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The Wall Street Journal rifled through Chris Christie's campaign documents that were released on Monday and discovered that the New Jersey governor owes a political debt to Silicon Valley. In short, $590,000 of the $6 million sitting in Gov's campaign piggy bank for his 2014 reelection comes from West coast tech - $700,000 if you count non-Cali tech magnates. From WSJ : Residents of the Golden State gave more than $590,000 in reportable contributions to Mr. Christie's campaign, second only to New Jersey gifts, an analysis of campaign documents released Monday [...]

Mark Zuckerberg's political action group sounds like it's up to some full-on "House of Cards" maneuvering. Zuckerberg has historically leaned pretty progressive. And FWD.us, the political action group he co-founded with Silicon Valley tech execs, recently added famously progressive Bill Gates to its ranks. So why is FWD.us running ads for conservatives like Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham, with Graham's ad even backing the Keystone Pipeline and other oil drilling? Here's the ad: Zuckerberg has advocated for building a new "knowledge-based economy" to replace the economy built on natural resources, [...]

El nuevo Facebook Phone llegó pero no como todos lo imaginan, Mark Zuckerberg -CEO de Facebook - anunció una nueva integración relacionada a su plataforma para los smartphones con el sistema operativo Android . Pero, ¿en qué consiste esta integración?  Mark comentó: "En estos días los teléfonos giran alrededor de las apps y no de la gente, con Facebook Home  queremos darle ese giro". Lo nuevo de esta incorporación es que Facebook ahora será el homepage [...]

Don't take it from me, but listen to the likes of Bill Gates (Microsoft/Philanthropy), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Jack Dorsey (Square), Tony Hsieh (Zappos), Drew Houston (Dropbox), Gabe Newell (Valve/Steam), and um, Chris Bosh (Not LeBron James or Dwayne Wade) and Will.i.am (sometime hologram, occasional Black Eyed Pea) on the importance of learning to computer program in school. The effort is driven by Code.org , part of Khan Academy, which also has several great resources . Basic programming - or at least the ability to better read and write code - is on [...]

Here's one thing we have in common with Facebook: we're both waiting on our tax refund checks. Here's where we are different: they're waiting on a $429 million check and [...] The post Facebook's Waiting On Their Tax Refund Check, Too, Except It's For $429 Million appeared first on The Smoking Section .

Apparently being a billionaire doesn't cure your need for a bit of dance floor BPM excitement. Based on a photo posted on Beatport's Facebook, the FB boss himself was partying it up (top left) with Chicago - based house producer Dj Dory. Before anyone gets cheeky, we aren't going in 100% confirming that this is Zucks or he did 'Pop a Molly and I'm Sweatin' but you know what they say.... pictures don't lie. We can only hope so see some of those advertising dollars Djs give to Facebook heading back into the scene. Maybe some Facebook sponsored events [...]

As 2012 comes to a close, companies all along the board are publishing their lists honoring precocious stars, innovators, and successful business entrepreneurs. Forbes' released its annual "30 Under 30" list that includes hiphop and R&B aficionados, Kendrick Lamar and Drake. The youngsters featured on the Forbes' "30 Under 30" list represent "the entrepreneurial, creative and intellectual best of their generation." While there are the ubiquitous names of business billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, and pop star Lady Gaga, the list boasted a number of hiphop and electronic artists this year. On the [...]

I remember when Facebook first popped up at my college campus. I vowed to myself that I'd never sign up, ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ watch-mark-zuckerberg-speak-ab out-facebook-surpass/70171/

Clearly one of the most anticipated segments of TechCrunch Disrupt , which enters its third and final day today in San Francisco, was a one-on-one interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg - the first time the young tech billionaire has gone on record since his company’s IPO back in mid-May. Zuckerberg addressed the jam-packed audience on topics regarding his company’s questionable performance on Wall Street, the future of the Facebook Phone, and a number of other items surrounding the future of the social network . Zuckerberg considered his company’s [...]

Photo by G.  Art by Thrashbird. Facebook and all this social networking bullshit are some of the least social things on the planet.  People have seemingly forgotten how to behave when in the presence of ACTUAL people.  People cannot stop texting (and yes, I am guilty of it too - though not as bad as [...]

After months of hoopla, Facebook finally went public on Friday at an IPO price of $38 per share, with expectations that the number could rise by as much as 50% [...]

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Above is a screencap of Mark Zuckerberg's very own Facebook page which announces his marriage to longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan. The couple have been together since Mark started Facebook – then known as The Facebook – back in 2004. They were married in Palo Alto, California. h/t Reuters reporter Anthony De Rosa 's personal blog.

It seems like the hoopla over Mark Zuckerberg's social network becoming a publicly-traded company has been going on for months. Yet, today the day where those who feel Facebook can [...]

"Is there a way to do this without making it painfully apparent to him that he's being diluted to 10%?" - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg , in a letter to his attorney on cutting out co-founder Eduardo Saverin from the company. Business Insider got their hands on a letter written by a 20-year-old Zuckerberg and while it might make him appear less sympathetic, it's clear that even at a young age he was not to be trifled with.

Capri Cavalli The Ten Least Influential People on Time’s 100 Most Influential People List [Daily Intel] Theraflu Says They Didn't Ask Kanye To Change The Name Of His Song [Broken [...]

After recently acquiring Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg continues his conquest for world dominance with news that Facebook will be streaming the first ever US movie simultaneously with a release in theaters. [...]

Dear Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg , and Facebook+Instagram staff and shareholders, On behalf of a coalition of early adopter instagram users, downloading your app to our phones back when even the darkest, poorest minorities were 'priced out' of iPhone ownership due to many classist barriers to entry like 'high device price' and 'overpriced AT&T contract', we'd like to say, "WTF." SRSLY, WTF? R u frigging kidding me, bros? First you let all of those Android lamestreamers on to the network , now ur telling all of the Facebook [...]

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