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Divya Narendra, Cameron Winklevoss, and Tyler Winklevoss, founders of the social network ConnectU, filed a lawsuit against Facebook in September 2004.The lawsuit alleged that Zuckerberg had broken an oral contract to build the social-networking site, copied the idea, [1] [2] and used source code that they provided to Zuckerberg to create competing site Facebook.
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]
Cameron Winklevoss was born in Southampton, New York, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. [1] He is the son of Carol (née Leonard) and Howard Edward Winklevoss Jr.; [2] [3] Howard was an adjunct professor of actuarial science at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tyler Winklevoss was born in Southampton, New York, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. [1] He is the son of Carol (née Leonard) and Howard Winklevoss, [2] [3] who started an asset management company overseeing hundreds of millions of dollars, and is an author [4] and professor of actuarial science at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
In September 2008, Facebook permanently moved its users to what they termed the "New Facebook" or Facebook 3.0. [362] This version contained several different features and a complete layout redesign. Between July and September, users had been given the option to use the new Facebook in place of the original design, [ 363 ] or to return to the ...
Meta also purchased the defunct company ConnectU in a court settlement and acquired intellectual property formerly held by rival Friendster. The majority of the companies acquired by Meta are based in the United States, and in turn, a large percentage of these companies are based in or around the San Francisco Bay Area .
Facebook countersued in regard to the team's Social Butterfly project, and named among the defendants ConnectU, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, Divya Narendra, and Wayne Chang. [20] Settlement was reached where Facebook acquired ConnectU for 1,253,326 shares of Facebook stock and an additional $20 million in cash.