Up will step down 5 Year Again

Currently the biggest social networking, Facebook, predicted would slow enthusiasts in the next five years.

This was revealed by Jeffrey Cole, an expert on consumer digital in a digital marketingforum in Sydney, Australia.

Although at this time managed to suck up as much as half a billion users from around the world, but it will be ended in the next 5 years. Cole thus reveal his prediction.

Through Curiermail, Director of the World Internet Project, added, despite a recent uplaunch its email service, but predicted it still will not last long. Because the sites filmedMark Zuckerberg is considered only refers to teenage tastes that tend to vary.

The same thing had happened on MySpace. At that time, Cole also is predicting the fate of MySpace 4 years earlier. But according to him, the 'pension' up 'will last longerthan MySpace or Bebo.

"The same thing will happen with Facebook, it's just that it will take longer," said the manwho also served as Director of the Center for the Digital Future at the University ofSouthern Califormia, the United States.

"Facebook is not going to be replaced by other social networking websites, it's just thatFacebook users would switch to other sites," added Cole.

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Up negotiable Microsoft, owner of FB Reply With Microsoft Bid!

TEMPO Interactive, Paris - In the past many people thought Mark Zuckerberg crazywhen he declined the offer of acquisition of Yahoo's top social networking siteshomemade up with the price of U.S. $ 1 billion. But in fact, although a bid has beendoubled, Mark still refuses.

In 2007, Microsoft's acquisition offer of U.S. $ 15 billion or around Rp 135 trillion, but stillrejected. This information was revealed at a press conference on a web conference inParis with the title "How to get acquired. "

Senior Director of Strategy and Acquisitions Microsoft, Fritz Lanman, asserted thatMicrosoft had tried to acquire Facebook. "Yes we try to acquisitions, Facebook has alot in common," he said.

Then Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer approached Mark Zuckerberg and offered U.S. $ 15 billion. Zuckerberg reportedly Ballmer replied by saying, "Why not us who buy yourcompany for U.S. $ 15 billion?"

After the rejection, Microsoft made ​​an investment of U.S. $ 240 million (Rp 2.16 trillion)to up to partnerships such as the current search.

While there is cooperation with Microsoft, Zuckerberg refused to sell it the largest socialnetworking site. "I do not want to sell the company, except if I can still continue to control it," he said.

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Because the competition got hotter Google will block FB

GOOGLE will block Facebook and other sites that Gmail users can access informationwhich is Google's electronic mail service, it automatically for the purpose of the siteitself, unless it occurs two-way information flow or above on the basis of mutual agreement.

Google has accused Facebook automatically siphon Google contacts data throughGmail without any agreement. Suctioning action of such information, according toGoogle, very unfair because Facebook can send emails automatically and directly into the Gmail user account.

Facebook, which has a membership of more than 500 million users rely on Google'semail service to help new users find their friends on the network up.

When someone joins, they are prompted to import their contacts list in the form of an email (Gmail) into the social networking service, in order to then notify the user that is incontact email to participate in social networking sites.

While Google postulate an effort to protect the users to maintain control over theirpersonal data on the Internet, but analysts such as Gartner Ray Valdes, said the movehighlighted Google's rivalry with Facebook.

"The dynamics of the fundamental forces only led to conflict between Facebook andGoogle," said Gartner analyst Ray Valdes. "Google needs to develop into major playersin social sites, unfortunately Google has not been able to do that."

"We have decided to change the feature to reveal that fact that users often do not realizethey have to import contacts into sites like Facebook, and then effectively they becometrapped," Google said in a statement.

The plan, Google will impose new regulations and will make a gradual improvement ofits services.

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