A businessman who claimed in a lawsuit that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had promised him half ownership in the then-fledgling company when he was still at Harvard was arrested Friday on fraud charges.
For those who want to own just one ceremonial share of a company, there are websites that specialize in "one share" transactions. The operators of those sites say they expect Facebook to become one of their most popular stocks once it begins trading publicly.
A four-hour Facebook outage -- the worst in more than four years for the company -- caused plenty of commotion among users whose access was blocked or slowed Thursday. The trouble came only two days after a hacker attacked Twitter with pop-up windows.
As many critics have complained, Facebook now offers over 50 choices on its security settings, complicating what should be a simple process. But if all you want is access to your friends, the process is actually pretty easy (video).
Despite what you've heard, the Facebook privacy settings aren't that confusing, though they do take time to adjust.
