#ASS 2 Abdullah Turan 283806

1. Name : Abdullah
Surname : Turan
Student No : 283806
Department : M.I.S.
Supervisor : Karen Howells Kabaran
Topic : Facebook buys FriendFeed

2. Facebook buys FriendFeed
• Facebook bought life aggregator and
community site FriendFeed for a deal
reportedly worth $50 million.Facebook had
previously eyed purchasing the start-up as
far back as 2007. This deal also comes after
an acquisition attempt of Twitter which had
fallen through previously.For its part,
Facebook now gets a growing community
site in FriendFeed with a full development
team at just the right time.

3. The integration possibilities for Facebook and
their some 250 million users also means they
bring in some Twitter-like features as well.
During Facebook's redesign, it tried
incorporating an update stream similar to what
Twitter uses in an attempt to get people to spend
more time there. While the number of people on
FriendFeed is a fraction of Facebook's, it has two
main benefits. Users can also publish their
Twitter stream to either FriendFeed or Facebook.
It's likely that Facebook will see improved
integration between its community and Twitter
users via FriendFeed's more open interface.

4. Thank You…