MSNBC Interactive News Acquires Newsvine
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| MSNBC, which is jointly owned by Microsoft Corp. and NBC Universal, did not
| disclose financial terms of the deal late Sunday. NBC Universal is a joint
| venture of General Electric Co. and Vivendi SA.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071007/microsoft_newsvine.html?.v=1
Owning society (social sites). The goal is approached... Digg is a step closer
(incentives to drop Google for PR and user tracking purposes) and the same
goes for Facebook (links below).
Another major new acquisition:
SAP agrees to buy Business Objects for 4.8 bln euro
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071007/bs_nm/businessobjects_sap_dc
Related:
Report: Microsoft may buy Facebook stake
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| Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal said
| Microsoft is holding preliminary discussions that could culminate in a $300
| million to $500 million investment in Facebook, a Palo Alto social-networking
| site founded just 3 1/2 years ago.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070924/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_facebook
Facebook subpoenaed over user safety
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| A spokeswoman for Facebook, based in Palo Alto, California, said the company
| was aware of the subpoena and is preparing a statement.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070924/wr_nm/facebook_subpoenas_dc
Facebook teams with Amazon
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| In a collaboration with Redmond-based Microsoft Inc.'s Popfly,
| Facebook users can create applications and add them to their
| profiles with no programming.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/070525/1468844.html?.v=1
Facebook: Buyout Frenzy Builds Around Rumored IPO
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| Ashkan Karbasfrooshan outlines the current agreement with Microsoft and makes
| the case for a Facebook IPO in 2008 in great detail. Great post, Ashkan!
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| My personal feeling is that Facebook would NEVER sell out to Microsoft and
| risk pissing off it employees and user base but we shall see.b
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070717/41269_id.html?.v=1
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