Facebook easily has the brand equity to launch their own phone (most likely with a partner at first) and marry it to your address book, photos, videos and events in ways that Google can never match because they are more social. Facebook gets connections and how to use the data to make your life better.
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The Steve Rubel Lifestream - Insights on emerging technologies and trends. (via hiten) Rafer sez: (via rafer) Sawickipedia: Brilliant observation - phones are social devices for the vast majority and tying it to the social platform makes a ton of sense. That is until the impact of Facebook’s current obsession w/ removing all privacy controls kicks in which til now was the reason most folks liked Facebook - it was a walled garden really the only way to beat spam. |
