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Early Facebook Investors Want Out

Ryan Tate · 04/27/11 06:33PM

The Facebook investment bubble is apparently too inflated for some investors. Owners of close to $1 billion in Facebook stock are slashing their asking price as they push toward the exits, sources tell Reuters.

The Famous Vagina Painting That Facebook Doesn't Want You to See

Adrian Chen · 04/13/11 02:16PM

Gustave Courbet's 1886 oil painting of a naked woman's lower half, The Origin of the World, hangs in Paris' Musee d'Orsay. But it is not welcome on the hallowed walls of Facebook. Facebook has abruptly canceled at least three accounts after users posted the painting, and art connoisseurs are fuming.

America's Child Hacker Nightmare

Ryan Tate · 04/12/11 05:22PM

With college increasingly derided as a pricey con, it's no wonder America's parents worry their kids will skip higher education entirely and try to get rich programming social networks or iPhone apps or whatever. Scary!

Mark Zuckerberg's Dad Learns the Perils of Facebook Advertising

Adrian Chen · 03/30/11 02:27PM

Mark Zuckerberg's dad, Edward, is a dentist in Dobbs Ferry, NY. We got some sense of the guy from the goofy letter he sent out to prospective patients claiming to be "literally the father of Facebook." But he's not so blatant about his Facebook connection any more.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Now 'In a Relationship'

Adrian Chen · 03/23/11 05:33PM

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been dating his girlfriend Priscilla Chan since Harvard. But he just got around to changing his Facebook relationship status to "In a Relationship," last Sunday, adding the comment "Slightly overdue :)"

Eduardo Saverin Tries to Reclaim Facebook Magic

Adrian Chen · 03/18/11 10:23AM

Remember Eduardo Saverin? The sad co-founder of Facebook who got strong-armed out of the company by Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network (and also real life)? He's overcome his shattered dreams and is trying to get a piece of the next big tech thing.

Meet The Six Certified Facebook Billionaires

Adrian Chen · 03/10/11 01:44AM

Alright: the latest Forbes' billionaire list is out. Now we can all get out our Sharpies and draw circles around which billionaires we're gonna date this year. Kidding: billionaires only date other billionaires and underwear models.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Now a Comic Book Hero

Adrian Chen · 02/23/11 06:58PM

Canadian publisher Bluewater Productions has just published a 48-page comic book which tells the true origin story of Mark Zuckerberg. The center panel here depicts the time Zuckerberg was held up at gunpoint in 2005 while driving from Palo Alto to Berkeley. Of course, we all know what happened after that brush with danger: Zuckerberg built a bulletproof robotic exoskeleton in his basement and swore to devote his life to fighting crime. (Click to Enlarge)

Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg Wined and Dined by Obama

Adrian Chen · 02/18/11 11:17AM

Steve Jobs, rumored to be dying of cancer, was healthy enough to sit beside Obama at a dinner for tech moguls in San Francisco last night. Also in attendance: Mark Zuckerberg, who was pried out of his hoodie for the occasion, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Yahoo! chief Carol Bartz and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo.

What Will Obama Say to Mark Zuckerberg?

Adrian Chen · 02/16/11 07:36PM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is going to meet Barack Obama in San Francisco next week, along with other "business leaders in technology and business." Would love to be a fly on the wall in that room. Obama has a sort of complicated relationship with Facebook! On the one hand, college students clicking "like" got him elected in 2008. And Zuckerberg is running a successful business, which Obama likes, even if Facebook probably creates a net-loss in GDP due to hours wasted on Farmville.

Why Facebook Should Do More to Help Egypt's Protesters

Adrian Chen · 02/05/11 06:35PM

An image making the rounds features an Egyptian protester carrying a sign that reads "Thank you Facebook" in Arabic. Thanks for what? Facebook has done as little as possible to help Egypt's protesters. It should do more.