Abhinav Sharma » apps http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com Founder and Lead Developer Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Why Facebook might be worth more than you think! http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/why-facebook-might-be-worth-more-than-you-think/ http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/why-facebook-might-be-worth-more-than-you-think/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:36:55 +0000 Abhinav http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/?p=65 A lot of people have cried out over Facebook’s $15 billion valuation. However, there are certain points that support such a ridiculously high value. Investor Paul Buchheit has written an interesting article about how Facebook has the benefit of knowing about your entire real-life social network, clouded only by a few random online friends here and there, and how they could leverage it.

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Looks like its finally here!

]]> http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/random/google-apps-gets-upgraded-gmail/feed/ 0 Facebook IM in two weeks. http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/facebook-im-in-two-weeks/ http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/facebook-im-in-two-weeks/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:37:06 +0000 Abhinav http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/facebook-im-in-two-weeks/ InsideFacebook points out that chat for Facebook is coming out in two weeks from now.

Peter Deng, Product Manager, Facebook Chat

  • Facebook chat launching in the coming weeks. We’re opening up a new communication channel and enable real time conversation on the site.
  • Chat UI at the bottom of the browser – present whenever you’re on the site. Shows open chat windows, number of friends online.
  • Can pop out entire chat interface into a separate window. It shows online friend lists and current conversations.
  • If don’t want to be bothered by chats, you can toggle your online/offline status easily.
  • Considering whether or not we will support Jabber. We’re starting with on-site messaging.
  • You can clear your own chat history if you like.
  • Your “online” status icons when you appear throughout the site.

When Facebook first talked about a chat platform, I had hoped for something similar to Meebo, which would integrate with existing chat protocols, but it looks like Facebook is going their own way, which would have been the rational prediction in the first place.

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