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Article: Facebook Grows Up; At 19, Mark Zuckerberg came up with a new way for college kids to connect--and started an online revolution. Now 23, he's trying to build out his business without losing its cool.(Cover story)
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- Newsweek
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- August 20, 2007
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Byline: Steven Levy (With Karen Breslau in Palo Alto, Jennifer Ordoñez and Tara Weingarten in Los Angeles, Temma Ehrenfeld, Charlene Dy, Brian Braiker and Nick Summers in New York and Sam Stein in Washington, D.C.)
On Tuesday, July 31, Shara Karasic's world came to a temporary halt. Facebook was down. She could not follow the fortunes and foibles of her friends. She could not see if any photos had been posted that were tagged as including her. She could not even know if anyone had "poked" her (which is not a sexual act, but just a little cozier way of saying "hey, you" online). Even though she had the entire Internet to entertain her and connect her, she ...