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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Replaces Tim Cook As Highest-Rated CEO

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has replaced Tim Cook as the highest-rated CEO in tech, according to employee approval ratings on Glassdoor. Cook’s 97% approval rating from 2012 has dropped down to 93%, which takes him from first position all the way down to 18th. Zuckerberg now has an impressive 99% approval rating.

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Weeks Before Facebook Acquired Instagram, Twitter Nearly Bagged It For $525 Million

Weeks Before Facebook Acquired Instagram, Twitter Nearly Bagged It For $525 Million

Late last week, Instagram — now owned by Facebook — confirmed it had disabled Twitter integration, and the ability for users to see Instagram “cards” or previews in their timelines. While it’s not a massive issue for Twitter users, who will still gets links to Instagram photos, it marks the first major breakdown between the two social services since the Facebook acquisition.

But things could have been very different. Weeks before Facebook bought Instagram, Twitter was close to acquiring the photo sharing service for just $525 million.

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Facebook In Talks To Buy Popular Cross-Platform Messenger WhatsApp [Rumor]

Facebook In Talks To Buy Popular Cross-Platform Messenger WhatsApp [Rumor]

WhatsApp could be the next item on Facebook’s shopping list.

Following its acquisition of Instagram earlier this year, Facebook is said to be eyeing up another popular service. Cross-platform messenger WhatsApp could be the next item on the social network’s shopping list as the company looks to extend its mobile presence, according to sources close to the matter.

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Mark Zuckerberg Praises Steve Jobs And Apple After Reaching 1 Billion Facebook Users

Mark Zuckerberg Praises Steve Jobs And Apple After Reaching 1 Billion Facebook Users

Facebook hit 1 billion users earlier today, and Mark Zuckerberg has been making the rounds with the press to celebrate the milestone. While speaking with NBC’s Matt Lauer, Zuckerberg talked briefly about Steve Jobs and Apple’s influence on Facebook as a company.

When asked about Steve Jobs, Zuckerberg mentioned how his company and Apple share a respect for user experience. “He [Steve Jobs] was just so focused,” said Zuckerberg. “For him, the user experience was the only thing that mattered.”

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Woz: Mark Zuckerberg Is A Combination Of Myself And Steve Jobs

Woz: Mark Zuckerberg Is A Combination Of Myself And Steve Jobs

Woz thinks that Zuckerberg is the best of both worlds.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently made some comments concerning Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s upcoming IPO. In an interview with Bloomberg, Woz said that Zuckerberg was a combination of himself and Apple’s other co-founder, Steve Jobs. Woz cited Zuckerberg’s shrewd business sense combined with his passion for engineering and tinkering, with the latter set of qualities embodying Woz’s expertise.

Not only did Woz praise Facebook for its upcoming IPO valued at $96 billion, but he also said that he would invest in Facebook regardless of the opening price.

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Steve Jobs Inspired Facebook’s New, Life-Saving Organ Donor Feature

Steve Jobs Inspired Facebook’s New, Life-Saving Organ Donor Feature

They may not have always seen eye-to-eye, but Mark Zuckerberg referred to Steve Jobs as "a mentor and a friend" after he passed away.

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that his girlfriend and Steve Jobs were the inspiration behind a new, “life-saving” Facebook feature that allows users to share that they’re an organ donor with their friends via their Timeline. The social networks hopes that the new feature will help spread awareness for organ donation, and encourage as many people as possible to donate.

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After $1B Instagram Buyout, Could Facebook Buy Viddy Next?

After $1B Instagram Buyout, Could Facebook Buy Viddy Next?

Was Zuckerberg simply showing off his pooch, or is he eyeing up another takeover?

Having already treated himself to the hugely popular photo-sharing service Instagram earlier this month, there’s talk that Mark Zuckerberg could now be eyeing up a potential takeover of Viddy, a service that is often described as “Instagram for videos.” It would be the perfect companion to Facebook’s latest purchase.

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Steve Jobs Declared The Greatest Entrepreneur Of Our Time

Steve Jobs Declared The Greatest Entrepreneur Of Our Time

For years businesses across the world have attempted to dissect Steve Jobs’ career to figure out what made him so incredibly brilliant and successful. Not only did he change the way we use technology, but he changed movies, music, retail shopping and more. His entrepreneur skills were some of the best the world has seen, which is why Fortune magazine declared Steve Jobs “The Greatest Entrepreneur of Our Time” in their ranking of the top 12 entrepreneurs of recent memory.

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Only 12 Hours Left to Learn How To Make the World’s Next Great Website with Cult of Mac’s Latest Video Course [Deals]

Only 12 Hours Left to Learn How To Make the World’s Next Great Website with Cult of Mac’s Latest Video Course [Deals]

So you wanna be the next Zuckerberg, eh? But, let me guess, you’re a “business guy” who doesn’t know how to program? You’ve thought about it, but you don’t even know where to start, or you just “don’t have time”. Stay on this path and you may end up finding yourself seeking out a code monkey! Trust us, nobody wants that.

Here’s what we’re gonna do. We’re going to help you out by introducing you to the HTML/CSS guru himself, Mark Lassoff. The man is energetic, skilled, and a dynamic online presenter; plus, he’s provided programming instruction to some of America’s largest corporations.

This course is a stellar opportunity to learn the fundamentals of HTML and CSS you need in order to whip up that creative, high-quality website you’ve been mulling over for years! Normally this course costs $49, but we negotiated a sweet deal with Mark. For only $29, you’ll get Mark’s HTML and CSS expertise jam-packed into nearly 4 hours of video instruction that includes highlighted lab exercises, so you can apply the very skills taught from the course.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Dog Blogs From A MacBook Pro At Facebook HQ [Pic]

Mark Zuckerberg’s Dog Blogs From A MacBook Pro At Facebook HQ [Pic]

Mark Zuckerberg’s faithful hund Beast has apparently gotten himself a job as an engineer at Facebook, and like all the best dogs, he’s an Apple fan, through and through.