Wayne Chang
Encyclopedia
Wayne Chang is an American entrepreneur
and computer programmer. He is best known for creating i2hub
, a peer-to-peer
filesharing network.
at age 7. He was involved with the original Napster
, the first peer-to-peer
filesharing platform, while he attended high school in Haverhill, Massachusetts
. In 2005, Newsweek profiled Chang for his abilities in technology.
According to Chang's LinkedIn profile, he has worked on projects such as Dropbox, LanCraft, MyAdvantange, TetriNET
, Nestea2, Q.U.B.E., Tribes 2
, Gibbed.net, Q30wnerz, Instant Profiler, Dorm2Dorm. Chang also founded the Scene Review News Network, a site ranked 367 by Alexa
. In 1999, Chang was a Security Consultant for AllAdvantage
. In 2002, he was a Director at Pacific Northwest Software. In 2007, he founded Boylston Technology Group. Chang also served on the Board of Directors
for non-profit organization Community Dispute Settlement Center.
In 2011, Chang co-founded Crashlytics
, a mobile company building crash reporting for iOS and Android, with Jeff Seibert. Crashlytics
raised $1 million.
in his dorm room at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. According to Chang, he started i2hub
with the idea that college students should have an avenue to interact with each other. He had started it in February 2003 for a month but shut it down due to its popularity. He then restarted it in March 2004, when he was better prepared for the traffic.
Facebook
also had just launched in February 2004, a month before i2hub
. Both i2hub
and Facebook
were gaining attention from the press. In August 2004, Mark Zuckerberg
, Andrew McCollum
, Adam D'Angelo
, and Sean Parker
of Facebook
launched a competing peer-to-peer file sharing
service called Wirehog
. Traction was low compared to i2hub
, and Facebook
ultimately shut it down.
As users flocked to the service, it attracted the attention of ConnectU
and founders Cameron Winklevoss
, Tyler Winklevoss
, and Divya Narendra
. A partnership allegedly formed between i2hub
and ConnectU
. The partnership, called The Winklevoss Chang Group, jointly advertised their properties through bus advertisements as well as press releases. i2hub
integrated its popular software with ConnectU
's website, as part of the partnership. The team also jointly launched several projects and initiatives.
Due to legal pressure, on November 14, 2005, i2hub
was shut down.
sued Facebook
in early 2004. Facebook
countersued in regards to the team's Social Butterfly
project, and named among the defendants ConnectU
, Cameron Winklevoss
, Tyler Winklevoss
, Divya Narendra
, and Wayne Chang. A settlement was reached where Facebook
acquired ConnectU
for 1,253,326 shares of Facebook stock and an additional $20 million in cash. On August 26, 2010, The New York Times reported that Facebook shares were trading at $76 per share in the secondary market, putting the total settlement value at close to $120 million. Another lawsuit was filed to undo the settlement as Facebook allegedly misrepresented the value of the stock by more than 4x. If the settlement was adjusted to match, the total value would be over $466 million.
On December 21, 2009, Wayne Chang and The i2hub
Organization launched a lawsuit against ConnectU
and its founders, Cameron Winklevoss
, Tyler Winklevoss
, and Divya Narendra
, seeking 50% of the settlement. The complaint says "The Winklevosses and Howard Winklevoss filed [a] patent application, U.S. Patent Application No 20060212395, on or around March 15, 2005, but did not list Chang as a co-inventor." It also states "Through this litigation, Chang asserts his ownership interest in The Winklevoss Chang Group and ConnectU, including the settlement proceeds." Lee Gesmer, of Gesmer Updegrove, LLP, posted the detailed 33-page complaint online.
On May 13, 2011, it was reported that Judge Peter Lauriat made a ruling against the Winklevosses. Chang's case against them could proceed. The Winklevosses had argued that the court lacks jurisdiction because the settlement with Facebook has not been distributed and therefore Chang hasn't suffered any injury. Judge Lauriat wrote, "The flaw in this argument is that defendants appear to conflate loss of the settlement proceed with loss of rights. Chang alleges that he has received nothing in return for the substantial benefits he provided to ConnectU, including the value of his work, as well as i2hub's users and goodwill." Lauriat also wrote that, although Chang's claims to the settlement are "too speculative to confer standing, his claims with respect to an ownership in ConnectU are not. They constitute an injury separate and distinct from his possible share of the settlement proceeds. The court concludes that Chang has pled sufficient facts to confer standing with respect to his claims against the Winklevoss defendants."
, a mobile company building crash reporting for iOS and Android, with Jeff Seibert in 2011. Crashlytics
raised $1 million from Flybridge Capital Partners
, Baseline Ventures, David Chang, Lars Albright, Jennifer Lum, Roy Rodenstein, Chris Sheehan, Ty Danco, Joe Caruso, and others.
In Spring 2005, Newsweek profiled Wayne Chang in their issue, "The College Vanguard: 15 Students You Don't Know... But Will".
In April, 2005, the press, including USA Today, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, reported that the Recording Industry Association of America was filing lawsuits against users of i2hub.
In July 2005, Wayne Chang was featured in CBS Sunday Morning News segment called "Networth".
In August 2005, Wayne Chang was profiled by Boston Globe's Business section, "Software wiz follows dream out of college".
In October, 2005, The Daily Free Press wrote an article in their business section, "Wayne's World".
In November, 2005, the press, including MSNBC, BBC News and Boston Business Journal reported that Wayne Chang shut down i2hub.
In August 2009, Wayne Chang spoke at an entrepreneur panel for The National Association of Asian American Professionals.
In October 2010, the film The Social Network
was released. The film depicts the battle between ConnectU
and Facebook
, which included the settlement at the end of the film that is the subject matter of the Chang v. Winklevoss case.
On December 14, 2010, ABC News wrote an article reporting on The Winklevoss Chang Group dispute, "Man Says Twins Who Sued Facebook 'Backstabbed' Him, Sues for Settlement Money".
On December 16, 2010, Time Magazine wrote an article on The Winklevoss Chang Group dispute, "Facebook Watch: Former Business Partner Sues the Winklevi".
On December 31, 2010, New York Times wrote a front page article on the Facebook lawsuits. Chang was mentioned the blog post.
In January 2011, BusinessWire and TechCrunch reported that Wayne Chang invested in OnSwipe's $1M seed round, along with Spark Capital, SV Angel, Betaworks, ENIAC ventures, Morado Ventures, Dharmesh Shah, Jennifer Lum, and Roy Rodenstein.
In October 2011, it was announced that Chang had started a new company, Crashlytics. It is building crash reporting solutions for iOS and Android and raised $1M in its seed round. Investors included Flybridge Capital Partners
, Baseline Ventures, David Chang, Lars Albright, Jennifer Lum, Roy Rodenstein, Chris Sheehan, Ty Danco, Joe Caruso, and others.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and computer programmer. He is best known for creating i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
, a peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
filesharing network.
Personal life
Chang wrote his first software program on the Apple IIeApple IIe
The Apple IIe is the third model in the Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer. The e in the name stands for enhanced, referring to the fact that several popular features were now built-in that were only available as upgrades and add-ons in earlier models...
at age 7. He was involved with the original Napster
Napster
Napster is an online music store and a Best Buy company. It was originally founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing audio files that were typically digitally encoded music as MP3 format files...
, the first peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
filesharing platform, while he attended high school in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Haverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 60,879 at the 2010 census.Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the...
. In 2005, Newsweek profiled Chang for his abilities in technology.
According to Chang's LinkedIn profile, he has worked on projects such as Dropbox, LanCraft, MyAdvantange, TetriNET
TetriNET
TetriNET is a multiplayer online Tetris game for up to six people, developed by St0rmCat in 1997 that supports team play.The last official version is 1.13...
, Nestea2, Q.U.B.E., Tribes 2
Tribes 2
-Legacy:On November 20, 2002, Sierra released an update for Tribes 2. This update contained two new game types, new maps and updates to address several issues. Sierra, which is now part of Vivendi SU, licensed the franchise to Irrational Games for a third installment; Tribes: Vengeance was...
, Gibbed.net, Q30wnerz, Instant Profiler, Dorm2Dorm. Chang also founded the Scene Review News Network, a site ranked 367 by Alexa
Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is known for its toolbar and Web site. Once installed, the toolbar collects data on browsing behavior which is transmitted to the Web site where it is stored and analyzed and is the basis for the company's Web traffic...
. In 1999, Chang was a Security Consultant for AllAdvantage
AllAdvantage
AllAdvantage was an Internet advertising company that positioned itself as the world’s first "infomediary" by paying its users/members a portion of the advertising revenue generated by their online viewing habits...
. In 2002, he was a Director at Pacific Northwest Software. In 2007, he founded Boylston Technology Group. Chang also served on the Board of Directors
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
for non-profit organization Community Dispute Settlement Center.
In 2011, Chang co-founded Crashlytics
Crashlytics
Crashlytics is a venture-funded startup building crash reporting for mobile platforms, including iOS and Android.- History :As reported by Xconomy and BostInnovation, Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert met In February 2011 in popular tech gathering spot Voltage Cafe in Kendall Square. Seibert had told...
, a mobile company building crash reporting for iOS and Android, with Jeff Seibert. Crashlytics
Crashlytics
Crashlytics is a venture-funded startup building crash reporting for mobile platforms, including iOS and Android.- History :As reported by Xconomy and BostInnovation, Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert met In February 2011 in popular tech gathering spot Voltage Cafe in Kendall Square. Seibert had told...
raised $1 million.
i2hub
Chang created i2hubI2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
in his dorm room at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. According to Chang, he started i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
with the idea that college students should have an avenue to interact with each other. He had started it in February 2003 for a month but shut it down due to its popularity. He then restarted it in March 2004, when he was better prepared for the traffic.
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
also had just launched in February 2004, a month before i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
. Both i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
were gaining attention from the press. In August 2004, Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is chief executive and president...
, Andrew McCollum
Andrew McCollum
Andrew McCollum is a co-founder of Facebook and an angel investor. He attended Harvard University with co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and others on the founding team. He worked at Facebook from February 2004 to September 2006...
, Adam D'Angelo
Adam D'Angelo
Adam D'Angelo is the chief executive and co-founder of Quora, an online knowledge market based in Palo Alto, California.He was chief technology officer of Facebook, and also served as its vice president of engineering.He left Facebook in 2008...
, and Sean Parker
Sean Parker
Sean Parker is an American technology businessman and entrepreneur. He co-founded Napster, Plaxo, Causes, and Airtime, and was Facebook's founding president. His net worth is estimated at $2.1 billion.-Early life:...
of Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
launched a competing peer-to-peer file sharing
Peer-to-peer file sharing
P2P or Peer-to-peer file sharing allows users to download files such as music, movies, and games using a P2P software client that searches for other connected computers. The "peers" are computer systems connected to each other through internet. Thus, the only requirements for a computer to join...
service called Wirehog
Wirehog
Wirehog was a friend-to-friend file sharing program that was linked to Facebook and allowed people to transfer files directly between computers.- History :...
. Traction was low compared to i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
, and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
ultimately shut it down.
As users flocked to the service, it attracted the attention of ConnectU
ConnectU
ConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
and founders Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Howard Winklevoss is an American rower and entrepreneur. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner Tyler Winklevoss. Cameron and his brother are known for co-founding HarvardConnection along with Harvard...
, Tyler Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss
Tyler Howard Winklevoss is an American rower and entrepreneur. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner Cameron Winklevoss...
, and Divya Narendra
Divya Narendra
Divya Narendra is an American businessman. He is currently the CEO and co-founder of SumZero. He also co-founded HarvardConnection with Harvard classmates Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss....
. A partnership allegedly formed between i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
and ConnectU
ConnectU
ConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
. The partnership, called The Winklevoss Chang Group, jointly advertised their properties through bus advertisements as well as press releases. i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
integrated its popular software with ConnectU
ConnectU
ConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
's website, as part of the partnership. The team also jointly launched several projects and initiatives.
Due to legal pressure, on November 14, 2005, i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
was shut down.
Facebook and ConnectU lawsuits
ConnectUConnectU
ConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
sued Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
in early 2004. Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
countersued in regards to the team's Social Butterfly
Social Butterfly
Social butterfly means a gregarious person.It may also refer to* Social Butterfly, a character in the comic book series Livewires...
project, and named among the defendants ConnectU
ConnectU
ConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
, Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Howard Winklevoss is an American rower and entrepreneur. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner Tyler Winklevoss. Cameron and his brother are known for co-founding HarvardConnection along with Harvard...
, Tyler Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss
Tyler Howard Winklevoss is an American rower and entrepreneur. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner Cameron Winklevoss...
, Divya Narendra
Divya Narendra
Divya Narendra is an American businessman. He is currently the CEO and co-founder of SumZero. He also co-founded HarvardConnection with Harvard classmates Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss....
, and Wayne Chang. A settlement was reached where Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
acquired ConnectU
ConnectU
ConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
for 1,253,326 shares of Facebook stock and an additional $20 million in cash. On August 26, 2010, The New York Times reported that Facebook shares were trading at $76 per share in the secondary market, putting the total settlement value at close to $120 million. Another lawsuit was filed to undo the settlement as Facebook allegedly misrepresented the value of the stock by more than 4x. If the settlement was adjusted to match, the total value would be over $466 million.
On December 21, 2009, Wayne Chang and The i2hub
I2hub
i2hub was a peer-to-peer file sharing service and program designed and intended primarily for use by university and college students. The program was created by Wayne Chang, a student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
Organization launched a lawsuit against ConnectU
ConnectU
ConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
and its founders, Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Howard Winklevoss is an American rower and entrepreneur. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner Tyler Winklevoss. Cameron and his brother are known for co-founding HarvardConnection along with Harvard...
, Tyler Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss
Tyler Howard Winklevoss is an American rower and entrepreneur. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner Cameron Winklevoss...
, and Divya Narendra
Divya Narendra
Divya Narendra is an American businessman. He is currently the CEO and co-founder of SumZero. He also co-founded HarvardConnection with Harvard classmates Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss....
, seeking 50% of the settlement. The complaint says "The Winklevosses and Howard Winklevoss filed [a] patent application, U.S. Patent Application No 20060212395, on or around March 15, 2005, but did not list Chang as a co-inventor." It also states "Through this litigation, Chang asserts his ownership interest in The Winklevoss Chang Group and ConnectU, including the settlement proceeds." Lee Gesmer, of Gesmer Updegrove, LLP, posted the detailed 33-page complaint online.
On May 13, 2011, it was reported that Judge Peter Lauriat made a ruling against the Winklevosses. Chang's case against them could proceed. The Winklevosses had argued that the court lacks jurisdiction because the settlement with Facebook has not been distributed and therefore Chang hasn't suffered any injury. Judge Lauriat wrote, "The flaw in this argument is that defendants appear to conflate loss of the settlement proceed with loss of rights. Chang alleges that he has received nothing in return for the substantial benefits he provided to ConnectU, including the value of his work, as well as i2hub's users and goodwill." Lauriat also wrote that, although Chang's claims to the settlement are "too speculative to confer standing, his claims with respect to an ownership in ConnectU are not. They constitute an injury separate and distinct from his possible share of the settlement proceeds. The court concludes that Chang has pled sufficient facts to confer standing with respect to his claims against the Winklevoss defendants."
Crashlytics
Chang co-founded CrashlyticsCrashlytics
Crashlytics is a venture-funded startup building crash reporting for mobile platforms, including iOS and Android.- History :As reported by Xconomy and BostInnovation, Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert met In February 2011 in popular tech gathering spot Voltage Cafe in Kendall Square. Seibert had told...
, a mobile company building crash reporting for iOS and Android, with Jeff Seibert in 2011. Crashlytics
Crashlytics
Crashlytics is a venture-funded startup building crash reporting for mobile platforms, including iOS and Android.- History :As reported by Xconomy and BostInnovation, Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert met In February 2011 in popular tech gathering spot Voltage Cafe in Kendall Square. Seibert had told...
raised $1 million from Flybridge Capital Partners
Flybridge Capital Partners
Flybridge Capital Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm focused on early-stage venture capital investments. With $560 million under management across three funds, the firm invests in consumer, healthcare, energy and information technology markets and is led by a team with domain expertise...
, Baseline Ventures, David Chang, Lars Albright, Jennifer Lum, Roy Rodenstein, Chris Sheehan, Ty Danco, Joe Caruso, and others.
Pop culture
In Spring 2001, The Boston Globe profiled Wayne Chang in "e-Files".In Spring 2005, Newsweek profiled Wayne Chang in their issue, "The College Vanguard: 15 Students You Don't Know... But Will".
In April, 2005, the press, including USA Today, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, reported that the Recording Industry Association of America was filing lawsuits against users of i2hub.
In July 2005, Wayne Chang was featured in CBS Sunday Morning News segment called "Networth".
In August 2005, Wayne Chang was profiled by Boston Globe's Business section, "Software wiz follows dream out of college".
In October, 2005, The Daily Free Press wrote an article in their business section, "Wayne's World".
In November, 2005, the press, including MSNBC, BBC News and Boston Business Journal reported that Wayne Chang shut down i2hub.
In August 2009, Wayne Chang spoke at an entrepreneur panel for The National Association of Asian American Professionals.
In October 2010, the film The Social Network
The Social Network
The Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits...
was released. The film depicts the battle between ConnectU
ConnectU
ConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
, which included the settlement at the end of the film that is the subject matter of the Chang v. Winklevoss case.
On December 14, 2010, ABC News wrote an article reporting on The Winklevoss Chang Group dispute, "Man Says Twins Who Sued Facebook 'Backstabbed' Him, Sues for Settlement Money".
On December 16, 2010, Time Magazine wrote an article on The Winklevoss Chang Group dispute, "Facebook Watch: Former Business Partner Sues the Winklevi".
On December 31, 2010, New York Times wrote a front page article on the Facebook lawsuits. Chang was mentioned the blog post.
In January 2011, BusinessWire and TechCrunch reported that Wayne Chang invested in OnSwipe's $1M seed round, along with Spark Capital, SV Angel, Betaworks, ENIAC ventures, Morado Ventures, Dharmesh Shah, Jennifer Lum, and Roy Rodenstein.
In October 2011, it was announced that Chang had started a new company, Crashlytics. It is building crash reporting solutions for iOS and Android and raised $1M in its seed round. Investors included Flybridge Capital Partners
Flybridge Capital Partners
Flybridge Capital Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm focused on early-stage venture capital investments. With $560 million under management across three funds, the firm invests in consumer, healthcare, energy and information technology markets and is led by a team with domain expertise...
, Baseline Ventures, David Chang, Lars Albright, Jennifer Lum, Roy Rodenstein, Chris Sheehan, Ty Danco, Joe Caruso, and others.