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Google Builds Its Social Network Piece by Piece Rather than building its own products, Google has taken the acquisition road. How well will they integrate their new acquisitions?   |
BusinessWeek
February 25, 2010
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Facebook Tests a Payment Service for Virtual Goods Facebook will explore the feasibility of extending its virtual currency. At stake: a potential $530 million in additional revenue. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2010
Carl Bagh |
Small Buy, Big Plans: Google Buys Slide Google recognizes the emerging threat from Facebook. |
Fast Company
April 1, 2011
Leah Fabel |
The Business of Facebook After all its maneuverings to get us to open up, the social-networking behemoth is expected to go public itself sometime this year. Here, a look at the numbers propelling its estimated $50 billion valuation. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2008 |
In Search of a Business Model Facebook has been developing a business model designed to go beyond traditional online advertising. |
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The New Facebook? Google is unveiling a new "Google Buzz" feature that sets up a face-off with Facebook. |
InternetNews
June 4, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Facebook See Profits in New Payment System As Facebook continues to both grow and avoid profitability, can the social networking site make money by employing a site-wide e-commerce platform? |
InternetNews
July 16, 2009 |
Facebook Talks Ad Tech for Devs, Hits 250M Users Social networking giant Facebook has rolled out a new set of ad-targeting technologies to better help developers monetize their applications and expanded its virtual currency program across the Facebook Platform. |
InternetNews
November 12, 2010 |
Facebook Seen Challenging Google With Webmail Rumor mill kicks into overdrive ahead of Facebook's mystery event at company headquarters next week, with the best odds calling for a new Webmail service to rival Google's Gmail. |
InternetNews
August 11, 2010 |
Is Google Ready to Compete With Facebook? Why would Google invade Facebook's well-established social networking turf? |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2011 |
Facebook Narrowing Gap With Google? The social-networking site passed Big G as the most-visited site in 2010. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2010
Carl Bagh |
Sensing Threat From Facebook, Google Forays Into Social Networking Facebook has opportunities to expand into multiple platforms, just like Google has. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2011
Aditi Baid |
War of the Web Giants Some people believe that what Google did to Microsoft years ago is exactly what Facebook might be doing to Google right now. |
InternetNews
August 20, 2009 |
Facebook Tests Branded Virtual, Real-World Gifts Facebook is expanding its efforts to turn its online Gift Shop into a money-making opportunity through sales of other companies' virtual - and potentially physical - goods. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Facebook Follows Netflix's Lead With Post-Play Videos Facebook is in talks to host content from BuzzFeed, National Geographic, and the Times within the blue confines of its own site, sharing ad revenue with publishers. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
200 Million Reasons to Kick Yourself Facebook has not been an easy site to monetize, but its ways should leave investors drooling over the possibilities of what it can do in the future. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Who Should Buy Facebook? According to reports, Microsoft is in discussions to take a stake in Facebook. Is Facebook a must-read for Microsoft investors? |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Consolidation Clouds Social Gaming Space Acquisitions are in the air. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2011
Roger Nachman |
What Else Can Facebook Do? The Goldman deal has brought on a lot of scrutiny to the social networking site, as the SEC is looking into whether Facebook has to go public because of the number of investors it has. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Facebook Will Let You Bookmark Videos With "Watch Later" Button Facebook users will soon start seeing a "Watch Later" button when they hover over the upper-right-hand corner of a video, much like the one that's already offered on YouTube. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
SINA's Virtual Reality China's dot-com darling is reportedly ready to roll out virtual currency. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Greed May Cost Facebook Snagging Facebook really would be a good fit for a struggling Yahoo!, and it would also be a brutal blow to Microsoft, which signed a Facebook ad-distribution deal just two months ago. But Facebook is looking for Yahoo! to raise its offer. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
It's Not Just You, Google Everybody missed the Facebook bandwagon, one misstep or another. |
InternetNews
November 15, 2010 |
Facebook Messages, the Next Step Beyond Email? Facebook unwraps a new system for collecting online communications in one unified format. |
InternetNews
July 22, 2010 |
The Open Source Software That Runs Facebook The head of Facebook's open source products details how the company delivers social networking to 500 million people. |
BusinessWeek
April 22, 2010
Douglas MacMillan |
Zynga and Facebook. It's Complicated As long as Zynga keeps supplying Facebook with hit games -- and ad revenue -- it could be a long and profitable partnership. |
InternetNews
October 24, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Buys Facebook Stake What does $240 million buy these days? For Microsoft, a tiny 1.6 percent stake in social networking phenomenon Facebook - oh, and an exclusive worldwide advertising deal. |
InternetNews
May 25, 2007
David Needle |
The Microsoft of Social Networks? Facebook launches a kind of operating system for social networks. |
InternetNews
June 8, 2010 |
Yahoo Extends Facebook Partnership Yahoo strengthens its ties with Facebook, announcing plans to integrate content on the two platforms, as well as a new privacy dashboard. |
InternetNews
March 14, 2011 |
Facebook to Offer Online Group Discounts Facebook is rolling out tests of an online coupon service to be shared among friends. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
At 4 Billion Views A Day, Facebook Video Is Zuckerberg's Next Cash Cow Since last summer, the number of videos watched on Facebook has tripled, now totaling over 4 billion per day. This isn't just a bragworthy metric: It's likely to become a key piece of Facebook's business in the future. |
PC Magazine
March 8, 2011
Chloe Albanesius |
Do Facebook Comments Signal the Death of Online Anonymity? An update to Facebook's Comments plug-in has some concerned. |
Wired
June 22, 2009
Fred Vogelstein |
Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet -- and Keep Google Out Today, the Google-Facebook rivalry isn't just going strong, it has evolved into a full-blown battle over the future of the Internet -- its structure, design, and utility. |
| AskMen.com |
The Saddest Purchase Ever New web service allows you to "buy" Facebook friends -- and Facebook isn't happy about it. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Virtual Currency Gets Real Will Facebook Credits and other social scrip challenge government-backed currencies? |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2011
Mark Anderson |
Six Billion Friends? Facebook's growth has been explosive, but not everywhere |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Facebook Is Upgrading Search Functionality Within User Profiles Facebook appears to be quietly rolling out a new search feature: the ability to search within individual profiles. |
InternetNews
December 3, 2008
David Miller |
Does Facebook Connect Go Far Enough? Facebook adds an extra 'social layer' to Web sites. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2010 |
Bigger Threat to Google: Apple or Facebook? As more and more people flock to social networking sites, how will this affect Google's bottom line? |
InternetNews
April 24, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Vanity URLs a Perfect Fit for Facebook Facebook promised profitability. Is this how it's going to get there? |
Bank Technology News
May 2009
Michael Sisk |
Facebook and Banks: Not Really "Friends" Despite its vast size and exponential growth, banks are finding that Facebook does not translate easily into a marketing platform. Many argue that it may never. |
InternetNews
June 24, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Facebook Live Stream Continues Real-Time Push New Live Stream Box to bring Facebook chitchat to videos on third-party sites. |
InternetNews
September 30, 2009 |
Facebook Connect Charges Forward The social networking giant moves on two fronts to extend its reach. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Ari Levy |
A Way for Outsiders to Bet on Facebook Investment firms are buying Facebook shares from insiders and repackaging them so outsiders can own a piece of the company. |
PC Magazine
April 22, 2010
Dan Costa |
Facebook: Privacy Enemy Number One? If you're uncomfortable with Facebook's privacy policies now, just wait. Things are about to get much worse. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2009 |
Facebook Snaps Up FriendFeed Social networking heavyweight Facebook said today that it is acquiring online sharing service FriendFeed for an undisclosed amount. |
InternetNews
April 5, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Yahoo 'Faced' in Social Network Indecision? A report says Yahoo should have bought Facebook when it had the chance. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Facebook Is Working On A Digital Assistant Called Moneypenny The teased service will supposedly let users call on "real people" when they need help choosing products or services, putting it somewhere between Siri and concierge services like Alfred. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2011
Michelle Zayed |
How Bright Is Zynga's Future? Zynga is a new business and investors are skeptical, but if it makes the right decisions it could become a leading online gaming company. |
InternetNews
December 18, 2009 |
YouTube Gets More Social With Facebook First the video sharing site released the top videos of 2009 and now it's offering tighter integration with Facebook. |
