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The Future Fruits Of Apple + Facebook

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And while Facebook is struggling to make money on small mobile screens, Facebook TV could be a more natural place for display ads. Advertisers have been demanding a bigger, flashier ad formats that Facebook TV could host. We’re so used to watching commercials on TV that a glossy still ad every 10 minutes or 10 photos, or the occasional fifteen-second pre-roll might not seem out of place.

Apple would gain a good showcase for how existing mobile and web apps could be reformatted for the television. The special Facebook app could also be a selling point for Apple’s new TV hardware. Facebook needs to be on televisions and Apple needs Facebook on its televisions, so this collaboration seems inevitable if not imminent.

via The Future Fruits Of Apple + Facebook | TechCrunch.

What goes around comes around.  The first computer to use the TV as a monitor was the VIC-20 or Commodore 64.  Then there was WebTV.  Now Apple wants to pipe Facebook to TV? Not having a TV or a Facebook account I have no basis for an opinion on this.

Facebook Might Have a Smartphone in Its Future

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This would be Facebook’s third effort at building a smartphone, said one person briefed on the plans and one who was recruited. In 2010, the blog TechCrunch reported that Facebook was working on a smartphone. The project crumbled after the company realized the difficulties involved, according to people who had worked on it. The Web site AllThingsD reported last year that Facebook and HTC had entered a partnership to create a smartphone, code-named “Buffy,” which is still in the works.

via Facebook Might Have a Smartphone in Its Future – NYTimes.com.

Facebook IPO Post Mortem

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4. Mobile is going to crush Facebook. The logic for Facebook’s price decline is that they have a problem in mobile. They can’t offer all the games they can in a browser. They can’t offer the same ads or branding opportunities. All true.

via Facebook IPO Post Mortem – Killer – but not for the reasons you think ! « blog maverick.

5. And in the interest of disclosure I bought 150k shares of FB. 50k shares at 33, 50k shares at 31.97 and 50k shares around 32.50. Its a trade, not an investment. Kind of like buying a Mickey Mantle, a Hank Aaron and a Barry Bonds Rookie Card knowing there is a card show in town next week

What if Facebook is really worth $100 billion?

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Facebook’s success therefore depends on conformity. Why is Facebook so valuable? Because everyone (even this writer, reluctantly) is on Facebook. Why aren’t people still on Myspace, or a dozen other social media contenders?

Because the nature of the communication itself requires everyone to be on the same system, just as Microsoft a generation ago forced everyone to use its operating system and software. It is not just the so-called Network Effect, but Facebook’s raison d’etre: to advertise one’s conformity to commercial culture in a way that preserves the illusion of individuality.

via Asia Times Online :: Asian news and current affairs.

Google Generates 6 Times More Revenue Per User than Facebook

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Facebook is back in the spotlight today after raising $500 million from Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and a Russian investor. With all the hype that Facebook may go public in the near future, now is a great time to take a look at whether Facebook users are particularly valuable when compared to the competition:

via Google Generates 6 Times More Revenue Per User than Facebook (NASDAQ:AMZN, NASDAQ:EBAY, NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:YHOO, NASDAQ:BIDU, NYSE:GS) | Wall St. Cheat Sheet.

This story dated 1/5/2011.  I have not looked at how they tabulated these numbers but statistics can favour whoever wrote the mathematical  formula.  Interesting nonetheless.

How to Buy a Facebook Girlfriend for $5

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How to Buy a Facebook Girlfriend for $5.

The web service GirlfriendHire has what it takes to make real human relationships obsolete. And why not? Facebook has already diminished friendship to a cowering, anemic orphan of a concept. Next up: Sex and love. The site allows you to directly order a fake girlfriend for $5. It’s a deal. You’ll pay far more for a Match.com subscription, where you own only the chance of meeting someone.

In Facebook Deal for Instagram, Board Was All But Out of Picture

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Negotiating mostly on his own, Mr. Zuckerberg had fielded Mr. Systrom’s opening number, $2 billion, and whittled it down over several meetings at Mr. Zuckerberg’s $7 million five-bedroom home in Palo Alto. Later that Sunday, the two 20-somethings would agree on a sale valued at $1 billion.

via In Facebook Deal for Instagram, Board Was All But Out of Picture – WSJ.com.

This is unbelievably reckless.

Facebook Considers Adding The Hate Button

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According to Facebook’s S-1 filing, users are now generating 2.7 billion Likes and Comments per day. With the Hate button, Facebook expects to at least double that. The S-1 noted “popular Pages on Facebook include Lady Gaga, Disney, and Manchester United, each of which has move than 20 million Likes.” Many inside the company think the Hates could easily top that.

via Facebook Considers Adding The Hate Button | TechCrunch.