Chinese Company Sues Facebook, Claiming It Stole Timeline Idea
Many Facebook users are still angry with the site for implementing timeline. They're not alone. According to TechRadar, a Chinese Pinterest-like site — Cubic Network — has sued Facebook, claiming that the company stole the idea for timeline.
Many Facebook users are still angry with the site for implementing timeline. They’re not alone. According to TechRadar, a Chinese Pinterest-like site — Cubic Network — has sued Facebook, claiming that the company stole the idea for timeline.
Cubic Network (L99.com) claims that it thought of the idea for what Facebook calls timeline Feb. 9, 2008. TechRadar notes that Harvard grad Xiong Wanli started Cubic Network and held a discussion at Stanford University about this feature.
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