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In Challenge to MySpace, Facebook Opens Up

Networking site sets its sights on platform model

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted May 25, 2007 11:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – In a challenge to social-networking giant MySpace, Facebook will open itself to outside software developers. With 65 partners—including Microsoft and Amazon—cleared to build web applications within the site, the scrappy No. 2 is attempting to transform itself into an all-in-one destination. The lure:... Read full story »

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