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gigaom.com - 12/4/2008
Why Twitter Didn’t Sell to Facebook — Really [GigaOM]
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The New York Times’ Claire Miller attended a Churchill Club function to fete Twitter co-founder Evan Williams. In an onstage interview, Williams talked about many different aspects of his micro-blogging service, which now has 6 million subscribers. First of all, wow — that is an ...
facebook.com - 12/5/2008
Facebook Security
— facebook.com — Postcard Spam If a friend sends you a message or posts on your Wall with a link... to a postcard for you to open, don't click on it. Chances are it's a virus that may cause your Facebook account to become compromised. If you do click on one of these ... (more) Facebook Security

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blog.facebook.com - 12/4/2008
Facebook Across the Web
— blog.facebook.com — Over the summer we announced an extension of Facebook Platform called Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect makes it... easier for you to take your online identity with you all over the Web, share what you do online with your friends and stay updated on ... (more) Facebook Across the Web

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Facebook cancels employee stock sale [Meltdowns]
valleywag.com - 12/5/2008
Facebook cancels employee stock sale [Meltdowns]
— valleywag.com — So much for Silicon Valley's latest get-rich-quick scheme. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has cancelled a plan to... let employees cash out their shares early. In August, before the markets started to melt down and with Facebook worth $15 billion on ... (more) Facebook cancels employee stock sale [Meltdowns]

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mocoNews:  Two Reasons Why Twitter Rejected Facebook's $500 Million Offer

GigaOM Network:  Facebook’s Liquidity Troubles [GigaOM]

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Two Reasons Why Twitter Rejected Facebook's $500 Million Offer
mocoNews — Last month, we learned that Twitter turned down Facebook's $500 million acquisition offer, and now two reasons are surfacing as to why. The explanations came out after The New York Times covered a Tuesday night event in San Francisco, where Twitter's CEO and co-founder Evan Williams spoke publicly about the failed sale. The first reason was offered up by William himself, and the second came later in an analytical piece written by GigaOm. Both are valid. Twitter's explanation: In the NYTimes article, Williams addressed Twitter's rejection of the $500 million, mostly stock offering. He said: "We explored it, as we should. We took it ...

Facebook’s Liquidity Troubles [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — Facebook has postponed its employees’ stock sale, perhaps indefinitely, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Facebook’s postponement is an understandable bow to market reality — and it prevents the company from setting an official valuation that the social networking site’s investors would consider too low. The market is pretty ...

Google May Buy Twitter. Or Not. But Why is Twitter So Hot? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — After a long day of meetings and many sleepless days this week, I decided to go to sleep early last night. I guess I missed the late-breaking rumor that Google may be buying hot micro-blogging/messaging service Twitter for ungodly sums of money. When I read the headline this morning, the first image ...

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Is Google's Open Social Hurting Facebook? — Yahoo! Finance: Tech Ticker 12/4/2008
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