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Windows Live Facebook?

May 11th, 2006

In its quest to steal a piece of the internet ad pie from Google and Yahoo, Microsoft is doubtless trying to figure out how it can better crack the youth social networking market.

“I’ve spent a lot of time studying Facebook. I think there is a lot we can learn from the Facebook concept.”

- Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, at the Churchill Club
(Source: News.com)

Always late to the party Steve. Always late to the party. (Except in Asia.)

P.S. A word of advice: Let the guys over at Fox figure out how to monetize this stuff and go build things with a cleaner model like Shopping and Expo. No one’s figured out how to make a lot of money here yet.

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Posted by Justin Smith
Filed in Facebook

One Response to “Windows Live Facebook?”

  1. Kyle Mulka Says:
    May 14th, 2006 at 6:09 pm

    So, when will Microsoft come out with a facebook? Maybe a few months? It’s the big thing, and just like everything else, Microsoft wants a peice of the pie.

    Here’s some more thoughts:
    http://blog.kylemulka.com/?p=367

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