Politico reports on Facebook’s very own electioneering arm: Top officials at Facebook pumped $170,000 into the company’s new PAC in 2011 — a sure sign that the company is ready to be a political player as it prepares for its IPO this year. , , David Ebersman, Marne Levine, Joe Lockhart and Joel Kaplan each […]
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The real winners in Facebook’s upcoming public offering will be its current owners. Barrett has a helpful pie chart illustrating just who these lucky few happen to be: Honestly, I had no idea that Bono had such a large investment in Facebook. We’ve all heard of and ‘s investments in the social media giant, but […]
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Can technology overcome and change institutions otherwise overcome by inertia and stagnation? Will technology help overcome tyrants and change the relationship between state and citizen in positive and hopeful ways, or will it enable dictators and make governments even more oppressive? These were some of the questions posed at Techonomy this past November. These aren’t merely […]
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