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Facebook’s Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that the site had reached a nice, round 100 million active users by way of a status update on his profile.

World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire Ever in History; Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced that the site had reached a nice, round 100 million active users by way of a status update on his profile. Though he may have been scooped by senior manager of the “Platform” group, Dave Morin — on Twitter.  Which should make for an awkward meeting. Marketing at least use the right tools to trumpet Facebook’s reach, but they might also expect a grumpy young master soon, too. Why? Read The Rest

A tipster reports spotting Mark Zuckerberg in San Francisco today, outside 21st Amendment in San Francisco. He was “having a conversation (all smiles) with two other guys,” our tipster tells us.

Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg TogetherA tipster reports spotting Mark Zuckerberg in San Francisco today, outside 21st Amendment in San Francisco. He was “having a conversation (all smiles) with two other guys,” our tipster tells us. The restaurant and bar is near San Francisco’s South-of-Market startup epicenter, so there’s any number of reasons Zuckerberg might have been in town. But I can think of one reason why he’d be all smiles: He’s not in Palo Alto, where Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is busily wrecking his company. When Zuckerberg hired Sheryl Sandberg as Facebook’s COO, he said she would not be in “overall charge” of the company, but would stick to running business operations. Read The Rest

Aaron Greenspan, an amiable young entrepreneur, toils a mere 15-minute walk south of the Palo Alto

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Aaron Greenspan, an amiable young entrepreneur, toils a mere 15-minute walk south of the Palo Alto, Calif., offices of Facebook Inc., where he’s forging something of a cottage industry out of needling the current darling of Silicon Valley.

Facebook, a relatively new social-networking site, has nonetheless been valued at $15 billion by investors. The site drew 123.9 million unique visitors in May — more than twice the number drawn in the same month a year earlier, according to comScore Inc.
In addition, Facebook recently closed the door on years of troublesome litigation with the founders of ConnectU Inc., who unsuccessfully claimed that Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg stole their ideas and code.

Greenspan, who presents similar claims to have had an uncredited role in Facebook’s origins, said he has no intention of suing the company. He has, however, plunged into a quixotic and surprisingly adept legal effort to challenge the company’s registered trademark. In addition, he’s using the experience of publicly criticizing Facebook to inform his own startup.

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