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Facebook Is Going To Build Its Own Search Engine!

Mark Zuckerberg was refreshingly candid speaking today at TechCrunch Disrupt.

One part of his talk that’s going to draw a lot of scrutiny was when he was talking about the company’s search efforts. more…

Facebook, Wal-Mart chiefs meet to “deepen” relationship

Zuckerberg and his senior management team will spend two days at Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s Bentonville, Arkansas home office this week, meeting with executives of the world’s largest retailer and discussing ways to “deepen” their relationship. more…

Is Yandex behind Facebook’s rumored Face.com deal?

faceFacebook’s apparent interest in Israeli image recognition startup Face.com could rely on an unexpected partner – the Russian search engine Yandex, according to reports.

Rumors that Mark Zuckerberg is interested in purchasing first emerged on Monday, more…

Facebook’s Instagram Buy ‘All About Mobile’

instagramFacebook has purchased Instagram for $1 billion, reeling in an increasingly popular photo-sharing app as well one of the bigger social networks. Even though Instagram just released its Android version on April 3, it had 27 million users in March.

Instagram’s iPhone-only growth has been staggering. more…

Zuckerberg answers the big question “Is Google+ a threat?”

ZuckerbergThe BBC aired a one hour profile of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday (if you’re in the UK, you can watch it here). All in all, most of you will have heard every detail shared before; aside from perhaps one question, does Mark Zuckerberg really see Google+ as a threat? more…

The Silliest Idea Ever: Facebook Going After Google In Search

schmidt-zuckerbergYesterday, Blue Nile and Wetpaint founder Ben Elowitz hypothesized on TechCrunch that Facebook could kill Google completely by getting into the search business.

I heard the same idea floated at a dinner for tech journalists hosted by scrappy search competitor Blekko a few months ago. more…

Facebook and Spotify to stream music: Forbes

facebook-spotifyFacebook and Spotify are collaborating on a streaming music service at the world’s largest online social network, according to a report Wednesday by business magazine Forbes.

A Facebook spokesman told AFP that it had no news to announce on that front, but pointed out co-founder Mark Zuckerberg commenting at a G8 summit that the California company is interested in making the music and film industries more social. more…

Facebook looks at China

facebook(Reuters) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to make his second visit to China as the world’s No. 1 social networking company looks for the best way to expand into that country.

“Our company mission is really clear, which is we want to connect the whole world,” said Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at the Reuters more…