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The Social Network Movie Slated To Hit Theaters On October 15, 2010
The movie about Facebook that is being directed by David Fincher and published by Columbia Pictures is slated to hit theaters on October 15, 2010. The movie was written by Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg (pictured), Justin Timberlake, Joe Mazzello, and Andrew Garfield. Eisenberg will be playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Justin Timberlake will be playing Napster co-founder and former Facebook advisor Sean Parker. Andrew Garfield is playing Eduardo Saverin, a Facebook co-founder who ended up quitting as a disagreement with Zuckerberg over money.
I haven’t yet read the book that the movie is based on, but I think it would be interesting if they also include the three people that Zuckerberg supposedly stole code from: Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra. Supposedly those three individuals made $65 million as part of a settlement with their company ConnectU and Facebook this past February.
Chyngle iPhone Application Helps You Find Food And The John At Stadiums
Chyngle is a mobile application company started by Todd Sullivan. Sullivan went to Yale University for his undergraduate degree and earned an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan where he won the MBA Entrepreneur of the Year. One of Sullivan’s latest applications is an iPhone application that has football stadiums mapped out and reports where the food stalls and bathrooms are. There is also a button that contacts medical assistance. And the application also has the ability to find carpools for getting back home.
So far Chyngle has the University of Michigan Stadium (also known as “The Big House” and the second largest stadium in the U.S.) mapped out. The Chyngle branded application uses the GPS built into the phone to find out your location and find out the services and people nearby. The services are marked by a red dot on the map. To order a pizza, drinks, chips, or anything else the user can send an SMS message to the food stands. Sullivan coined this service “in-pocket marketing.” Chyngle makes money by charging the venue $2,000 per month as a licensing fee.
At the TechCrunch50 demopit session, Sean Parker suggested a name change. He said he started a company called Plaxo and “people thought it was a dental problem.” Another judge suggested making it free for iPhone users and creating maps of bigger venues such as Madison Square Gardens.
Categories Chyngle, Sean Parker, Todd Sullivan, University of Michigan
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