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Microsoft tried to aquire Facebook for $15 billion

A lot of people thought Mark Zuckerberg was crazy when he turned down Yahoo's $1 billion offer, but it now turns out that he also declined a $15 billion offer from Microsoft in 2007. This information was revealed at a press conference entitled “How to get acquired” at the Le Web conference in Paris. The Telegraph reports that Microsoft’s Senior Director of Strategy and Acquisitions, Fritz Lanman, confirmed that Microsoft did try to buy Facebook in 2007. http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-tried-to-aquire-facebook-for-15-billion

The Media Attacks On Facebook And Mark Zuckerberg Are Getting Ou

Friday is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s 26th birthday. My guess is he won’t be enjoying it as much as he should, given that the top tech story of the day is a look at a private instant message exchange he supposedly had six or seven years ago at Harvard. The messages show a callous disregard for personal information added by early Facebook users. http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/13/the-media-attacks-on-facebook-and-mark-zuckerberg-are-getting-out-of-hand/
http://globalneighbourhoods.net/2010/06/open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-step-down.html Dear Mark, First off, my congratulations.

Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg: Step Down — Global Neighbourhood

Things didn’t go well for Mark Zuckerberg when he appeared on the D8 stage two days ago.

Should Mark Zuckerberg Throw in the Towel?

http://chris.pirillo.com/should-mark-zuckerberg-throw-in-the-towel/
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Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Serpico « The Jason Calacanis We

If what Calacanis says is true, Sandberg played a key role in the anti-Zuckerberg ramble. In this case, she would foster media buzz against her own company and boss while she is supposed to protect them... A very dangerous game from Sandberg or a very unfair attaq from Canacalis by Patrice Jun 5

In an an email newsletter yesterday Jason Calacanis , bizarrely referring to himself as Serpico (played by Al Pacino in the 1973 movie) talks about an interaction he had with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Wall Street Journal’s D Conference earlier this week. http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/04/the-mythical-sheryl-sandberg-wink-and-smile-starring-al-pacino/

The Mythical Sheryl Sandberg Wink And Smile (Starring Al Pacino)

http://scobleizer.com/2010/06/06/why-mark-zuckerberg-should-have-a-carol-bartz-moment/ Everyone seems to be against Mark Zuckerberg, founder/CEO of Facebook, lately.

Why Mark Zuckerberg should have a Carol Bartz moment — Scobleize

John Sculley on Why He Fired Steve Jobs

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/06/06/why-i-fired-steve-jobs.html Fate had a doozy in store for the men—and they were all men—who dumped the famously combative Jobs. The upstart they fired eclipsed them by many magnitudes, as emphasized two weeks ago when Apple passed Microsoft to become the most valuable technology company in the world.

Facebook: Calacanis Is Lying

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/11/facebook-calacanis-is-lying/ Well, this is getting more interesting.

Mark Zuckerberg's Age of Privacy Is Over

Mark Zuckerberg turned strangers' intimate moments into riches. We turned the tables on the Facebook CEO, lurking outside his house, following him out with his girlfriend and pals, and to Chinese language lessons.