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Facebook Shells Out $40 Million for Friendster’s Patents
ADOTAS – Friendster’s array of patents apparently was worth more than the first breakout, first burnout social network. Facebook paid $40 million for the entire portfolio of Friendster social networking patents — seven actual patents and 11 applications — which is a half million dollars more than Malaysian online payment [...] more...
Friendster Dresses Up to Get Hitched
ADOTAS – If you really want to date yourself, reminisce about the good ol’ days in 2001 and 2002 when you were totally hooked on Friendster. Watch as the youngen’s crack up and tweet about what a relic you are. Only thing is, while Friendster has definitely faded in the U.S. [...] more...
mEgo: An Ad-Supported Uber-Widget for Social Set
ADOTAS – Advertisers that want to tap into every social network without advertising on all of them may have found a new ally in mEgo, an uber-widget/avatar dreamed up by Ariel McNichol and Julia Johnston. mEgos are currently posted on more than 600 social networking sites and garner more than [...] more...
Google Buddies Up to Friendster
Social networking portal Friendster will be placing Google ads on its site and using Google technology to power its search engine, according to CEO Kent Lindstrom in an interview with MarketWatch blogger Bambi Francisco. The financial details of the two-year deal were not disclosed, but Francisco believes it follows the same [...] more...
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