One thing you will need to watch out for in the coming months will be Facebook, the social networking site developed by Mark Zuckerberg in early 2004. While most of us are aware of Orkut today, Facebook has gone ahead to be the most popular site for photos in the US, with around 50 million registered users today.
If you needed any more convincing, you might want to know that Microsoft has just beaten Google for a 1.6 percent stake in the company for 240M USD, including exclusive rights to see ads on Facebook outside the US.
Earlier this year, Facebook launched an API called Facebook Platform, that allows developers to connect to and use Facebook's core services. Today, there are reportedly more than 6500 applications connecting to Facebook!
Just like Orkut, Facebook has also had it's share of critics and concerns over privacy and security, copyright violations, and even allegations that Mark stole and reused source code to develop Facebook - but one thing is clear, you better know what Facebook is all about!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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