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Mark Zuckerberg's Fwd.us draws fire from some in tech industry
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's new political advocacy group Fwd.us is drawing unfriendly fire from some in the technology industry. A few prominent voices from the industry have voiced unhappiness with some of...Tags: Google Inc., Evan Williams, Bill Gates, Twitter, Inc., Eric Schmidt
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Apple makes Fortune 500's top 10 for first time; Facebook makes list
Despite having a rough year on Wall Street, Apple cracked the top 10 in the Fortune 500 list for the first time, jumping from No. 17 to No. 6. The Fortune 500, compiled by the business magazine Fortune, ranks the largest corporations in the U.S. based...Tags: Verizon Communications, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Media Industry, Hewlett-Packard Co., Computer Hardware
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David Goldberg, SurveyMonkey CEO and husband of Sheryl Sandberg
There isn’t much David Goldberg, 44, hasn’t already done. At 26 he sold his first start-up, Launch Media, for $12 million to Yahoo. Goldberg then served as general manager of Yahoo Music, and later left to work at Benchmark Capital as...
Tags: Media Industry, Washington, DC
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Two tech executives quit Mark Zuckerberg's Fwd.us political group
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have quit Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's political advocacy group Fwd.us after protests from environmentalists and liberal groups, a person familiar with the situation said late...
Tags: Google Inc., Bill Gates, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, David O. Sacks, Eric Schmidt
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New Voices: Facebook is losing its cool among younger generation
Just a few years ago, Facebook was the hottest thing on the Internet. It was begun mainly for college students, but it caught on with a wider audience, as it became popular when I was in middle school. It was a great way to interact with others, find...Tags: Media Industry, Advertising, Social Media, Longwood (Seminole, Florida)
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Silicon Valley uses growing clout to kill a digital privacy bill
Silicon Valley has wielded its growing political clout at the state Capitol to kill a digital privacy bill that would have given consumers access to information about them being collected online. Had the Right to Know Act become law, California would...Tags: Google Inc., Government, Insurance, Elections, Security
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Another fumble for Mark Zuckerberg (not the Facebook IPO)
How much egg can one face take? I really never thought I would say these words, but poor Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook’s public launch was a disaster, and just when he’s trying to develop some real political muscle, someone leaked his plan...
Tags: FWD.us, Elections, POLITICO LLC, Science and Technology, Los Angeles Times Journalists
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Winklevoss twins amass huge Bitcoin haul as bubble bursts
The Winklevii are back, and this time they're not talking about Facebook. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss -- the Harvard twins who have argued for years that Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook from them -- this week told the New York Times that...
Tags: Media Industry, The New York Times, Social Media
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg launches lobbying vehicle Fwd.us
SAN FRANCISCO — With a new political advocacy group that plans to inject millions of dollars into shaping public policy coast to coast, Mark Zuckerberg is taking a significant step onto the political stage, expanding his influence far beyond his...
Tags: Google Inc., U.S. Congress, Yahoo! Inc., Science and Technology, Finance
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Mark Zuckerberg's political wingman: Fwd.us founder Joe Green
SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Green, Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate, is famous for having turned down an offer to move to Silicon Valley to join Facebook. Instead Green finished his college degree and worked for 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John...
Tags: Media Industry, Politics, POLITICO LLC, Elections, Sean Parker
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The Geek Easy levels up
If you don't know by now that geeks are doing the bullying these days, I'd urge you to mention the words "Game of Thrones" or "Doctor Who" around the office water cooler. "The Avengers" director Joss Whedon is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood,...
Tags: Entertainment, The Avengers (movie, 2012), Xbox, Winter Park, PlayStation 3
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Zuckerberg's advocacy ads under fire
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg is the public face of one of the world's most prominent companies. But now it's his actions as a private citizen that are making him — and Facebook Inc. — a target of environmentalists and progressive...Tags: Government, Google Inc., Bill Gates, Elections, Science and Technology
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