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Spotted: Facebook’s Check-In Functionality And New “Places” Tab
Code doesn’t lie. Over the past several weeks, there’s been a lot of speculation about Facebook’s location functionality. At least part of that speculation can end now. We now know…
May 10 2010, 3:14am | Comments »
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Facebook’s Mobile Strategy Condensed Into 16 Minutes (Video)
Yesterday, in a session on ‘Mobile Communications 2.0′ at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Facebook’s VP of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion Chamath Palihapitiya shared the social networking…
February 17 2010, 9:23am | Comments »
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Too Big To Fail: Facebook Begins Building Its Own Data Center In Oregon
Facebook has 350 million users now and thanks to worldwide growth, shows no signs of letting up. While still technically a startup — though one with around $750 million in…
January 21 2010, 9:16pm | Comments »
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Facebook Rolling Out Redesign To Some Users
Facebook seems to be rolling out its new site design to at least some people outside the company, although none of us at TechCrunch have yet to be graced with…
January 4 2010, 10:38am | Comments »
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It’s Not Easy Being Popular. 77 Percent Of Facebook Fan Pages Have Under 1,000 Fans
In this age of instant Internet celebrity, anyone can become famous for 15 seconds (to rework Andy Warhol’s oft-quoted maxim). But what does famous mean exactly when anyone can have…
November 28 2009, 6:00pm | Comments »
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The Churchill Club: A Conversation With Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
I’m here at the Palo Alto Research Center, where the Churchill Club is hosting an interview with Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer. Altimeter Group Founder Charlene Li is moderating…
October 16 2009, 4:25am | Comments »
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Mark Zuckerberg: “Spotify Is So Good”
The ink isn’t even dry on the MySpace/iLike acquisition, and already Facebook has a new crush on a different music service, Spotify. We’ve heard that Facebook has been talking with…
August 25 2009, 9:26am | Comments »
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iLike Deal Puts Facebook In Lose/Lose Situation
As more details emerge about the MySpace-iLike acquisition, all sorts of interesting observations and questions pop up. A few thoughts: The Facebook Angle This is by far the most interesting…
August 17 2009, 10:40pm | Comments »
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How Much Do You Think Twitter Is Worth? How about a Half-Billion Dollars
If Facebook is worth upwards of $5 billion, then how much do you think Twitter, the San Francisco-based micro messaging start-up is worth? Somewhere in between $441-to-$589 million, if you…
July 30 2009, 4:57am | Comments »
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