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More on Yahoo’s new business strategy
"As a general proposition, when a company is about to go public, the last thing it needs is to get involved in a knock-down, drag out litigation fight," Chien said.
"So that might make Facebook more willing to resolve its differences with Yahoo."
Yahoo has used similar timing to its advantage in the past. Google agreed to issue shares to Yahoo nine days before Google went public in 2004 in exchange for a license to Yahoo’s patents. Google later took a $201 million non-cash charge related to the transaction.
Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents – Yahoo! News
Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents – Yahoo! News
Final paragraph of a Hiawatha Bray privacy reality check; check the source for useful tips on Google and Facebook privacy options
We are not facing a privacy apocalypse, despite changes in privacy policies, because every service offers some control for the informed user. Google, Facebook, and other giant companies would track our shoe sizes and what we eat for breakfast if we let them. So don’t let them.
Google privacy: A user’s guide – Business – The Boston Globe
Continue reading: Google privacy: A user’s guide – Business – The Boston Globe
An excellent case study of the new Facebook Timeline format
Indeed, as Facebook announced that the Timeline feature would be expanded to branded pages for businesses and public figures, President Obama’s Facebook page adopted the new format on Thursday, offering visitors a peek at his extended biography, a deluge of pictures and videos from his campaign and presidency, and a jab at those who question the authenticity of his birth certificate.
The first date on the timeline is Aug. 4, 1961, the president’s birthday. The message reads, “Made in the USA” and includes a photo of his birth certificate, emblazoned onto a coffee mug, which is available for $22.50 on Mr. Obama’s… Continue reading: Obama Gets a Facebook Upgrade – NYTimes.com
Facebook’s quest for mobile monetization continues
You might not think Facebook would be making waves at Mobile World Congress, but you’d be wrong. Today the social network announced its new mobile billing service – signaling it very much intends to compete with mobile app stores, namely iOS and Android marketplaces.
First, the details of the announcement: Facebook is partnering with AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, T-Mobile USA, Verizon, Vodafone, KDDI, and Softbank Mobile Corp. to begin its own system, which will allow users to make charges via the Facebook platform as long as their phones are covered by one of the above mentioned networks.
Facebook wants to turn the… Continue reading: Facebook wants to turn the Open Graph into a mobile app store – Yahoo! News
Apparently Yahoo! finally found a new business model
Yahoo! Inc. asked Facebook Inc. to license technologies covered by its intellectual property and threatened to take legal action if the companies don’t reach an agreement.
“We must insist that Facebook either enter into a licensing agreement or we will be compelled to move forward unilaterally to protect our rights,” Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo said in an e-mailed statement.
Yahoo Threatens Facebook Over Technology Licensing Agreement – Businessweek
Continue reading: Yahoo Threatens Facebook Over Technology Licensing Agreement – Businessweek
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