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Daily Debrief: Twitter this--why do a Facebook deal?

 

Published 11/24/2008 at CNET News.com

Twitter and Facebook, two of the best-known names in the Web 2.0 constellation, have been talking merger. But at least for now, there's no deal. On Monday's Daily Debrief, CNET News' Charles Cooper speaks with Dan Farber about what might still bring these two together as well as how they would chart their respective futures as solo acts. (link)

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