Word: facebooked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Still, for wonks like me, it's been riveting to watch three of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley - each representing a fundamental phase of the information era-battle it out. Apple, Google and Facebook are, respectively, an icon from the pioneering days of personal computers; the biggest, most profitable company yet born on the Web; and a feisty upstart whose name is synonymous with the current migration to social networks...
...many ways, these companies are technology's standard-bearers, though their guiding philosophies differ. Google, for instance, advocates an "open" Web and tends to push for open standards and alliances among developers. Facebook, with its gated community of 70 million active users, offers a more controlled experience and, so far at least, wants to keep its users safely within its walls. Apple comes from the old world. Its elegant products cocoon customers from the chaos of the information age, but the Apple experience tends to be highly controlled, with Apple hardware at the end points and Apple software and services...
...short present-tense story, and finally padded with additional details and alternate formatting for different news platforms (the web, radio, TV, etc.). The AP also launched a mobile news service available on hand-held devices in May and increased its online interactive content to appeal to today's Facebook generation...
...those who lurk on Facebook hoping for romance, the tale of Nicole Ali ’08 and James M. McNeer ’07 must look like a dream come true. The ubiquitous social networking site that brought them together has led to a wedding of international proportions. “It was the summer before my freshman year,” Ali recalled. Unexpectedly, she received a Facebook message from McNeer, a rising sophomore. “He was looking for people who play computer games,” she said. He had seen her Facebook profile, where...
...Kamber D. Vittori ’08 and Kenton J. Hetrick ’07, Harvard will always be more than just their alma mater. Nicole Ali ’08 and James M. McNeer ’07 For those who lurk on Facebook hoping for romance, the tale of Nicole Ali ’08 and James M. McNeer ’07 must look like a dream come true. The ubiquitous social networking site that brought them together has led to a wedding of international proportions. Kristine M. Boehm ’08 and Christian...