Facebook-Google rivalry intensifies with PR fiasco

Facebook  V/S  Google The intense rivalry between Facebook and Google just got juicier. In a twist seemingly out of a Hollywood thriller, Facebook hired a prominent public relations firm toplant stories harshly criticizing Google’s privacy practices in leading news outlets. The efforts backfired when the firm approached a blogger...

Facebook, Foe of Anonymity, Is Forced to Explain a Secret

Facebook Facebook, it seems, doesn’t always practice what it preaches. For years, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, has extolled the virtue of transparency, and he built Facebook accordingly. The social network requires people to use their real identity in large part because Mr. Zuckerberg says he believes that people behave...

Skype Deal Is Unlikely to Pay Off for Microsoft

Skype Microsoft has only recently embraced the Internet cloud. But from the perspective of its shareholders, that’s certainly where its $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype belongs. In theory, it has potential advantages. In practice, Microsoft’s poor track record on mergers and acquisitions and the high price it is paying for Skype mean the...

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