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Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product
allfacebook.com - 5/15/2009
Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product
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Want to call your Facebook friends via video chat? Soon enough you’ll be able to. Earlier today one of our readers sent us a link to one of Facebook’s cached JavaScript files which reveals a number of clues as to a soon to be released video chat service. There’s no way to ...
Facebook Turns Down $8 billion Valuation Term Sheet, Claims 2009 Revenues Will Be $550 million
techcrunch.com - 5/19/2009
Facebook Turns Down $8 billion Valuation Term Sheet, Claims 2009 Revenues Will Be $550 million
— techcrunch.com — In the last couple of weeks Facebook received and turned down a term sheet for a new... $200 million venture round of funding that would value the company at $8 billion, we’ve learned from a source with direct knowledge of the proposed ... (more) Facebook Turns Down $8 billion Valuation Term Sheet, ...

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venturebeat.com - 5/16/2009
Facebook raises $150 million more to cash out employees
— venturebeat.com — Facebook has almost finished raising $150 million in capital, in an extraordinary move by the company to... buy out shares of hundreds of regular employees. Hundreds of the Palo Alto, Calif.’s employees have now toiled at the company for more ... (more) Facebook raises $150 million more to cash out employees

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Confirmed: Facebook to Launch Virtual Currency Test in Platform Applications Soon
insidefacebook.com - 5/14/2009
Confirmed: Facebook to Launch Virtual Currency Test in Platform Applications Soon
— insidefacebook.com — Over the last couple of days, rumors have been swirling about a possible Facebook Platform payments system... launching over the course of the next few weeks. Tonight, we have confirmation from Facebook that while it isn’t planning on launching a ... (more) Confirmed: Facebook to Launch Virtual Currency Test in ...

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Facebook to Launch Video Chat?
Mashable! — Telltale signs in Facebook’s code suggest it might be testing a video calling feature. Notification messages visible in Facebook’s code include “Waiting for your friend…”, “Video call denied”, “Incoming call” and “Loading video call…”. The clues, first spotted by AllFacebook, point towards a likely move for the website. Facebook wants to be the single place for all your online communication - from messaging to photosharing to status updates and instant messaging. Adding video chat, then, would seem like a logical next step. The revelation ...

5Words for Friday, May 15th 2009
Technologizer — ... Special late Friday afternoon edition! Facebook to launch video chat? iPhone SlingPlayer: pricey, selling well. Rumor: iPods Nano with cameras. Zappos: from shoes to electronics. iPhone 3.0: background apps permitted? New BlackBerry Storm sans SurePress? Sony Pictures CEO hates Internet. Netbooks aren’t about to expire. More on Thursday’s Google outage. Shazam iPhone app sparks lawsuits. ShareThis ...

Here Comes Facebook Video Chat
Silicon Alley Insider — Meet the woman responsible for the newspaper bailout [Daily Beast] Microsoft begins testing search engine Kumo in public [Beyond Binary] Facebook is launching live video chat [AllFacebook] A review of Wolfram-Alpha, the Un-Google [Search Engine Land] Federated Media's John Battelle is looking for his replacement [BoomTown] Infotainment site Minyanville raises $2.2 million [PaidContent] Join the conversation about this story » ...

Linkpost | 5.16.2009
TechBlog — ... - Mark Cuban says more people are finding his blog via Facebook and Twitter than Google. That may say more about how his blog has evolved than the state of social networking. • Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product • ...

Facebook Video Chat on the Way?
NewTeeVee — ... of becoming one of the top 10 video sites in the U.S. Now it looks like the site could be getting even more video; AllFacebook writes that notification messages about “videocalls” are just waiting to be unleashed in Facebook’s ...

Facebook developing live video chat application
Obsessable News Feed — ... Conversations: Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product [All Facebook] ...

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Facebook to Launch Video Chat Soon? — Inside Facebook
Since its launch one year ago, Facebook Chat has become a vital tool for keeping users on the site for longer periods of time, and Facebook has continued to enhance the service. Just last week, Facebook added Friend List support for Chat, letting users choose who they want to be visible to ...