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ConnectU (originally HarvardConnection) was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004, [1] that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. [2]
Apr 17, 2018 · They decided to call it Harvard Connection (now ConnectU). Divya Narendra then approached his friend and Harvard senior Sanjay Mavinkurve, who became the first person to write a program for the...
Jun 26, 2008 · A federal judge handed Facebook a final victory in its lawsuit with ConnectU over who originated the social networking service, ending a turbulent chapter for the company.
Feb 11, 2009 · Facebook Inc. reportedly paid out $65 million to settle a lawsuit filed against it by the founders of ConnectU Inc. The suit had charged that Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pilfered...
Jul 26, 2007 · ConnectU, which accuses Facebook of stealing its ideas, has been in legal pursuit of its rival, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and early employees Eduardo Saverin, Dustin...
Nov 11, 2016 · In the next few months ConnectU plans to gain a decent bit of traction among its user-base, and hit 100,000 users. Victor argues that students are getting tired of having to manage their activity...
Facebook has retorted with allegations that ConnectU's suit is unfounded--as well as a countersuit claiming that ConnectU mined Facebook's user data to recruit more members. Indeed, the...
Feb 10, 2009 · A law firm violated confidentiality terms when it bragged about getting a $65 million settlement from Facebook for ConnectU–and the deal probably wasn’t worth that much anyway.
Under their settlement, Facebook agreed to pay ConnectU $20 million in cash and 1,253,326 shares of common stock. The stock was worth $45 million, based on the Microsoft valuation, but only $11...
The case began in 2004, when ConnectU's founders alleged in a lawsuit that the idea for Facebook was originally theirs, and accused Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of ripping off their...