But as Google gears up for this big push, Facebook is keenly watching Google’s moves, and is bracing itself for a battle that will shape a more social phase of the internet.
“We are going to see a more cohesive, confident and sensible social push from Google in the coming months,” says Augie Ray, analyst with Forrester Research. “And it comes at a time where there could really be some risk to Facebook.”
The most visible evidence of this fight is Google’s sudden shopping spree. On Friday it bought Jambool, a company that runs virtual currency systems for social games, including those played on Facebook. This month Google paid about $200m for Slide, a major developer of Facebook applications with a wealth of talented engineers. And shortly before that it invested $100m in Zynga, the largest maker of social games.
“They failed to innovate on their own so now they’re throwing their chequebook at it,” says a senior executive close to Facebook.
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Hi,
I really don't care if it's Google, Facebook, Myspace, etc.
What I don't want is a monopoly where one is "forced" to update or can't use the programme, such as what started to happen with Messenger.
Not everyone can upgrade their computers to keep up with the latest developments and that should be cattered for.
José
José
It's all that zionist agenda, agenda i tell ya, to make us feel all humble and unworthy of thy progress. Kidding of course, and i agree completely with you, that's why i rarely update any of the programs i use. Hell, i still use nero 5. Format your disc, install all the programs you used before, install few new ones, update all of them and it will slow down your pc so much that it's time for format all over again.
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