One of Facebook's first 20 employees says the company lied to its own employees about whether it was developing a 'Facebook phone' (FB)

Charles Platiau/Reuters Facebook wanted to launch its own smartphone to rival Apple and Google, the details of which were reported in Steven Levy's new book, "Facebook: The Inside Story." The project, which never came to fruition, was so secretive that Facebook even denied the project to fellow employees, says the book. Levy quotes early Facebook employee Ezra Callahan saying it was "the first time I recall Facebook lying internally." Facebook never made its own phone, but a few years after the ...