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Accounting for the Actions of the Winklevii and Virtual Goods Are Both Difficult to Do (Video)

Tricia Duryee in Social on June 26, 2011 at 7:45 am PT

On Friday’s digits, AllThingsD’s Liz Gannes and I discussed two difficult subjects both having to do with Facebook: Why the Winklevii won’t give up on suing the company and why it’s so difficult to account for virtual goods inside social games.

Winklevii Keep the Dream Alive With Media Blitz

Liz Gannes in Social on February 9, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who are waiting to see if an appeals court will invalidate their settlement with Facebook, flex their muscles and try to justify their use of the site.

Over Here, Winklevii! NetworkEffect Goes to Court.

Liz Gannes in Social on January 11, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Today the NetworkEffect staff of one is packing up the MacBook Air and heading to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for a scheduled hearing of “The Facebook, Inc. v. ConnectU, Inc.”

Déjà Vu: Facebook's Questionable Stock Hijinks Feels Like Winklevii 2.0

Kara Swisher in News on January 4, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s clear intent to keep the lid on Facebook tight–with no disclosure about the details of the financial performance and other pertinent information a public offering would require be disclosed–is clearly becoming a nettlesome issue for the company. But while that effort at preserving secrecy by staying private has resulted in little more than cute media guessing games about a possible IPO until now, the social networking giant’s most recent machinations are too clever by a half.

When Facebook Bought ConnectU From the Winklevii (Or, Parsing Legal Filings for Fun)

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.

Viral Video: The Whole Fuddy-Duddy "60 Minutes" Zuckerberg Interview

Kara Swisher in News on December 6, 2010 at 12:11 am PT

Here is the whole CBS interview on “60 Minutes” last night of Mark Zuckerberg. The quick poll of the piece on Twitter and in the blogosphere: The Facebook co-founder and CEO did great and his Harvard University nemisii, the Winklevoss twins, looked goony and graspy (even though Zuck did sandbag them).

Oscar Bouquets for "The Social Network," as Zuckerberg Readies for the Brickbats

Kara Swisher in News on September 17, 2010 at 5:14 am PT

It’s just a post on the popular entertainment blog “Deadline Hollywood.” But it’s a clear indication the makers of the movie about the origins of Facebook are gunning for maximum attention and Oscar buzz with only a few weeks to go before its debut. And they will further gas up the marketing machine for “The Social Network” more, even though it appears it will be devastating to the real-life version of its main subject, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The Facebook Movie's First Review Is Boffo: Here's How Mark Zuckerberg Can Take Back the Mojo

Kara Swisher in News on August 23, 2010 at 2:44 pm PT

Apparently, the review is in–only one review, so far–but it’s a corker. Although “The Social Network,” the movie about the origins of Facebook, is not coming out until its premiere at the New York Fim Festival in October, Scott Foundas, a reviewer for its magazine, Film Comment, is loving it in a piece in the September issue. Now, I am beginning to feel bad for CEO and Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, because it looks like this Columbia Pictures film might even be Oscar-worthy. So, here’s what he should do.

Another Teaser Trailer for The Facebook Movie: 100 Percent More Poking of Zuckerberg!

Kara Swisher in News on July 8, 2010 at 4:08 pm PT

Here’s another teaser trailer for “The Social Network,” which makes it clear that the movie is going to be a warts-and-all-and-then-more warts portrait of the beginnings of Facebook. Most maligned: Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who seems to be portrayed as a social networking sociopath.