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Will Google Acquire Facebook?

Posted by fp on Monday, June 21, 2010,

I found an older article that caught my Interest as I do believe this will happen sooner than later.

My bet is that there is already an offer on the table, and that Facebook is seriously considering it. I’m also willing to bet that Facebook will file an S-1, even if they want to get acquired, and going public/IPO is *not* their primary intention… an often-used tactic to increase price/valuation at the 11th hour of negotiations (assuming, of course, their financials are good and their banke...
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Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook

Posted by facepuppet on Sunday, June 20, 2010, In : quit facebook

Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook ... an article I found on Gizmodo
Facebook privacy policies keep going down the drain. That's enough reason for many to abandon it. Here you will find nine more:

After some reflection, I've decided to delete my account on Facebook. I'd like to encourage you to do the same. This is part altruism and part selfish. The altruism part is that I think Facebook, as a company, is unethical. The selfish part is that I'd like my own social network to migrate...