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Swiftstories

  1. Google closes on its purchase of Motorola: googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/weve-a…
  2. FTC hires privacy expert Paul Ohm as advisor for privacy investigations: on.wsj.com/Lmdyv3
  3. Nice wedding photo of Mr & Mrs Zuck. Looks like a backyard Palo Alto ceremony. Glad the had a great day for it. twitter.com/Swiftstories/s…
  4. Ditto! RT @dmac1: "Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Facebook. Dumbstruck that this did not leak ahead of time, but good for them"
  5. Mark Zuckerberg has married long time girlfriend Pricilla Chan, according to his Facebook timeline.
  6. Maybe #Facebook didn't soar today, but #SpaceX will try to tomorrow, launching a capsure to the Int'l Space Station: on.mash.to/LfuH9t
  7. The 11 funniest Tweets about Facebook's IPO. " Don't Forget to Hug a Winklevii Twin Today" : gizmodo.com/5911454/the-11…
  8. Here's a fly in the IPO ointment. British law firm files class-action lawsuit against #Facebook as it goes public: bit.ly/KlrB32
  9. @gabosama @karaswisher The home of Robert Scoble. Where it is, amazingly, not foggy today. :)
  10. @gabosama @karaswisher Come buy a place in HMB!
  11. My favorite line of the day, from EPIC's Marc Rotenberg: "Why did Facebook go public? Because it couldn't figure out the privacy settings."