Facebook December

Here is a set of major new stories around Facebook in December. If I have missed out any Facebook December, please do leave it as a comment.

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1. Facebook’s Zynga is expected to raise $1bn from IPO. It is popular producer of Farmville and Mafia Wars.  Zynga has over 50 million active users from over 150 countries.
2. Mark Zuckerberg could make $24 Billion with Facebook IPO. This can possibly happen when Facebook goes public with $100 billion evaluation next year. According to The Wall Street Journal, Mark Zuckerberg ‘s combined net worth would be more than the poorest 24.7 percent of USA.
3. Mark Zuckerberg’s page has now over 10 million subscribers on Facebook (Highest for anyone on Facebook) as of December. This was achieved with the subscription feature. Analysts say that this could be short lived if other popular celebrities embrace the subscription feature.  Facebook currently has over 800 million active users.
4. A Brazilian researcher has showed that it is quite possible to “friend” any stranger on Facebook in less than 24 hours. This was demonstrated by creating a new profile (by cloning a profile of someone near the intended user), then adding the friend’s of the intended users and finally the intended user itself.