Facebook hits 500 million, launches Stories
As anticipated, Facebook announced today that it has passed 500 million users. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this milestone via a video message on Facebook (see below). Zuckerberg also used this opportunity to announce the launch of a new application, called Facebook Stories, that allows users to share their Facebook story and describe how the social network has uniquely impacted their lives. What do you think about Facebook hitting 500 million users and the new Stories...
Read MoreYour Privacy on Facebook is Over
That’s right. The days of sharing information with a small group of friends is no more and guess who you have to thank, Twitter. I believe that this shift in privacy was inevitable, but you’ve got to think Twitter’s surge in popularity put a lot of pressure on Facebook to open up on their privacy settings. In a recent interview with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said if he were to create Facebook starting today, user information would by default be public. According to Zuckerberg: “When I got started in my dorm room at...
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