Kara Swisher in Social on February 3 at 8:40 am PT
That’s right, folks, the rich do get richer, especially if they pursue their case well past the point of shame.
Right now I’m just in the thinking-about-it stages. It’s a really big movie and it’s going to be a great movie no matter who writes it.
– Aaron Sorkin, discussing the possibility of writing a biopic about Steve Jobs for Sony
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 26, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Jumio, a payments company backed by Eduardo Saverin, is finally unveiling its product: Netswipe turns an off-the-shelf webcam into a credit card reader.
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Beth Callaghan in News on March 17, 2011 at 12:36 pm PT
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, whose version of the company’s early history informed the plot of Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Network,” and who still owns five percent of the company, is putting that stake to work. He just
led a $6.5 million round of funding in online and mobile payment service Jumio. Saverin, who lives in Singapore, will also join the company’s board and work on its entrance into the Asian market.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 29, 2011 at 9:56 pm PT
Good thing Mark Zuckerberg’s got that whole other career going, ’cause he can’t hold a straight face for a millisecond.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 25, 2011 at 6:04 am PT
“The Social Network,” the movie based on the story of the founding of Facebook, was nominated for eight Academy Awards this morning.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 8, 2011 at 3:31 pm PT
“The Social Network” won the National Society of Film Critics’ best picture award, while David Fincher got best director, Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg was named best actor, and Aaron Sorkin received the best screenplay award.
Kara Swisher in News on December 14, 2010 at 11:15 am PT
Wouldn’t it be cool if Mark Zuckerberg donned a hoodie-tuxedo and ran up and grabbed any statuette actor Jesse Eisenberg–who played the Facebook co-founder and CEO in the movie “The Social Network”–won over the next few months, as the Hollywood awards season gears up?
Now,
that would be dramatic!
Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2010 at 12:31 pm PT
The
All Things Digital readership has spoken: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was wrong in declaring that the Apple iPad was not mobile.
In fact, 1,671 takers of a survey BoomTown ginned up on the subject using SurveyMonkey disagreed with him 85.1 percent to 14.9 percent.
