Facebook introduces Docs, based on Microsoft Web Office

At Facebook’s F8 developer conference, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook Docs, saying: “It’s all of the power of Microsoft Office suite online with a simple Facebook integration.”Facebook users will be able to create, edit and share Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents online, or upload them from their PC or Mac. Once on Facebook, documents work in much the same way as photos. In fact, Microsoft based document sharing on Facebook’s photo sharing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/apr/22/facebook-docs-microsoft-officeAlso see:Facebook sets up Google-war with vast expansion through Open Graph
Facebook has announced plans to spread its influence more widely across the internet by weaving its service into all websites.Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of the social networking site which has 400 million regular users worldwide, has set his sights on beating Google.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article7104354.eceFacebook’s bid to rule the web as it goes social
Facebook set out its stall to unseat Google and be at the heart of the web experience as it becomes more social.The world’s largest social network unveiled a series of products at its developer conference F8 aimed at helping the company achieve that goal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8590306.stmFacebook seeks more revenue, not control of Web, analysts say
Contrary to a lot of online buzz, analysts say that Facebook’s moves this week don’t indicate that the company is looking to take over the Web.Facebook on Wednesday unveiled a bevy of development tools aimed at enabling the social networking phenom to extend its reach across a greater expanse of the Web.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175931/Facebook_seeks_more_revenue_not_control_of_Web_analysts_say1.5M stolen Facebook IDs up for sale [IDG]
A hacker named Kirllos has a rare deal for anyone who wants to spam, steal or scam on Facebook: an unprecedented number of user accounts offered at rock-bottom prices.Researchers at VeriSign’s iDefense group recently spotted Kirllos selling Facebook user names and passwords in an underground hacker forum, but what really caught their attention was the volume of credentials he had for sale: 1.5 million accounts.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175936/1.5M_stolen_Facebook_IDs_up_for_salePrivacy chiefs keep watch over Facebook, social media
Over the past six years, social networking has been the Internet’s stand-out phenomenon, linking up more than one billion people eager to exchange videos, pictures or last-minute birthday wishes.The sites, led by Facebook with more than 400 million users, rely in large part on people’s willingness to share a wealth of personal information with an ever-expanding network of “friends”, either ones they actually know and see from time to time, or those they have met virtually through the Internet.
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