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Topas Ecolodge, Sapa, Vietnam

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As we reported previously in Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Luxury Vacation in Vietnam: “Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan spent Christmas Eve in the popular tourist destination Ha Long Bay, local official Trinh Dang Thanh says. The couple spent Christmas Day at an ecolodge in the northern mountain town of Sapa and rode a buffalo, said Le Phuc Thien, deputy manager at Topas Ecolodge.”

However, on the Topas Ecolodge Facebook page, the resort is being very shy. They wrote a status update and stated: “Thank you for your interest in regards to the stay of Mr. Zuckerberg and friends at Topas Ecolodge. For respecting the privacy of our guests, we are sorry for not being able to provide any news about their stay. This is also our criteria to offer a nice private relaxing vacation to our guests. We wish Mr. Zuckerberg and his friends an excellent and unforgettable vacation in Vietnam.”

Here’s more information on the luxury resort:

Topas Ecolodge is a responsible and sustainable lodge situated in the spectacular Sapa valley in the northern Vietnam. Topas Ecolodge has 25 separate bungalows laying around on a hill top each with a private balcony facing the valley. Topas Ecolodge is the perfect place for relaxing, trekking and mountain biking. Click here for a photo tour of the resort.


Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Luxury Vacation in Vietnam

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Vietnam doesn’t have Facebook, but they do have Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He’s vacationing in the communist country, where the social-networking site is blocked by local Communist authorities.

Zuckerberg and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan spent Christmas Eve in the popular tourist destination Ha Long Bay, local official Trinh Dang Thanh says. The couple spent Christmas Day at an ecolodge in the northern mountain town of Sapa and rode a buffalo, said Le Phuc Thien, deputy manager at Topas Ecolodge.

They were seen visiting the Hoa Lo Prison Museum, known as the ‘Hanoi Hilton’ where American prisoners of war were held during the Vietnam War. Also, Zuckerberg and an entourage of eight people hired the Phoenix cruise ship and left the mainland at around 11:30 p.m. to cruise Bo Nau and Sung Sot caves in Ha Long Bay. Zuck’s meals included:

Dinners:
Grilled Fillet With Coconut With Barbecue Sauce
Fried Tofu With Tomato Sauce
Fried Egg With Sapa Mushroom
Sapa trout carpaccio with shallot and lemon oil
Grilled pork and apple skewers with Sapa honey (Don’t touch that, Mark!)
Sapa mushroom risotto
Eggplant, tomato and onion gratin

Lunch:
Cucumber Salad
Fried Shrimp vegetable
Fried Channa Maculata Fish
Potato with Cheese

Desserts:
Baked pear and cinnamon crumble
Creme caramel
Gingerbread pudding
Rice pudding with Strawberry sauce


Facebook IPO Coming in 2012

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It’s official, the Facebook IPO is going to be huge — and will occur between April 2012 to June 2012. As the valuation could exceed $100 billion, the IPO will make Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a kajillionaire. Here’s the WSJ for more:

The social networking firm is now targeting a time frame of April 2012 to June 2012 for an initial public offering, said people familiar with the matter. The company is exploring raising $10 billion in its IPO—what would be one of the largest offerings ever—in a deal that might assign Facebook a $100 billion valuation, a number greater than twice that of such stalwarts as Hewlett-Packard Co. and 3M Co. – read more at WSJ


Mark Zuckerberg Talks Steve Jobs on Charlie Rose

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Set to air tonight on PBS’s Charlie Rose, Facebook CEO discusses the influence of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs. While is was reported that Apple and Facebook were battling, notoriously over Ping in the iTunes store, and deep Twitter integration with iOS5, the Zuck sets the record straight. There were no issues with Apple, Zuckerburg states. Instead, he says in the Charlie Rose show that Steve Jobs was a mentor to him — similar as Jobs was a mentor to Google’s Larry Page. Zuckerberg asked Steve how to best establish great teams to create killer products and how to be focused. The Facebook founder called Steve “Amazing… I had a lot of question for him.” Charlie Rose asked “Like what?”

Zuckerberg responds: “How to build a team around you, right, that’s focused on building as high quality and good things as you are. How to keep an organization focused, right, when I think the tendency for larger companies is to try to fray and go into all these different areas. Yeah, I mean a lot just on the aesthetics and kind of mission orientation of companies. I mean, Apple is a company that is so focused on just building products that — for their customers and their users. And — and that’s like — it’s such a deep part of their mission is build these beautiful products for their users. And I think we connected a lot on this level of, okay, Facebook has this mission that’s really more than just trying to build a company, right, that has a market cap or a value. It’s like we’re trying to do this thing in the world. And I don’t know, a lot of it I just think we connected on that level.”

Jobs and Zuckerberg also talked about “the aesthetics and kind of mission orientation of companies.” Zuckerberg also says he has respect for Apple because, like Facebook, it is out to build a company that will change the world rather than fatten the bottom line.


Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg on Charlie Rose

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Tonight, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg will appear together in a rare joint interview on the PBS Show Charlie Rose tonight. Hosted, of course, by Charlie Rose, the show will discuss upcoming Facebook features, from the Timeline redesign to new privacy settings. The high profile joint interview of Zuckerberg and Sandberg will also dive into Facebook’s upcoming IPO — with Sandberg taking the lead as the “adult supervisor” of the hugely popular social network. After the recent Groupon IPO, Facebook feels the time is right to establish their company as solid business for prospective investors.

Prior to Facebook, Sandberg was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she built and managed the online sales channels for advertising and publishing and operations for consumer products worldwide. Here’s a preview from tonight’s Charlie Rose show:

Catch Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg tonight on PBS’s Charlie Rose, airing at 11pm in most time zones (but check your local listings).

Below, watch Zuckerberg and Sandberg appearing at AllThingsD’s D6 in 2008:


Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg on Charlie Rose

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Tonight, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg will appear together in a rare joint interview on the PBS Show Charlie Rose tonight. Hosted, of course, by Charlie Rose, the show will discuss upcoming Facebook features, from the Timeline redesign to new privacy settings. The high profile joint interview of Zuckerberg and Sandberg will also dive into Facebook’s upcoming IPO — with Sandberg taking the lead as the “adult supervisor” of the hugely popular social network. After the recent Groupon IPO, Facebook feels the time is right to establish their company as solid business for perspective investors.

Prior to Facebook, Sandberg was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she built and managed the online sales channels for advertising and publishing and operations for consumer products worldwide.

Watch Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg tonight on PBS’s Charlie Rose, airing at 11pm in most time zones (but check your local listings)>

Below, watch Zuckerberg and Sandberg appearing at AllThingsD’s D6 in 2008:


Facebook Will Launch Music Service At F8 On September 22

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Breaking News! We just received the following press release from CNBC, alerting us to the upcoming Facebook Music Service that will launch at F8. WHEN: Wednesday, August 31st WHERE: CNBC’s “Fast Money Halftime Report” Following is the unofficial transcript of breaking news from CNBC’s Jon Fortt. All references must be sourced to CNBC. JON FORTT: [...]

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg kills his own food

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When he’s not helming the largest social media networking site in the world, Facebook’s baby-faced founder Mark Zuckerberg kills his own meat. So far, he’s killed a chicken, pig and goat, he told Fortune magazine Thursday, which he and his longtime girlfriend have cooked together. The 27-year-old internet baron was in Paris this week to [...]

Winklevoss twins lose Facebook appeal

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Mark Zuckerberg won the latest legal battle against former Harvard classmates who accuse him of stealing their idea for Facebook, a multimillion-dollar feud made famous on the silver screen. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss must accept a settlement with Facebook that had been valued at $65 million, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The twins [...]