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Be Afraid, Google. Facebook Will Do Search.
A screenshot of what appears to be a web-search box at the top of a Facebook page has been making the rounds, with AllFacebook suggesting it is part of a beta test of a new search feature. Facebook has denied … Continue reading
Who’s Afraid of NFC? Not Square
Square, the San Francisco-based personal financial services company co-founded by Twitter co-creator Jack Dorsey, has a simple mission: to become an iconic financial brand, much like Virgin is for airline travel and Apple is for mobile computing. The grand ambition … Continue reading
Yahoo Is Afraid of Facebook — And It Should Be
Since they are both giant web companies with a search engine at their core, the assumption is usually that Yahoo competes primarily with Google. But the real truth is that Yahoo has more to fear from Facebook — and Yahoo’s … Continue reading
Should We Be Afraid of Apple, Google and Facebook?
Tim Wu, the Columbia law professor who coined the term “net neutrality,” is not someone to be dismissed lightly, especially when it comes to communications and media trends. In his recent book The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of … Continue reading
Why Google isn’t afraid of the big bad FaceBing
While Google was making Skynet cars, invading people’s televisions, and investing in a massive wind energy p ipeline, Facebook and Microsoft were plotting its eventual demise. If the partnership in social search between Microsoft and Facebook taught us anything, it … Continue reading