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Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by jasonlbaptiste » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:07 PM UTC

Facebook Acquires FriendFeed
techcrunch.com

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Post by dannyr » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:10 PM UTC

My guess is it's a talent acquisition.

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#3

Post by goodkarma » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:13 PM UTC

Wow, congrats to Paul Buchheit and the rest of the Friendfeed team!

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:14 PM UTC

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Post by ivankirigin » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:14 PM UTC

dannyr wrote: post #2

My guess is it's a talent acquisition.

The tech at FriendFeed is nothing to scoff at.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:16 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #4

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Post by jacquesm » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:17 PM UTC

ivankirigin wrote: post #5

dannyr wrote: post #2

My guess is it's a talent acquisition.

The tech at FriendFeed is nothing to scoff at.

he didn't

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Post by tptacek » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:18 PM UTC

This is good news for me, as I use Facebook and have been a long-distance admirer of FriendFeed with no time to actually investigate yet another new service.

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Post by sachinag » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:18 PM UTC

dannyr wrote: post #2

My guess is it's a talent acquisition.

http://www.quantcast.com/friendfeed.com http://siteanalytics.compete.com/friendfeed.com/

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Post by run4yourlives » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:19 PM UTC

dannyr wrote: post #2

My guess is it's a talent acquisition.

Yeah, no kidding. Does it become a real acquisition when it's really a disguised signing bonus? :-)

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