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Tag Archives: Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook buys Instagram

April 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Facebook has acquired photo-sharing service Instagram for $1-billion in cash and stock. The deal was announced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a post on the social network. Instagram lets users edit photos and share them via the Instagram network, … read more »

Posted in Sci/Technology | Tagged Africa news, African news, Android, Facebook, IndepthAfrica, Instagram, IOS, Mark Zuckerberg, Photo sharing, Social network, Zuckerberg | Leave a comment

Are Nigerians Gold-Diggers?

February 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Dominic Ogbonna FaceBook is getting ready for an IPO. By the time Zuckerberg is done, it is estimated that his company will be valued at 100 Billion, and that’s just for starts. I am posting the article below, but … read more »

Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Facebook, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Initial public offering, Mark Zuckerberg, Nigeria, Sheryl Sandberg, United States, Zuckerberg | Leave a comment

Facebook users advised to remove personal details after developers gain access to phone numbers and addresses

January 18, 2011 by benim

It’s the flip-side of enjoying instant communication with your friends. Facebook has courted a fresh privacy row by allowing developers of apps access to sensitive information including telephone numbers and addresses. The social networking site announced the change on its … read more »

Posted in Sci/Technology | Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Graham Cluley, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Information sensitivity, Mark Zuckerberg, Mobile phone, News local news, newspapers, Telephone number, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, World news | Leave a comment

Facebook worth $50 billion after investment – report

January 3, 2011 by benim

Facebook has received investments that place the social network’s value at $50 billion, according to a published report. Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500) and an unnamed Russian investor have invested $500 million in Facebook, the New York Times reported late … read more »

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Time names Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ‘Person of the Year’

December 15, 2010 by benim

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2010. At 26, Zuckerberg has put himself on the map not only as one of the world’s youngest billionaires, but … read more »

Posted in America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Global Issues, Middle East, News | Tagged Charles Lindbergh, Chilean miners, Elizabeth, Facebook, Hamid Karzai, IndepthAfrica, Julian Assange, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerman, New York City, Online social networking, Person Of The Year, political-news, Queen Elizabeth, Richard Stengel, Social information processing, The Tea Party, Time magazine, Web 2.0, World Wide Web, Zuckerberg Named Time Person | Leave a comment

Facebook’s email gives us a new way to chat

November 20, 2010 by benim

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his company is to launch a new email messaging system. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/APOne of my boys has his birthday this weekend. Even if he hadn’t been reminding me on a daily basis, … read more »

Posted in Sci/Technology | Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web | Leave a comment

Is E-Mail Dead?

November 16, 2010 by benim

They said it wouldn’t last — e-mail, that is. Crippled by a ceaseless deluge of spam and infected with computer viruses and malware, e-mail became the symbol of all that was wrong with technology. Then came texting and smartphones and … read more »

13 Things You Shouldn’t Post On Facebook

November 15, 2010 by benim

According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s unofficial mission is to make “the world more open and connected.” But there are limits to how open you should be on Facebook and while you might enjoy sharing photos and status … read more »

Facebook unveils e-mail, the sequel

November 15, 2010 by benim

SAN FRANCISCO–”We don’t think that a modern messaging system is going to be e-mail,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a press conference on Monday morning as it unveiled a hotly anticipated revamp of its messaging system that many pundits … read more »

Facebook set to launch ‘Gmail killer’ email system

November 13, 2010 by benim

Facebook is set to launch its latest Google-taunting product on Monday: the long-anticipated Facebook email system. The launch of an @facebook.com email is not itself a great surprise – the existence of a secret project officially known as Project Titan … read more »

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