We’ve all seen the billboards. The words “Punk”, “Genius”, “Billionaire” spread across the face that lies beneath it. That face, of course, is supposed to be Mark Zuckerberg, the face of the Facebook. The question that comes to mind when passing those billboards is, “Can this movie match the networki… Click to read more

MySpace ran a huge ad for “The Social Network”, the new movie about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. COED finds this awkward. What do you think?

Nowadays, nearly everyone on the planet with access to a computer has a Facebook account. So when we dug up archives, from a mere five years ago, we couldn’t believe how much things had changed. These are screen shots of the Site when it was just the pet project of an ambitious Ivy Leaguer, accessible exclusively by fellow Harvard students. Enjoy!

When Facebook first launched in February 2004, there were three important things that you could do on the site. You could create a profile with your picture and information, view other people’s profiles, and add people as friends. The site also featured ugly dotted borders and strangely aligned labels. Back then, the site was only available at Harva… Click to read more

In the past when I’ve covered the extreme growth of a Facebook Group it’s usually dedicated to trivial subjects, like fake presidential candidates or girls flaunting their drunkenness online. The egotistical and mind-numbingly dumb groups that have made news recently have caused me to lose sight of what a positive tool for social change the… Click to read more

That’s the question I asked myself two weeks ago when I threw a little jammer at Black Bear in Hoboken, NJ. By party time over 85% still hadn’t confirmed or denied their Facebook invite, which is annoying as sh*t when dealing with bar management who ask every five minutes what kind of numbers you expect. Are my friends total douchebags or is the sys… Click to read more

Facebook’s Beacon Ad Platform wasn’t a monumental hit – right away.
But, like in the past, media critics and snappy Facebook users were quick to jump on Zuckerberg like starving wolves after a controversial new innovation to his website.
Why did this happen?
Are critics in a frenzy due to a lack of worthy tech news stories that pop? Are som… Click to read more

As reported earlier this year, Facebook has been rumored to announce an online music service to compete with iTunes and MySpace in the near future.
This just in: the “Facebook Music” platform will serve as the social networking giants first step into the music space.
The new platform is set to be announced at ad:tech in New York City next week. Le… Click to read more

“The corporate ladder has been the primary career path for generations of businessmen. Each of them unfairly queued behind a less-deserving man, climbing the rungs of someone else’s company while bearing business cards highlighted by someone else’s name and vision. Climbing this ladder takes a long time and odds are poor you’ll even reach t… Click to read more