10 posts and columns on Zuckerburbia

Hey Ballmer. We'll Sell You a 1.6% Stake in Orkut for $240 Mil and a High-Def Copy of the Monkey Boy Video

in Social on October 25, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

As Microsoft announced that it would invest $240 million for a 1.6% stake in Facebook, valuing Mark Zuckerberg’s little Harvard project at $15 billion, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and company co-founder Sergey Brin were onstage at Google’s analyst day in Mountain View, Calif.. Coincidence? Not likely. How satisfying it must have been for Redmond to [...]

Hey Ballmer. We’ll Sell You a 1.6% Stake in Orkut for $240 Mil and a High-Def Copy of the Monkey Boy Video

in Social on October 25, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

As Microsoft announced that it would invest $240 million for a 1.6% stake in Facebook, valuing Mark Zuckerberg’s little Harvard project at $15 billion, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and company co-founder Sergey Brin were onstage at Google’s analyst day in Mountain View, Calif.. Coincidence? Not likely. How satisfying it must have been for Redmond to [...]

It's a Holiday in Zuckerburbia; It's Tough, Kid, But It's Life …

in News on October 11, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

It’s a Holiday in Zuckerburbia; It’s Tough, Kid, But It’s Life …

in News on October 11, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Join the 'I Can't Wait to Get the Hell out of the Zuckerburbs' Network?

in News on October 11, 2007 at 5:46 am PT

Well what do you know: the media buzz around Facebook doesn’t quite correlate with the site’s usage metrics. According to September comScore data, Zuckerburbia suffered a noticeable decline in unique visitors and page views both. Uniques are down 9.3%, page views 3.8%–this during a back-to-school month in which we should have seen both numbers spike. [...]

Join the ‘I Can’t Wait to Get the Hell out of the Zuckerburbs’ Network?

in News on October 11, 2007 at 5:46 am PT

Well what do you know: the media buzz around Facebook doesn’t quite correlate with the site’s usage metrics. According to September comScore data, Zuckerburbia suffered a noticeable decline in unique visitors and page views both. Uniques are down 9.3%, page views 3.8%–this during a back-to-school month in which we should have seen both numbers spike. [...]

Yahoo Did Not Find Results for: 'Yahoo No. 1 in Search.'

in News on October 2, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Yahoo Did Not Find Results for: ‘Yahoo No. 1 in Search.’

in News on October 2, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Microsoft CEO: Zuckerburbs Aren't All They're Cracked Up to Be

in News on October 2, 2007 at 10:14 am PT

For someone considering taking a stake in Facebook that could value it at $10 billion, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer doesn’t seem to think very much of the social-networking site. In an interview with the Times Online, Ballmer didn’t seem so sure Zuckerburbia deserves the jaw-dropping valuation given it. “There can’t be any more deep technology [...]

Microsoft CEO: Zuckerburbs Aren’t All They’re Cracked Up to Be

in News on October 2, 2007 at 10:14 am PT

For someone considering taking a stake in Facebook that could value it at $10 billion, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer doesn’t seem to think very much of the social-networking site. In an interview with the Times Online, Ballmer didn’t seem so sure Zuckerburbia deserves the jaw-dropping valuation given it. “There can’t be any more deep technology [...]