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  • November 2007

    • Facebook to Join Google's 'OpenSocial' Alliance?

      Fortune Magazine  |  Nov 2, 07 4:49 PM CDT

      Facebook to Join Google's 'OpenSocial' Alliance?

      (Newser) - The day after MySpace announced it was joining a Google-led alliance meant to let applications written for one social networking site be used on others, it looks like lone outsider Facebook could join up, too. That's according to Fortune Magazine , which reported that Facebook and Google representatives met yesterday and that a board member said Facebook is open to the OpenSocial standard. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • World Wide Web  • OpenSocial  • open standards

  • October 2007

    • Google Out to Smite Facebook Software Platform

      New York Times  |  Oct 31, 07 11:56 AM CDT

      Google Out to Smite Facebook Software Platform

      (Newser) - Google couldn't buy a piece of Facebook, so it's going after the social networking site's software platform instead. Tomorrow a Google-led alliance will  introduce a common platform for software developers to write programs for Google's social site, Orkut, along with LinkedIn, hi5, Friendster, Plaxo, Ning and others. The hope is to one-up Facebook, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Facebook  • OpenSocial  • Friendster  • Orkut  • Maka Maka

    • Meebo Joins Facebook as Platform

      Fortune Magazine  |  Oct 31, 07 4:34 AM CDT

      Meebo Joins Facebook as Platform

      (Newser) - Meebo, an instant-messenger startup, is following in the footsteps of Facebook by allowing certain hand-selected developers to create new widgets for its pages. Unlike Facebook, however, it plans to lure developers by offering them half the revenue gained from the features they create and will sell the ads itself, instead of leaving the task to the more code-oriented developers. More »

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      Facebook  • Internet advertising  • startup  • software developers  • widget  • platforms  • application  • Meebo

    • Google to Blow Minds With Facebook Rival ‘Maka-Maka’

      TechCrunch  |  Oct 29, 07 2:35 PM CDT

      Google to Blow Minds With Facebook Rival &lsquo;Maka-Maka&rsquo;

      (Newser) - Google is set to launch its hush-hush rival to Facebook next month. Code-named “Maka-Maka,” the watershed social networking service will introduce a completely open source platform and a slew of new applications. Details are scarce, but the vision is a social layer that combines all of Google’s existing services—think GoogleChat, iGoogle, Orkut—and incorporates outside data, TechCrunch reports. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • open source  • Friendster  • Orkut  • Maka Maka

    • Don't Let Facebook De-Face You

      MarketWatch  |  Oct 29, 07 1:35 PM CDT

      Don't Let Facebook De-Face You

      (Newser) - Social-networking sites make it easier to connect with friends and make new ones, but they also let casual acquaintances  like co-workers—or your boss—look you up on a whim.  Protect your privacy with these six steps from MarketWatch : Look for tools that allow you to restrict access to your profile, like the "private" setting on MySpace or the "limited profile" function on Facebook. More »

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      list  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • online privacy  • privacy settings

    • Colbert Nation Rules Facebook

      New York Times  |  Oct 29, 07 4:30 AM CDT

      Colbert Nation Rules Facebook

      (Newser) - The Facebook group "1,000,000 Strong for Stephen T. Colbert" reached a million members in just over a week, making the organization devoted to the comedian's phony presidential campaign the fastest-growing political group in the four-year history of the social networking site.  More »

    • Will Costly Options Hurt Facebook?

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 28, 07 10:16 PM CDT

      Will Costly Options Hurt Facebook?

      (Newser) - Microsoft's recently purchased stake in Facebook may make it harder for the social networking site to hire talented employees, reports the Wall Street Journal . By selling a 1.6% stake for $240 million, Facebook increased its valuation to $15 billion, in turn radically increasing the cost of stock options, which are a vital part of many Silicon Valley compensation packages. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Facebook  • social networking  • Silicon Valley  • stock options  • employment recruiting

    • Facebook Seeks Hedge Fund Cash After Microsoft Deal

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 26, 07 1:12 AM CDT

      Facebook Seeks Hedge Fund Cash After Microsoft Deal

      (Newser) - After raising $240 million from Microsoft, the social networking site Facebook expects to raise a further $260 million from hedge funds and private-equity investors, according to the Wall Street Journal . The cash will be used to fund an international expansion and a new ad revenue system. The investment would put the value of Facebook at $15 billion. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Facebook  • social networking  • Mark Zuckerberg  • ad revenue

    • Microsoft Deal Overshadows Google's Analyst Day

      CNET  |  Oct 25, 07 12:30 AM CDT

      Microsoft Deal Overshadows Google's Analyst Day

      (Newser) - Google made some noteworthy announcements at its Google Analyst Day yesterday, but they were overshadowed by Microsoft's announcement earlier in the day that it was acquiring a $240 million stake in Facebook, a prize for which the two companies had reportedly engaged in a heated bidding war. Among Google's news: the early success of its Apps business. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Facebook  • DoubleClick  • Google phone  • search engine marketing  • Google Apps

    • Microsoft Beats Out Google for Facebook Deal

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 24, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      Microsoft Beats Out Google for Facebook Deal

      (Newser) - Microsoft has beaten out Google for the hand of fair Facebook. The much-anticipated decision was announced today: Microsoft will handle Facebook's international ad sales (it already handles US sales) and invest $240 million for a 1.6% stake in the networking site. "We are pleased to take our Microsoft partnership to the next level," says Facebook's chief revenue officer. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Facebook  • online advertising

    • Facebook Closes in on Combo Ad, Investment Deal

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 24, 07 3:01 PM CDT

      Facebook Closes in on Combo Ad, Investment Deal

      (Newser) - Google and MIcrosoft are both pushing hard to land a deal to sell international ads for Facebook, and the networking site could announce a decision as early as today. Whichever company is chosen will also buy a minority stake in the startup. Top Google and Microsoft execs are traveling to Facebook headquarters for negotiations, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Facebook  • online advertising

    • Cable, Telcos Killing US Web Success Says Pundit

      Silicon Valley Watcher  |  Oct 22, 07 11:48 AM CDT

      Cable, Telcos Killing US Web Success Says Pundit

      (Newser) - Comcast’s recent disabling of big file uploads could lay waste to Silicon Valley’s media complex, says SiliconValleyWatcher’s Tom Foremski, injuring or killing Web 2.0 companies like YouTube or Facebook. Comcast's insistence that it isn’t contractually obligated to provide those companies’ services, he argues, is the kind of Luddite thinking that has long slowed technological progress in America. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • YouTube  • cable TV  • Comcast  • telecommunications  • broadband Internet  • telecom  • net neutrality  • digital downloads  • BitTorrent  • web services