finally, facebook sued by yahoo

Illustrations : Finally Facebook Sued by Yahoo...!!!

CALIFORNIA - after claiming that Facebook violates more than 10 patents, Yahoo finally brought the case into the realm of law. Yahoo sued Facebook includes a method and system for advertising on the web, with the move then this will be the first major legal battle between tech companies in social media.

Yahoo has filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Jose, California on Monday. Yahoo patent lawsuit follows the announcement of the planned Initial Public Offering (IPO) up, which could reach a value of approximately U.S. $ 100 billion.

Yahoo's move will mark a major improvement from a recent patent case highlights the smartphone, tablet, and technology companies such as Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc..

Meanwhile, Facebook is disappointed with the actions claimed Yahoo said it is studying the lawsuit through the media. "We are disappointed with Yahoo, Facebook and business partners of companies that substantially benefit from its relationship with Facebook, has decided to take a path to legal process," said Jonathan Thaw, Facebook spokesman as reported by Yahoo News, Tuesday (13/3 / 2012).

While Yahoo has acknowledged the problems with Facebook is still not resolved, stating that they believe will win the lawsuit. "Unfortunately the problem with Facebook is still not finished and we were forced to seek redress in federal court," said Yahoo.

Late last month, Yahoo said it was seeking to patent licensing fees from other companies but apparently Facebook has agreed to establish a license agreement.

As reported some time ago, according to ZDNet, Yahoo's performance did not look too good lately, and possible solutions to overcome it is to launch a strike on Facebook. But the issue of a brilliant plan that is Facebook is one of the few companies who maintain a 'live' Yahoo.

Yahoo as one of the pioneering web company, has experienced a decline in revenue in recent years as rivals such as Facebook and Google is growing rapidly.

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Facebook 'Pay' Users to Click Ads

CALIFORNIA - up reportedly going to provide benefits to users who click on certain ads on credit, which can be exchanged for the purchase of products from up Deals, brand-new social networking service that resembles Groupon.

Even so, incentives or benefits granted are not large. Mashable launch on Friday (05/06/2011), each valued advertising credits having a value equal to 10 cents.

Ads that offer these benefits are mostly video games. Zynga, Crowdstar and Digital Choice are some game developers that participate in this program.

The incentive is one of the solutions up to overcome the low average users who click on ads on these sites. This move also sparked the most popular social networking after they developed a credit program that allows users to purchase tangible products as advertised on Facebook Deals.

Facebook is now working with Sharethrough, SocialVibe, Epic Media and SipersonicAds to optimize the program. They also took TrialPay, which will provide analysis of the incentive program.

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hooray, facebook recently launched a new feature called Deals

CALIFORNIA - Hooray Facebook recently launched a new feature to their social networking service, called Deals. This feature is presented to rival Groupon.

Recommended Deals itself is basically an extension of service up Places, which officially launched some time ago. Deals provides incentives for users up to integrate Places in their daily lives - and they are also an incentive for marketers and major brands to put more money into the Facebook platform.

Up even launched a web page to let users find this feature on the web.

Launched by Mashable, Wednesday (27/04/2011), for the time being Deals will be present in five cities in the United States that consists it is San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta and San Diego.

Deals more like a voucher Groupon compared Foursquare, where users can buy a certificate for certain goods or services at a discount, typically half the retail price, and redeem it later.

Users can also buy Deals use up credits. It is estimated that Facebook has plans to bring Credits to the real world since then f8, the company's developer conference, when Facebook announced the Open Graph.

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