Facebook Co-Founder Moskovitz to Leave?
It would appear that one of the co-founders of facebook; Dustin Moskovitz is leaving facebook. It looks like he is leaving to start another company with Justin Rosenstein who is currently a Facebook engineer. Facebook has not officially confirmed this at this time; but we have seen a note that does in fact support this.
Dustin is the VP of Engineering at Facebook. He has put out some amazing products during his tenure at facebook including the iPhone app for Blackberry. Most people don’t know him because he has never really been front and center publicly. As facebook matures and evolves it is not surprising that some really smart people from the early days of facebook would move on to start their own ventures. He can certainly afford to do so. He does have a killer idea to be leaving facebook: to build an extensible enterprise productivity suite, along with a high-level open-source software development toolkit, built for the Web from the ground up.
In this August 2007 interview with Podtech.net he discusses the future of Facebook, their desire to remain an independent company, their strategy for building out their platform, expanding to other demographics, and how Facebook helps people to increase their “social capital.”
A note from Justin Rosenstien confirms that they are leaving facebook in about a month:
“So we’ve decided to leave Facebook (in about a month) and start a new company, to build an extensible enterprise productivity suite, along with a high-level open-source software development toolkit, built for the Web from the ground up.
We see this new venture as very complimentary to Facebook. We hope our products will become to your work life what Facebook.com is to your social life. Our software will use Facebook Connect as the default option for identity and authentication. Our user interface will adopt many of Facebook’s conventions, creating a seamless and familiar experience for current Facebook users. And if our new development tools turn out to be useful, we hope the Facebook engineering team will come to adopt them.
Leaving Facebook makes me sad, but I feel I have to follow my passion on this. I can’t say enough about Facebook and the friends I’ve made here, and I am enormously excited for the company’s further success, a destiny I’m confident it will reach regardless of my participation in it.”
I wish them well in their new venture and suspect it will be quite interesting since it will be leveraging facebook connect.
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1 Flip
Oct 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
You are leaving behind a legacy. All the best in your future endeavors Moskovitz. Sounds like it’s a good move. Good luck (like you need it!)
2 Conrado at OpenGoo
Oct 3rd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Their new endeavor sounds exciting. They should give OpenGoo a look.
I wish them the best of lucks!
3 Smart Solution
Oct 6th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Hi,
It is interesting to know that you are about to move and starting your own company. Moskovitz wish you a best of luck in your future endeavors.
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Monday, October 6, 2008
Google delays Yahoo! deal
Google delays Yahoo! deal
Posted Oct 4th 2008 9:40AM by Douglas McIntyre
Filed under: Deals, Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) agreed to delay their advertising sales partnership while the Justice Department reviews the deal. The news may look like a retreat by Google, but it undermines one of the key reasons Yahoo! gave for staying independent from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Google was going to improve Yahoo!'s revenue.
It looks like there is some chance the partnership will not happen at all. That would justify the fact that Yahoo!'s stock is down by more than half from its 52-week high. Yahoo! indicated that the wait might be short. "The companies have agreed to a brief delay in implementing this agreement to continue our ongoing discussions with the (U.S.) Department of Justice," Yahoo! said in a statement. "We have had discussions with regulators and look forward to responding to their questions about this agreement."
The trouble is that Justice can take its own time. It's under no pressure to give an answer in short order. The news also begs the question of whether the two companies will wait for antitrust reviews in the EU and Canada.
Each day that passes without Yahoo! having a sales relationship in place with Google is a day its earnings do not recover.
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.
Tags: GOOG, Google, inthenews, Justice Department, Microsoft, MSFT, Yahoo, YHOO
Posted Oct 4th 2008 9:40AM by Douglas McIntyre
Filed under: Deals, Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) agreed to delay their advertising sales partnership while the Justice Department reviews the deal. The news may look like a retreat by Google, but it undermines one of the key reasons Yahoo! gave for staying independent from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Google was going to improve Yahoo!'s revenue.
It looks like there is some chance the partnership will not happen at all. That would justify the fact that Yahoo!'s stock is down by more than half from its 52-week high. Yahoo! indicated that the wait might be short. "The companies have agreed to a brief delay in implementing this agreement to continue our ongoing discussions with the (U.S.) Department of Justice," Yahoo! said in a statement. "We have had discussions with regulators and look forward to responding to their questions about this agreement."
The trouble is that Justice can take its own time. It's under no pressure to give an answer in short order. The news also begs the question of whether the two companies will wait for antitrust reviews in the EU and Canada.
Each day that passes without Yahoo! having a sales relationship in place with Google is a day its earnings do not recover.
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.
Tags: GOOG, Google, inthenews, Justice Department, Microsoft, MSFT, Yahoo, YHOO
Google delays Yahoo! deal
Google delays Yahoo! deal
Posted Oct 4th 2008 9:40AM by Douglas McIntyre
Filed under: Deals, Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) agreed to delay their advertising sales partnership while the Justice Department reviews the deal. The news may look like a retreat by Google, but it undermines one of the key reasons Yahoo! gave for staying independent from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Google was going to improve Yahoo!'s revenue.
It looks like there is some chance the partnership will not happen at all. That would justify the fact that Yahoo!'s stock is down by more than half from its 52-week high. Yahoo! indicated that the wait might be short. "The companies have agreed to a brief delay in implementing this agreement to continue our ongoing discussions with the (U.S.) Department of Justice," Yahoo! said in a statement. "We have had discussions with regulators and look forward to responding to their questions about this agreement."
The trouble is that Justice can take its own time. It's under no pressure to give an answer in short order. The news also begs the question of whether the two companies will wait for antitrust reviews in the EU and Canada.
Each day that passes without Yahoo! having a sales relationship in place with Google is a day its earnings do not recover.
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.
Tags: GOOG, Google, inthenews, Justice Department, Microsoft, MSFT, Yahoo, YHOO
Posted Oct 4th 2008 9:40AM by Douglas McIntyre
Filed under: Deals, Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) agreed to delay their advertising sales partnership while the Justice Department reviews the deal. The news may look like a retreat by Google, but it undermines one of the key reasons Yahoo! gave for staying independent from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Google was going to improve Yahoo!'s revenue.
It looks like there is some chance the partnership will not happen at all. That would justify the fact that Yahoo!'s stock is down by more than half from its 52-week high. Yahoo! indicated that the wait might be short. "The companies have agreed to a brief delay in implementing this agreement to continue our ongoing discussions with the (U.S.) Department of Justice," Yahoo! said in a statement. "We have had discussions with regulators and look forward to responding to their questions about this agreement."
The trouble is that Justice can take its own time. It's under no pressure to give an answer in short order. The news also begs the question of whether the two companies will wait for antitrust reviews in the EU and Canada.
Each day that passes without Yahoo! having a sales relationship in place with Google is a day its earnings do not recover.
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.
Tags: GOOG, Google, inthenews, Justice Department, Microsoft, MSFT, Yahoo, YHOO
Top Seven Tips to Improve Your Blog Rank
Top Seven Tips to Improve Your Blog Rank
Ask About This Article 04th September 2008Author: Rabita Lathwal
Improve blog ranking and marketing is no longer kids stuff. Its beyond the sappy diary entries and torment fueled rants. Its serious business, especially if your goal is to make money blogging for your business. Blog marketing is more dominant than static site marketing mainly because of all the options Web 2.0 offers. Below are some things you can do to take advantage of what web 2.0 has to offer to boost blog traffic, links and engine ranking.
1. Get exposed
Do you wonder how some large news and content sites deliver their headlines? Syndicate with RSS. While using the feed that comes with your blog may seem like an ok option, using a custom feed, that particularly separates keyword groups for content you develop often, is a far better option. Syndicating with RSS increases your exposure. Pheedpress, accessible from Content Desk is a great tool for this.
2. Tag youre it!
Tags make it easier for people to find your blog post, and video and photos that are related. You can write the most informative blog in your niche but if it can not be found it can not get read. Tag your posts.
3. Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking allows users to save and categorize a personal collection of bookmarks and share them with others. Users may also take bookmarks saved by others and add them to their own collection, as well as to subscribe to the lists of others.
Bookmarking is an easy way to improve blog ranking and get traffic; the more you do it the more youll be noticed. Ideally, your site should be bookmarked somewhere in all the major bookmarking engines. But having your entire site booked in just a few can greatly increase blog traffic.
4. Get involved
Much like the tip above, adding comments is a great way to sprinkle your links around. Note however, your comment must be informative and relate to the original post. Bloggers will grant your trackbacks when your comments are on topic and useful.
5. Get connected
Social networks like Myspace can be found in nearly everywhere corner of the web. They are great places to meet like minded people and above all receive important links from.
Article syndication is still one of the most popular ways to get links. Well-written content that serves the reader first then your business will receive rewards. This is the type of content that is read, passed on, and linked to. Writing content gives you links as well as branding you as an authority figure in your niche.
6. Digging for treasure
Some sites take stories from users and post them on the site. Users then vote on them and decide which get dugg and which are buried. If you are dugg it can result in a flood of traffic.
Use the above tips to take full advantage of all the rewards blogging can have on your business and to be able to make money blogging.
Publishing on a blog platform gives you the chance to reach a greater quantity of people faster than a static site.
www.your-own-blog.com
www.blogging.infozabout.com
This article is free for republishing
Source: http://www.articlealley.com/article_620060_13.html
Ask About This Article 04th September 2008Author: Rabita Lathwal
Improve blog ranking and marketing is no longer kids stuff. Its beyond the sappy diary entries and torment fueled rants. Its serious business, especially if your goal is to make money blogging for your business. Blog marketing is more dominant than static site marketing mainly because of all the options Web 2.0 offers. Below are some things you can do to take advantage of what web 2.0 has to offer to boost blog traffic, links and engine ranking.
1. Get exposed
Do you wonder how some large news and content sites deliver their headlines? Syndicate with RSS. While using the feed that comes with your blog may seem like an ok option, using a custom feed, that particularly separates keyword groups for content you develop often, is a far better option. Syndicating with RSS increases your exposure. Pheedpress, accessible from Content Desk is a great tool for this.
2. Tag youre it!
Tags make it easier for people to find your blog post, and video and photos that are related. You can write the most informative blog in your niche but if it can not be found it can not get read. Tag your posts.
3. Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking allows users to save and categorize a personal collection of bookmarks and share them with others. Users may also take bookmarks saved by others and add them to their own collection, as well as to subscribe to the lists of others.
Bookmarking is an easy way to improve blog ranking and get traffic; the more you do it the more youll be noticed. Ideally, your site should be bookmarked somewhere in all the major bookmarking engines. But having your entire site booked in just a few can greatly increase blog traffic.
4. Get involved
Much like the tip above, adding comments is a great way to sprinkle your links around. Note however, your comment must be informative and relate to the original post. Bloggers will grant your trackbacks when your comments are on topic and useful.
5. Get connected
Social networks like Myspace can be found in nearly everywhere corner of the web. They are great places to meet like minded people and above all receive important links from.
Article syndication is still one of the most popular ways to get links. Well-written content that serves the reader first then your business will receive rewards. This is the type of content that is read, passed on, and linked to. Writing content gives you links as well as branding you as an authority figure in your niche.
6. Digging for treasure
Some sites take stories from users and post them on the site. Users then vote on them and decide which get dugg and which are buried. If you are dugg it can result in a flood of traffic.
Use the above tips to take full advantage of all the rewards blogging can have on your business and to be able to make money blogging.
Publishing on a blog platform gives you the chance to reach a greater quantity of people faster than a static site.
www.your-own-blog.com
www.blogging.infozabout.com
This article is free for republishing
Source: http://www.articlealley.com/article_620060_13.html
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