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Oct 20
2010

Apple & Facebook - Happen? Won't Happen?

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Posted by: Toni Blake on Oct 20, 2010 16:36

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http://theweek.com/article/index/208384/is-apple-planning-to-buy-facebook

This Week news sources are reporting that during an Apple earnings call, chief executive Steve Jobs suggested the company might spend an astonishing $51 billion in cash on one or two "strategic opportunities." After a leading people to believe conversations between the two business giants were about the integration with PING, is there actually an offer to purchase Facebook?

Apple and Facebook have a lot in common, says Tom Kaneshige at Network World. "Both are innovative companies with a rebellious history and, critically, are icons of their respective generations." It's not as if they're completely separate entities, either. Apple's Ping is a move into the "social networking game," while Facebook is a huge hit on the iPhone and iPad.

Are we looking at the world most creative products joining with the world fastest growing social network? What do you think? Happen? Won't Happen? Is Mark ready to cash in?

I am an MAC fan and a Facebook Fan! I love the innovative spirit of both. I would love to see what happens if they join forces!

I say it is a good thing, but it probity won't happen. Put on your "Futurist hat" and tell me what you think? What would Apple do with Facebook?

What say you?

Toni Blake

TotallyToni.com


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written by Brent Williams, October 20, 2010
The one thing I really would find interesting is Apple's ability to simplify combined with Facebook's growing complexity issues. Also, Apple seems to be a lot more demanding when it comes to approving apps, but maybe that would be a good thing for Facebook, since many of them don't seem to work anyway.

So many interesting facets to this!
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written by Bill Szczytko, October 20, 2010
It would be an interesting marriage. At the minimum we'd get that much needed GUI Facebook upgrade. If there's one thing Apple is known for is the user experience. I would be fascinated to see what they could do with it. I'm just afraid I'd have to install a Facebook application on my computer that would want to open all of my files by default, be cumbersome to uninstall, and would want to use Safari natively. Ugh...I shudder at the thought.
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written by Brent Williams, October 21, 2010
I think I still have Safari on my system after being tricked the last time. But at least now I'm "cool" because I have another Apple product, so it's ok.
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