Comments on: FaceBook’s First Acquisition: Parakey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:13:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tri http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-2489216 tri Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:57:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-2489216 thank you thank you

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]]> By: TechCrunch en français » Nouveau design de Faceboook: comme un avant-goût d’un futur systeme d’exploitation web http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-2323250 TechCrunch en français » Nouveau design de Faceboook: comme un avant-goût d’un futur systeme d’exploitation web Sat, 24 May 2008 05:18:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-2323250 [...] le résultat de l’acquisition de Parakey en juillet dernier? Parakey était la startup de pré-lancement de Firefox de Blake Ross et Joe [...] [...] le résultat de l’acquisition de Parakey en juillet dernier? Parakey était la startup de pré-lancement de Firefox de Blake Ross et Joe [...]

]]> By: Hints of a Facebook Operating System In New Design http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-2322537 Hints of a Facebook Operating System In New Design Fri, 23 May 2008 20:26:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-2322537 [...] this be the work of Facebook’s Parakey acquisition from last July finally bearing fruit? Parakey was the pre-launch startup from Firefox co-founders [...] [...] this be the work of Facebook’s Parakey acquisition from last July finally bearing fruit? Parakey was the pre-launch startup from Firefox co-founders [...]

]]> By: Facebook acquires Parakey « Reasonable Deviations http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-2202128 Facebook acquires Parakey « Reasonable Deviations Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:23:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-2202128 [...] Joe Hewitt’s blog: There are a lot of reasons that I am ecstatic to be working at Facebook, but the number one reason is the users. Facebook has over thirty million active users and growing. [...] [...] Joe Hewitt’s blog: There are a lot of reasons that I am ecstatic to be working at Facebook, but the number one reason is the users. Facebook has over thirty million active users and growing. [...]

]]> By: Dulpi ¸öÈË·¢Õ¹¿Õ¼ä - ¿ìÀÖ²©¿Í » Facebook ÏÂÒ»¸ö΢Èí£¿ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1894437 Dulpi ¸öÈË·¢Õ¹¿Õ¼ä - ¿ìÀÖ²©¿Í » Facebook ÏÂÒ»¸ö΢Èí£¿ Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:50:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1894437 [...] all the noise today over Facebook¡¯s acquisition of Parakey, little has been said on what the acquisition means for Facebook inthe broader sense. Robert Scoble [...] [...] all the noise today over Facebook¡¯s acquisition of Parakey, little has been said on what the acquisition means for Facebook inthe broader sense. Robert Scoble [...]

]]> By: Could Facebook Become The Next Microsoft? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1680460 Could Facebook Become The Next Microsoft? Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:47:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1680460 [...] all the noise today over Facebook’s acquisition of Parakey, little has been said on what the acquisition means for Facebook in the broader sense. Robert [...] [...] all the noise today over Facebook’s acquisition of Parakey, little has been said on what the acquisition means for Facebook in the broader sense. Robert [...]

]]> By: Parakey: Did Investors Get Left Out In The Cold? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1680435 Parakey: Did Investors Get Left Out In The Cold? Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:30:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1680435 [...] Facebook acquired Parakey in July, everyone assumed the stockholders of that fledgling startup would be popping the champagne [...] [...] Facebook acquired Parakey in July, everyone assumed the stockholders of that fledgling startup would be popping the champagne [...]

]]> By: First rule of acquistion club? Get rid of the founders! « Tech Merkin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1680400 First rule of acquistion club? Get rid of the founders! « Tech Merkin Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:02:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1680400 [...] is to get rid of the founders. Unless of course the acquisition was to get the founders (i.e. Parakey, Groove Networks), but this was not the case here. The only thing these guys do is raise the cost [...] [...] is to get rid of the founders. Unless of course the acquisition was to get the founders (i.e. Parakey, Groove Networks), but this was not the case here. The only thing these guys do is raise the cost [...]

]]> By: Facebook is doing what Google did: enabling at Liako.Biz http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1607482 Facebook is doing what Google did: enabling at Liako.Biz Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:44:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1607482 [...] stale now - but here comes Facebook to further add to the ecosystem. Their acquisition of a ‘web-operating system‘ built by a guy considered to be the next Bill Gates shows that Facebook’s growth is [...] [...] stale now - but here comes Facebook to further add to the ecosystem. Their acquisition of a ‘web-operating system‘ built by a guy considered to be the next Bill Gates shows that Facebook’s growth is [...]

]]> By: Interview With Facebook’s Joe Hewitt, iPhone God http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1570052 Interview With Facebook’s Joe Hewitt, iPhone God Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:53:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1570052 [...] job. Joe Hewitt joined Facebook when the company he co-founded with Blake Ross, Parakey, was acquired last month. He quickly got to work on the company’s iPhone app, which was released just a month after he [...] [...] job. Joe Hewitt joined Facebook when the company he co-founded with Blake Ross, Parakey, was acquired last month. He quickly got to work on the company’s iPhone app, which was released just a month after he [...]

]]> By: Facebook Launches Amazing New iPhone Application | Laughing Squid http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1556713 Facebook Launches Amazing New iPhone Application | Laughing Squid Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:22:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1556713 [...] screens look like. The app was designed by Joe Hewitt, who joined Facebook through the recent aquistion of Parakey, the company he co-founded with Blake Ross. Both Joe and Blake worked together on [...] [...] screens look like. The app was designed by Joe Hewitt, who joined Facebook through the recent aquistion of Parakey, the company he co-founded with Blake Ross. Both Joe and Blake worked together on [...]

]]> By: sull http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1522469 sull Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:09:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1522469 To compare parakey, one should certainly be watching WireReach: http://boxcloud.com http://www.wiredreach.com/ I am a believer in the desktop/web merging technologies. Call it what you want. The next wave will be properties that offer a better balance of tools that not only are used to socialize the experience but also to provide more advanced features that are seamlessly integrated with the desktop.... with an emphasis on sharing/sending files and publishing pages. sull To compare parakey, one should certainly be watching WireReach:

http://boxcloud.com

http://www.wiredreach.com/

I am a believer in the desktop/web merging technologies. Call it what you want.
The next wave will be properties that offer a better balance of tools that not only are used to socialize the experience but also to provide more advanced features that are seamlessly integrated with the desktop…. with an emphasis on sharing/sending files and publishing pages.

sull

]]> By: The Facebook Juggernaut…bitch! · Articles http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1516570 The Facebook Juggernaut…bitch! · Articles Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:30:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1516570 [...] now, Facebook is jumping into the acqusistions game, buying up a startup before it even launches and outbidding Google. When you outbid Google’s billion-dollar cash [...] [...] now, Facebook is jumping into the acqusistions game, buying up a startup before it even launches and outbidding Google. When you outbid Google’s billion-dollar cash [...]

]]> By: yves http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1516244 yves Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:41:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1516244 This whole Facebook stuff does indeed look pretty much like one big hype story; Nevertheless it would be pretty stupid to underestimate their way of doing business (or at least what seems to be their business model) without giving them a little bit more credit. So let them show us what they got and who knows, it might even work ;-) As far as I am concerned their webOS idea doesn't look much stranger than the universal search engine back in the 90's. btw. here is my blog where I talk about all those stuff slightly more in details ;-) http://itblogium.blogspot.com yves This whole Facebook stuff does indeed look pretty much like one big hype story;

Nevertheless it would be pretty stupid to underestimate their way of doing business (or at least what seems to be their business model) without giving them a little bit more credit. So let them show us what they got and who knows, it might even work ;-)

As far as I am concerned their webOS idea doesn’t look much stranger than the universal search engine back in the 90’s.

btw. here is my blog where I talk about all those stuff slightly more in details ;-)

http://itblogium.blogspot.com

yves

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1514358 David Mackey Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:58:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1514358 Sounds like a pretty sweet new application. Hope it sees the light of day soon. Sounds like a pretty sweet new application. Hope it sees the light of day soon.

]]> By: Facebook: Social Network Domination? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1511545 Facebook: Social Network Domination? Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:09:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1511545 [...] latest news is that Facebook has aquired Parakey. Parakey is a project founded by Blake Ross, one of the key [...] [...] latest news is that Facebook has aquired Parakey. Parakey is a project founded by Blake Ross, one of the key [...]

]]> By: Cool Guy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1510255 Cool Guy Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:43:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1510255 I don't know why people compare Google with Facebook. Google search market is a a way bigger than Facebook's Social networks market. Show me the % of users who are >30 or 35 years old who uses Face book. This is for just young people and google is fore de facto standard in search world. You can understand the revenue from Ads now. Anyhow Social network is the next bubble in the Tech market, like internet companies in 2000. Trust me and wait few more years. I don’t know why people compare Google with Facebook.

Google search market is a a way bigger than Facebook’s Social networks market. Show me the % of users who are >30 or 35 years old who uses Face book. This is for just young people and google is fore de facto standard in search world.

You can understand the revenue from Ads now.

Anyhow Social network is the next bubble in the Tech market, like internet companies in 2000. Trust me and wait few more years.

]]> By: Ben http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1510141 Ben Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:06:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1510141 I'm impressed, Blake and Joe pulled it all off very well--announce a non-existent startup, gather big amounts of press after being paraded around by the media as "starting Mozilla" and then build up a bunch of essentially skill equity that they can throw their weight around when they want to figure out a place to work for real. Nonetheless, I don't understand what all this hype around Parakey was in the first place, besides being associated with Blake. Blake never said anything revolutionary, that no one has said before. There isn't really a market for a Web "OS", just look at all the unused elaborate contenders already. Whatever becomes the equivalent of an OS is going to be not one at all. The OS interface is due for a revision. The Web "OS" will solve all of your problem's but it won't have a desktop and a start-menu etc. I’m impressed, Blake and Joe pulled it all off very well–announce a non-existent startup, gather big amounts of press after being paraded around by the media as “starting Mozilla” and then build up a bunch of essentially skill equity that they can throw their weight around when they want to figure out a place to work for real.

Nonetheless, I don’t understand what all this hype around Parakey was in the first place, besides being associated with Blake. Blake never said anything revolutionary, that no one has said before. There isn’t really a market for a Web “OS”, just look at all the unused elaborate contenders already. Whatever becomes the equivalent of an OS is going to be not one at all. The OS interface is due for a revision. The Web “OS” will solve all of your problem’s but it won’t have a desktop and a start-menu etc.

]]> By: Google Inside http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1510020 Google Inside Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:49:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1510020 <strong>Facebook Seeks to Acquire, Not be Acquired...</strong> Loren Baker makes some great statements here about activity of Facebook lately. I can’t see where the rumor is coming from yet, but it looks to be promising. Under the spotlight of acquisition rumor talks, Facebook has started its own agenda of... Facebook Seeks to Acquire, Not be Acquired…

Loren Baker makes some great statements here about activity of Facebook lately. I can’t see where the rumor is coming from yet, but it looks to be promising.
Under the spotlight of acquisition rumor talks, Facebook has started its own agenda of…

]]> By: riley duncan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509792 riley duncan Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:09:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509792 Well, Facebook just started. They didn´t reveal the price because they don´t want to be known the huge amount of money they are doing. And I don´t think that Google was a bidder. Well, Facebook just started. They didn´t reveal the price because they don´t want to be known the huge amount of money they are doing. And I don´t think that Google was a bidder.

]]> By: lajolla5380 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509525 lajolla5380 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:16:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509525 Joe Hewitt is probably the raddest dude ever. http://joehewitt.com/ He also just released a framework-type-thing for creating iPhone apps. I cant wait to see what he does at Facebook....call me a fanboy..who gives a shit. Joe Hewitt is probably the raddest dude ever.
http://joehewitt.com/
He also just released a framework-type-thing for creating iPhone apps. I cant wait to see what he does at Facebook….call me a fanboy..who gives a shit.

]]> By: WeSeePeople http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509407 WeSeePeople Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:05:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509407 <strong>FaceBook and Parakey give adobe a itch! at least to a evengelist!...</strong> I was at Techcrunch and found out that FaceBook has purchased Parakey, WebOS that was soon to be released. If you are unfamiliar with WebOS or wondering what it is, Richard Macmanus' article (a bit old) should shed some light!... FaceBook and Parakey give adobe a itch! at least to a evengelist!…

I was at Techcrunch and found out that FaceBook has purchased Parakey, WebOS that was soon to be released. If you are unfamiliar with WebOS or wondering what it is, Richard Macmanus’ article (a bit old) should shed some light!…

]]> By: Matt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509395 Matt Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:01:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509395 Predictions on the next acquisition, anyone? Predictions on the next acquisition, anyone?

]]> By: jccodez http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509394 jccodez Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:01:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/breaking-facebook-has-acquired-parakey/#comment-1509394 Lame. Do you know what an operating system is? You still need windows/linux/osx in order to run this pile, so its not an operating system. This is pure hype and fodder for the even lamer gigaom/techcrunh/webware fanboys. Lame.
Do you know what an operating system is? You still need windows/linux/osx in order to run this pile, so its not an operating system. This is pure hype and fodder for the even lamer gigaom/techcrunh/webware fanboys.

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