched a host of new features as it crossed the 400-million user mark.
The most interesting of them may be its revamped search. When you type in names, it auto-completes for people who are the closest to you by social promixity — e.g. the people you share the most mutual friends [...]
Russia’s DST raises stake in Facebook past 5 percent
Dec 17th
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Digital Sky Technologies, the Russian investment firm that has sunk its teeth into both Facebook and social gaming company Zynga, is reportedly raising its stake in the social network past 5 percent.
The Russian newspaper Kommersant reported today that DST raised its investment after buying $100 million in employee shares and a $200 million [...]
Social site Grouply gives Yahoo & Google discussion groups a Web 2.0 makeover
Dec 17th
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Internet discussion groups have been around for decades. Startup Grouply offers a wrapper for Yahoo Groups and Google Groups that makes them more comparable to Facebook and Twitter, while not changing the underlying technical architecture. (See these before-and-after screenshots of a Yahoo Group processed through Grouply.)
Grouply also makes it easy for group administrators [...]
Social site Grouply gives Yahoo & Google discussion groups a Web 2.0 makeover – and a way to make some money
Dec 16th
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Internet discussion groups have been around for decades. Startup Grouply offers a wrapper for Yahoo Groups and Google Groups that makes them more comparable to Facebook and Twitter, while not changing the underlying technical architecture. The company just rolled out a new set of features that make Yahoo and Google groups look more [...]
