------------------------------------------------- History of Facebook Facemash is the Facebook’s predecessor opened on October 28‚ 2003. Initially‚ the website was invented by a Harvard student‚ Mark Zuckerberg‚ and three of his classmates Eduardo Saverin‚ Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz. The website was originally called ’Facemash’. Mark Zuckerberg wrote the software for the Facemash website when he was in his second year of university. The website‚ was inspired by Zuckerberg’s sense of humor
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reference to the actual number googol which is represented by a number followed by 100 zeroes. The meaning behind the company’s name was to reflect the companies mission to organize immense amounts of information available on the web(Google‚ 1). In 1995 Google was created by two young men‚ Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Mr. Page and Mr. Brin met while attending Stanford University as graduate students (Google‚ 1). Google lure has it that Mr. Page and Mr. Brin argued all the time about everything‚ but
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Yahoo! in China - Background Shi Tao Shi Tao‚ a Chinese poet and journalist‚ is serving a ten-year prison sentence in China for sending an email to the U.S. According to a letter Amnesty International received from Yahoo! (YHOO)‚ and Yahoo!’s own later public admissions‚ Yahoo! China provided account-holder information‚ in compliance with a government request‚ that led to Shi Tao’s sentencing. Mr. Shi was accused of "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities" after sending an email
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topics. Once you register‚ you’ll be able to search for old friends and connect online or seek out new friends. 3. Yahoo Yahoo is a multi-faceted resource for Internet users‚ from the advanced search engine functions to free e-mail. You can easily customize your home page and access local weather‚ news and events. Yahoo also offers shopping‚ information on automobiles and real estate. Yahoo offers a question and answer area with a wealth of information. Sign up to ask questions or answer questions and
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Yahoo! and Customer Privacy (A) In the summer of 2004‚ the People’s Republic of China asked Yahoo!’s Chinese subsidiary for the name and address associated with username "houyan1989@yahoo.com.cn." The government gave no explanation of why it needed this information or what it intended to do with it. Yahoo!’s privacy policy stated it would not divulge a customer’s personal information unless officially requested via a court order or some other legal means. This was new and unexplored territory‚ however
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Google‚ surpassing other search engines such as Yahoo and Microsoft MSN. Goggle has also developed web based tools such maps‚ toolbars‚ G-Mail and acquired the popular you Tube. After dominating the web search industry since its search engine was introduction in 1998‚ however‚ Google has attracted many competitors who try to provide millions of users worldwide with similar services. Many believe that there is room for competition and as a result‚ Yahoo!‚ Amazon.com and Microsoft MSN are fostering
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and WordPerfect‚ this time in much better shape. They were also able to use their size by under-cutting competitors’ prices‚ offering customers “competitive upgrades‚” making the Microsoft option more cost effective to buyers. Five years later‚ in 1995‚ Microsoft had become the dominant player in word processing‚ spreadsheets and presentations with MS Office. The Internet browser war is another good example of how Microsoft was late to the game‚ but was able to learn from the competition and leverage
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Google Inc. 1) Introduction Google was established in 1995. It is registered as a domain on September 15 and founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Both of them started out by collaborating on a search engine called Backrub. It is a search engine which operates on Stanford servers for some time which resulted in excessive bandwidth usage. A fun fact – “Googol” is a mathematical term for number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. The term reflects Larry and Sergey’s task to put
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SWOT analysis of Yahoo The swot analysis of Yahoo discusses the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ threats and opportunities for the internet marketing giant. Although Yahoo has been left far behind by google and facebook‚ at one time it was in contention for internet dominance. Here is the internal analysis of Yahoo. Strengths Yahoo has the maximum number of users and most of revenue is generated through ads in yahoo mail Due to its large mail subscriber base‚ yahoo is considered to be the powerful marketing
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Yahoo and Amazon: Building a Competitive Advantage Nicolina Rogers BUS 599 Strategic Management October 25‚ 2014 Describe‚ in brief‚ the histories of both of Amazon.com and Yahoo.com‚ and determine the core business of each. Amazon started in 1995 and it was founded by Jeff Bezos. When Amazon first started it was a place where you can buy books it was a unique experience for customers. In the first 30 days the business they had fulfilled orders in 50 states and 45 countries and they were all
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