Facebook confirms new corporate structure, privacy may be to blame

Facebook‘s corporate structure is getting a facelift with five new product groups that will report directly to founder Mark Zuckerberg.

“We can confirm that in order to streamline the product development process, we have reorganized our technical teams into product groups that report into Mark,” Facebook told All Things D. “These groups will be lead by Bret Taylor, Chris Cox, Greg Badros, Mike Schroepfer and Sam Lessin.”

What each group will be responsible for is … Continue Reading

Not just Zuckerberg: 62 Facebook employees join Google+

Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only Facebook employee using Google’s new social offering, Google+. At least 62 Facebook employees have signed up for the competing social service, according to an unofficial list compiled by Huffington Post Senior Editor Craig Kanalley.

“Why are people so surprised that I’d have a Google+ account?” Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, said in a text message to tech news personality Robert Scoble last week.

Presumably, many of his employees share their … Continue Reading

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t put on a happy face in his Google+ profile

Google+ is still composed of an invite-only user base, but tech reporters have been invited into the fold. We’ve been playing around with Google+ all morning (na na na na NA!). One of us even chatted with Dana Brunetti, one of the producers of The Social Network, in a Google+ HangOut room.

Perhaps Mr. Brunetti added Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to his “People I did a Movie About” social Circle (Google+ allows you to group … Continue Reading