An investigation by Facebook found , but hasn't yet issued a statement on the name-change claim. The details about the dispute remain unclear. But even if Facebook did nothing wrong, it was a widely reported story that damaged the company's reputation.

Although it's been a horrible summer overall, it seems to have gotten even worse this week.

The company is having trouble with developers. A high-profile developer named Dalton Caldwell wrote an open letter this week, picked up by the media, accusing Facebook of .

Google Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra wrote a widely circulated Google+ post that linked to the Caldwell screed, asserting Google's respect for developers and implying that .