Keep in touch via Facebook, this is critical to your future success. And we’re public now, so can you click on an ad or two when you’re there?
– Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, speaking at Harvard Business School’s “Class Day” event Wednesday
Liz Gannes in News on May 2 at 7:00 am PT
Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today are launching a nonprofit, open source joint online learning venture called EdX, with the first courses to start in the fall of this year.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 17 at 9:07 am PT
It will take another eight years for cash and credit cards to be replaced almost completely by smartphones, according to those interviewed by Pew Research.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 6 at 6:00 am PT
Quincy Apparel, a New York start-up founded by two Harvard Business School grads, is attempting to change the way women shop for clothes — by asking for their bra size.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on March 1 at 6:00 am PT
A new neighbor-to-neighbor start-up is adding a charitable twist to getting things done.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 10 at 10:44 pm PT
A sports story made for social media.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT
How about doubling the number of paying gamers? Done!
Liz Gannes in Social on December 10, 2010 at 8:30 am PT
Earlier this week there was some confusion about outlets reporting that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss had filed another lawsuit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their social networking idea. The brief was actually filed back in June, but it’s still interesting reading.
Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2010 at 3:49 pm PT
This Sunday, the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes” returns to Facebook after several years to check in on co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
In the first interview by correspondent Lesley Stahl in early 2008, Zuckerberg’s social networking empire was much smaller, beset by a series of management snafus and mired in yet another privacy controversy. Plus, he was more than a lot more awkward.
Fast-forward to today: Zuckerberg rules one of the most powerful tech companies in the world and BoomTown dubs him a prodigy!
The worm has officially turned.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm PT
Zynga may make “social games,” but they do not foster much in the way of complex or rewarding social interaction. The company is trying to change that, and today is announcing its next game, CityVille, which it calls its most social to date. CityVille (of course) is a cutesy simulation game in which users work to turn a small town into a big city.
