The newspaper article “Google users sue company over ‘deceptive’ privacy changes” written by Nathan Olivarez-Giles was published on March 21st, 2012 on the internet platform of LA Times. The author refers to three Google users who sue the company because of its privacy policy terms. The new terms inform the users that data from different services like Google Mail, Calendar and Health will be combined.
The drama film “The Social Network”, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher is about Facebook’s founding and Mark Zuckerberg’s (Jesse Eisenberg) life during that process. It was released on October 1, 2010 by Columbia Pictures as an adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s “The Accidental Billionaire”.
After Mark’s girlfriend Erica Albright (Rooney Mara) breaks up with him, he and his friend, Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), create a webpage that makes it possible for users to rate the female student’s attractivity by their yearbook-photos. It is called FaceMash. Since Zuckerberg is drunk and angry about his ex-girlfriend, he posts condescending blog posts about her. In the meantime, FaceMash spreads super quickly and soon the traffic is overwhelmed and the servers on Harvard crash.
FaceMash’s popularity and the fact, that Mark Zuckerberg created it within one night calls the Winkelvoss twins’ (Armie Hammer) attention. They and their friend Divya Narendra (Max Minghella) ask him to work with them to build a dating network only for Harvard alumni. He agrees but does not contact them for a while.
Meanwhile, Zuckerberg develops a social networking site, called thefacebook.com. Also, Saverin tries to become a member of the final club “Phoenix”. He gives Mark opening capital and becomes the Chief Financial Officer. Besides him, Dustin Moskovitz (Joseph Macello) and Chris Hughes (Patrick Mapel) support Mark.
Thefacebook.com develops rapidly and is soon available on other campuses and even countries. That way, Napster-founder Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) takes notice of the site and its founder. He contacts him and soon Parker, Saverin and Zuckerberg meet up. Parker gave them the advice to “Drop the the. Just Facebook.” and tells them that “One million is not cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.” and connects Zuckerberg and Saverin with an angel investor, who puts a lot of money into Facebook.
Saverin is pushed out of the company by his share of the company being reduced after he froze the bank account that was opened to finance Facebook. Later, Sean Parker gets caught by the police taking drugs on a party and when he informs Mark about the incident, he says that this will bring consequences.
After that, Saverin sues Zuckerberg as well as the Winkelvosses do, accusing him of plagiarism.
This trial builds the frame of the movie and in between the scenes, that tell Facebook’s and Mark’s story, are placed.
I think, the movie is well-made. It is definitely worth it to be watched since it is very interesting, dramatic and funny. On the other hand, it must be said that not everything in the movie is true. In fact, Eduardo Saverin was an important source for Ben Mezrich’s book but Mark Zuckerberg did not cooperate with the filmmakers. The movie is said to contain 40% of the truth.
Anyway, in my opinion the movie should be watched even just to feel the great film experience and the thrilling story.
Montag, 23.04.2012
10:15 Uhr – 11:45 Uhr: Allgemeine und systematische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (Domagkstr.)
12:00 Uhr – 14:00 Uhr: Planung und Entwicklung ländlicher Räume (Robert-Koch-Str.)
16:00 Uhr – 18:00 Uhr: Stadtgeographie (Robert-Koch-Str.)
Dienstag, 24.04.2012
08:00 Uhr – 10:00 Uhr: Einführung in die Bodenkunde (Robert-Koch-Str.)
16:15 Uhr – 18:00: Molekulare Infektionsbiologie: Strategien bakterieller und viraler Pathogene (Domagkstr., Fachbereich 05 Medizinische Fakultät)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
today I want to inform you about the advantages and disadvantages of Facebook’s upcoming Timeline.
Well, you might have heard about the timeline. It is supposed to let the users express their personality, or: every single post or picture you posted since you made up your account will show up again. So before you update your profile, you should look through your older posts and delete them or you can click on “Limit Old Posts” so that only your friends can see the posts.
Since the timeline is obligatory it does not matter when you install is, Facebook will force you anyway. After you set up the chronic, you have seven days to update your whole profile. Be aware of the fact that later everyone is able to see year-old photos and conversations, so hide or delete them!
Also, keep in mind that there are a lot of fraudulent websites which claim to undo your settings and getting you back your old profile. This is not possible. You can look up the sites on insidefacebook.com.
I hope that you are now well-informed about the upcoming timeline. Thanks for your attention.
MAREIKE 