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Facebook Sees Profits In A Payments Platform
Facebook Sees Profits In A Payments Platform
Facebook will finally begin testing a payments system in a few weeks, a company rep tells us: We’re starting a very small alpha test with a handful of developers that explores ways for users to use their Facebook credits with third-party applications on Facebook.com. The test ...
Facebook Turns Down $8 billion Valuation Term Sheet, Claims 2009 Revenues Will Be $550 million
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, ...
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
Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product
Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product
allfacebook.com — 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 ... (more) Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product
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Facebook Begins Testing Payments System
WebProNews Feed — ... The potential for such a system is huge. If Facebook has its way, this thing could eventually be used around the web and compete with things like PayPal and Google Checkout. Nicholas Carlson with Business Insider reports: ...

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