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“And IBM is very expensive and inflexible. Almost everyone at this point has validated our value proposition and business model, which has very high barriers to entry in build-to-order.”

Facebook has arranged new financing to buy $100 million worth of servers, according to Business Week , which says the social networking site struck a "venture lending" deal with TriplePoint Capital, a Menlo ... via Data Center Knowledge

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Quiet Facebook cofounder and chief technology officer Adam D'Angelo is leaving the company, one source tells me. via VentureBeat

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Social-networking site Facebook has borrowed $100 million to help keep up with its explosive growth, according to an article in Business Week . via CNET News.com

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Facebook has raised another $100 million in funding, to add to its previous chest of $360 million raised in the last six months, reports BW. via PaidContent.org

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“Like many people, I still believe it needs to find its business model -- and it needs to iterate that strategy when it does.”

After things didn't work out with Yahoo, Microsoft said it would go it alone, developing its own Internet path. via TechNewsWorld

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“Let's be honest, how many people in the world actually personally know more than 5,000 people?”

Time was that friendship wasn't so digitized and commercialized. It was a feeling, a bond, not something proclaimed with a click on Facebook. via San Jose Mercury News

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“Today, Facebook is announcing detailed specs on how Facebook applications will interact with the new profile page”

Advertising:- "As most people in the Facebook developer community are aware, the upcoming Facebook profile redesign is the biggest and most far-reaching project at the company so far this year," says Inside ... via P2pnet.net

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Social networking site Facebook announced an agreement on Thursday with 49 U.S. state attorneys general and the District of Columbia to increase efforts to protect its youngest members from sexual predators. via Reuters

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Microsoft Corp gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo Inc , the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. via MSN Money

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“The Google Story is getting more complicated and complex everyday.”

Elliot Schrage has left Google to join Facebook, BoomTown reports. Google on their management information page explains Elliot is or was "Vice President, Global Communications & Public Affairs" and "responsible ... via Google Blogoscoped

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