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blog.friendfeed.com - 8/10/2009

FriendFeed Blog: FriendFeed accepts Facebook friend request

— blog.friendfeed.com — We are happy to announce that Facebook has acquired FriendFeed. As my mom explained to me, when... two companies love each other very much, they form a structured investment vehicle... The FriendFeed team is extremely excited to become a part of the ... (more) FriendFeed Blog: FriendFeed accepts Facebook friend request

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blog.facebook.com - 8/11/2009

Facebook Search Improved for Everyone

— blog.facebook.com — Last month, we began testing new versions of Search with a small group of people on Facebook.... Based on the success of those tests, we're rolling out a new version of Search to everyone on the site beginning today... (more) Facebook Search Improved for Everyone

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online.wsj.com - 8/11/2009

Facebook Acquires Start-Up FriendFeed

— online.wsj.com — Facebook Inc. said it has acquired FriendFeed, a start-up that allows users to share links and status... updates online, folding in a potential rival that struggled to take off. Facebook paid nearly $50 million for the company, in a combination cash and ... (more) Facebook Acquires Start-Up FriendFeed

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Facebook Bought Friendfeed, Will Google Buy Twitter?
Search Engine Journal — Oopsies! Did anybody see this coming? I mean Facebook and Friendfeed joining forces. The official announcement from both Facebook and Friendfeed is out. Facebook agrees to acquire Friendfeed and Friendfeed accepts Facebook friend request and they live happily ever after. But how about the loyal Friendfeed users? Will they live happily ever after as well? There were no details on the financial aspects of the merger yet. Any idea how much Facebook bought Friendfeed? But as part of the deal, all FF employees will join Facebook including FF’s four founders who will all occupy senior positions on Facebook’s engineering ...

Facebook's FriendFeed Acquisition Could Have Implications for Search (Yes, Search)
Search Engine Watch Blog — ... Facebook has acquired FriendFeed, a social media aggregator. As Facebook has looked recently to improve and expand features like its live feed and search, ...

Facebook Acquires Social Veterans in FriendFeed Deal
Web Strategy by Jeremiah — Facebook makes a play and acquires Friendfeed, a sharing and aggregation tool that helps people find out what their friends are doing. Read Friendfeed’s announcement, and Facebook’s blog post. A few months ago the Facebook and Twitter deal fell apart, and Facebook knows it must open its community to the open web –not just behind a login in order to benefit from generating revenues through advertising and search advertising. This Friendfeed acquisition make sense as it’s primarily a buy of the talent and team –not so much the website itself. Why? This team of ex-googlers have roots in gmail and google maps, they ...

Facebook's best move yet - Friendfeed.
SEO and Tech Daily — ...  .... the news came earlier today that Facebook has is acquiring Friendfeed, or as Bret Taylor put it .... in classic Friendfeed style ...." ...

Scoble, your blog still loves you
Scripting News — Just got off the phone with Robert Scoble. I've known him for a long time. He's not so much a Natural Born Blogger as he is a Natural Born Evangelist. For the last couple of years he's committed himself to the success of FriendFeed. It's really been awful to see how much he promotes it. All the time, as I watch, I'm thinking -- "Those guys are going to screw him." Today it happened. All the effort he poured into FriendFeed is for naught. They sold to Facebook. In the announcements, no mention of the users, and certainly no mention ...

Facebook can't have Twitter, so it buys FriendFeed
Posts from the Econsultancy blog — By most accounts, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg really likes Twitter. And as the 20-something CEO of a company that has raised over $750m, it's only natural that he'd want it,  literally. There's just one problem: when Facebook tried acquiring Twitter earlier in the year, it was turned down. The reason: Twitter didn't buy into the $15bn valuation Facebook was basing its share price on as part of the proposed deal. So Facebook has finally done what many do when rejected: you settle for your second choice. And it this case, that means FriendFeed, which it acquired yesterday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...

Acuerdo alcanzado: Facebook compra FriendFeed
Search Engine Land en Español — Consejos para el uso de Twitter en marketing B2B | 14 Aug, 2009 a las 15:47 por Matt McGee Acuerdo alcanzado: Facebook compra FriendFeed Después del rechazo de Twitter , Facebook ha comprado FriendFeed. El se ha publicado el comunicado oficial en Facebook, y el CEO de FriendFeed, Bret Taylor, también ah publicado un post en el blog de FriendFeed. Aunque Facebook lleva mucho tiempo competiendo con MySpace para ganar más cuota del mercado de redes sociales, de alguna manera se ha visto eclipsado por la inmediatez de Twitter y por el de FriendFeed también. Aunque Facebook se ha hecho parecer a Twitter más en los últimos ...