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Social networking site Facebook (Face Book) large self-expanding, most recently by trademark infringement lawsuit in the name of other Web sites may not have requested book (written) word, but also wanted to “face” registered as a trademark, has the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) to apply. But this has been Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard classmates against the media also found, Facebook may also be committed to the Apple trademark of FaceTime.

It is reported that the California federal court documents, Facebook Inc. last week sued Teachbook trademark infringement because Teachbook not open an on-line social networking site for teachers Teachbook.com used book (the book) the word. Earlier in August, Facebook had successfully forced the travel site PlaceBook renamed TripTrace.

In addition, technology site TechCrunch reported that Facebook had been trademarks of Facebook has been in November 2008 bought the UK’s CIS Internet Limited company, the British company’s Web site has a name Faceparty.com, then to the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) to apply.

But another development of mobile payment procedures FaceCash company Think Computer then has protested against the United States Trademark Office, Think Computer’s CEO, Aaron Greenspan was just a long Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard University students, Greenspan can raise objections The final deadline is September 22 this year.

If the Face is registered as a trademark of Facebook, a company that will be affected, including Apple, other hundreds of companies, reports that Apple has a Facetime trademarks, providing a new generation of mobile phones iPhone 4 of the video call feature. The media to ask questions, so Apple’s official response, but not yet an echo, but in general expected, if Facebook is really bent on this high-handed act recklessly, I am afraid that Apple is not really mess with the future there will be a battle to look forward to.

Google will American hezhong bank subsidiary company Bancorp American community development company USBDCD (cooperation), set up 8600 Million housing tax credit (LIHTC) fund. According to Google issued a statement says, the fund will be located in the western U.S., 7 of low-income families and communities of construction and operation 480 people can pay rental housing.

After few technology company in these types of loan project, usually by Banks and insurance companies established a fund to help, but this does not include development funds for all costs and housing tax rebates for these remarks funds to help complete the housing project low-income groups.

Of course, Google hand with large amounts of cash, and its funding low-income groups with its social housing action activity. As a reward, one of the measures to offset the Google for the future of the federal taxes should pay.

Using the funds of the construction of houses will include some have 1 to 4 bedroom apartment, apartment will configure Shared laundry and community area and the funds will be built to 500 new housing. In addition, Google has recently been reported in the elderly, and two low-income housing investment project: one project is located in California in the San Francisco bay area, Another investment project is located in California in Los Angeles County (Los Angeles County) community.

“Open source” Diaspora in 26 Facebook, announced on September 15th will be released the first version of the source of social networks.

Earlier this year the dispute on Facebook privacy has brought a lot of attention Diaspora. Diaspora team said they have postponed the plugin and application program interface (API), focus on the user interface and was overlooked Facebook is an important function in context: contextual (important) share. “This means that users can use an intuitive way decisions, what content to colleagues, what content to rascals. We know that the user interface is difficult, so we are carefully deal with this problem.

No use this type of Facebook context, but will be issued share all the content, the default for all public has suffered in the social network, radmanovic, it may be on the market is a serious holes.

From the beginning of 5 Diaspora projects. When New York university (NYU) computer science a student groups put their ambitious plans posted on the website Kickstarter on social donation. A week later, including Leo · ruburt (Leo), a group of Laporte networking, exit Facebook said celebrity unite Diaspora to provide financial support.

The team’s goal is to raise us $1 million, but they got a lot of attention, won a total of 20 million donation. Facebook founder Mark even, zack’s Mark (Zuckerburg) also donated their money. Zack’s told the attachment of Wired (magazine) from them, said: “I see myself.”

The atttide Diaspora development team, and construct a “privacy, personally, the function of the controlled source social networking websites.” They moved to San Francisco, and helped Twitter solved smoothly initial difficulties program developers Pivotal Labs cooperation. In OStatus Diaspora group decision based on open source code library create social networks, the open source code library by the asp.net (micro bo they Twitter of “open source”) the founders of development.

Now have a financial and community support Diaspora, less frequently, but they release status are very optimistic progress. A customizable social network seems ready in next month.

New groups GroupMe website (GroupMe.com) in 25, and the first round of angel financing.

GroupMe allows you to use a simple method to create a personal message group of friends. You need GroupMe landing site, input your phone number (currently only American user), GroupMe will give you a unique group of distribution of the phone number, then you will receive a message from this number: “you just created a new GroupMe SMS group! Now if you reply with your friend’s # name number can be added to this group of friends.”

So just send text messages, you can add to the members of the group of friends. Any member of any messages sent all other members, can receive. GroupMe and various orders, such as stop accepting group information, changing the subject, show members, etc.

Also, the group members can also to all members at any time by a group meeting. Just call number, each member of the phone will ring.

GroupMe Twilio through a section (SMS) to drive and sponsors, and it is the local laboratory cooperative, plan for GroupMe add position function.

The company consists of a union-backed think tank Hector (Jared Hecht, once in Tumblr work) and Steve markov’s Steve Martocci, once in (work) jointly established Groupe Gilt.

From the beginning GroupMe very interesting, but it’s founder, more programs. Hector said: “as a group GroupMe communication platform, has a very good. We are considering some very interesting data/data (e.g., think out project if you use a # MSG command Madison square garden to invite your flock, what will happen with our plans), the hacker contextual advertising (collective section context) demo version to their group decision-making and implementation helped push. But we have some very good application to application (app – to – app) and group projects.

Hector and markov’s quickly attracts investors. They have Betaworks from Angel, First, SV Capital, Lerer Ventures as well as application of famous Angel investor in financing 85 million dollars.

Famous music online website Playlist.com into legal dispute with the mire, poor income has filed for bankruptcy protection. Playlist.com owe each big music manufacturers, and independent music brand as capital is 27.7 million dollars in additional fee, royalties and content for money is 1.2 million us dollars of debt.

Playlist.com predecessor is music sharing website Project, such as MySpace Playlist music broadcast services provide embedded. This website in 2008 in American music industry association (RIAA), without the user license will be three music content for other sites, including the site without obtaining permission to record.

Playlist.com had declared: “we are not to provide music content”, but then again to EMI record (EMI) and SONY permission and announced that it would no longer allow users to use its overseas music services.

Playlist.com once employ Facebook former CEO irving FanNa tower (so), Natta Van hopes to restore reputation, but FanNa site office tower after five months namely transfer, announced MySpace MySpace with both Playlist discontinuation Facebook music playback tool.com.

Playlist due to its core is.com, namely to site operation mode, finally music Playlist embedded due to poor operation and recruit music brand appeal by extrusion line, royalties music competition market. In addition, Playlist.com reliance on advertising profits, and this model in America online music market already obsolete.

Playlist.com in 2007 was raised $300 million last year, but the investments in financial difficulties, once was preached is looking for new capital. Playlist.com announced last year from four music manufacturers, but still need to get permission to use music copyright expenses paid.

Playlist.com on August 6, total assets of bankruptcy protection for 220 million us dollars, including cash assets only 20.3 million dollars. Playlist.com are seeking new equity financing. The company says it has a private enterprise to invest and will use the funds raised music manufacturers of debt.

FanNa tower after resignation, MTV former CEO John took over the Playlist. Com es, then by the site founder Jeremy lenny (Jeremy Riney) takeover.

E-commerce companies announced for e-commerce alibaba Auctiva company, this company has its second year overseas acquisitions.

It is based on a Auctiva, Bay, the company e – main business is to help the client better on eBay on product, product and deal in its web site traffic from eBay 75 percent in the United States, Britain, etc links access. At present, Auctiva has 17 million active shop online, the annual sales of more than 50 billion dollars.

In July, alibaba acquired as California’s another Vendio e-commerce companies. Vendio company owns more than 8 million active American online sellers, these online sellers eBay, amazon, and independent across the B2C e-commerce platform online, with annual sales of more than $2 billion.

Ali baba said, hope that through this twice, and overseas acquisitions through alibaba.com and global export www.aliexpress.com (sell) speed, help the docking platform of alibaba.com users get 7 billion yuan purchasing business opportunities.

FUSE laboratory Microsoft announced online Office Docs.com update Facebook, mainly usability enhancements. It is worth noting, Docs.com although also based on the Microsoft Office Web Apps, Office Web Apps, but the recent update is not being used Docs.com.

Tags: Organization documents and found that the document

Docs.com tags have been added feature, the document can be edited to add or modify the right side bar. In addition, labels can also browse other people’s Docs.com document.

Document Search

Docs.com Facebook users already can, Facebook page or label the document search, and search box to support real-time search suggestions.

Filtering and sorting

Docs.com have increased the selection bar (owner, label, document type) and sorting functions (under the title, date or document type).

In addition, FUSE laboratory in early July for the Docs added Facebook support page, the page administrator to allow the document to release the identity of the page.

Yahoo eager to complete the acquisition transaction in order to enhance their CafeMom important women in the field of strategy. CafeMom is a social network for mothers and communities.

According to informed sources, Yahoo proposed purchase price is approximately 100 million U.S. dollars, and Yahoo recently acquired almost the price of Associated Content.

Of course, this acquisition also line does not occur. The two companies have been doing in recent weeks in intensive negotiations. The insider said, CafeMom to nearly 200 million U.S. dollars or higher price. Other companies are interested in acquiring CafeMom Disney.

New York-based CafeMom has emerged on the Internet for a long time, back in the era of Web 1.0 exist. CafeMom is a marketing company from the CMI, a sister company ClubMom’s evolved.

CMI is Andrew Shue and Michael Sanchez created in 2008, received 17 million U.S. dollars of investment. These investments come from Highland Capital Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson companies.

CafeMom website says it has 6.7 million users to the main site, affiliated sites network has 18.7 million subscribers, is 100 million page views. CafeMom said its Web site is profitable. According to informed sources, CafeMom annual revenue is approximately 2500 to 30,000,000 U.S. dollars.

Yahoo declined to comment on the news. However, a public relations spokeswoman, said that women are an important audience. Shine a great success of our website.

According to foreign media reports, Yahoo Tuesday said it would begin to search the background of its conversion to Microsoft’s platform in the United States and Canada. The company said the handover is completed, the bottom of the Yahoo search page will appear a “Powered by Bing” (should be driven by the will) of the image.
However, other markets outside North America, still need some time to start the conversion work, but Yahoo did not give a specific timetable on this, but it is estimated that the company may need to be completed by 2012 all the handover. Of course, in particular, be noted that the Yahoo Japan website, which will be converted into the background of Google, but still needs final regulatory approvals and the completion of certain legal proceedings.

Although Yahoo’s internal structure will change, but the company stresses that most of the functions around the search will not be changed. However, the development platform, Search Monkey search is a special exception, the network service will be launched on October 1 officially closed.

Yahoo Product Manager Natasha Fattedad announced in a blog post the plan, he said, Yahoo search results will no longer appear a third party application client search results, information, applications and data services fields.

Yahoo will continue to provide Search BOSS, YQL and Site Explorer and other tools, but the company is still assessing other tools, and to charge for some visits.

In fact, Yahoo’s development tools to keep the news is not surprising, because the company’s agreement with Microsoft, in fact only cover Yahoo’s search results. Yahoo most of the other services remain unaffected.

Yahoo’s paid search account will also be transferred this week to Microsoft’s adCenter platform. Yahoo Search Marketing’s customers now will be prompted to create a portal through a transition adCenter account, Yahoo and Microsoft hope to complete by the end of this year this part of the transition

Mobile location social networking service Foursquare 丹尼斯克罗 Lee, CEO of Twitter news release Thursday, Foursquare total number of users has reached 260 million.

Foursquare Founded in 2009, is headquartered in New York, the company provides users with location-based social networking services, integration of social gaming features. Use of the service, the user may at any time to inform friends about their current location and activities. As of the end of 2009, Foursquare 17 million registered users. This year in April, Foursquare announced that ushered in the first 1 million registered users.

This industry that if the Foursquare maintain the current pace of development, then the company early next month will mark the first 3 million users. Foursquare surprising the market growth rate. Currently, Foursquare number of new subscribers per week for 10 million people. Foursquare users from 100 million to 200 million people in less than three months, an increase from 2 million to 3 million with a time less than 2 months.

Foursquare business development director Tristan Walker Twitter news release last month, said, Foursquare’s “sign” the number has more than 100 million views mark.

Foursquare by the end of June this year, announced the second round of financing has been completed. This round of financing from the venture capital firm Anderson Hollow Berkowitz fund led, Foursquare received 20 million U.S. dollars venture capital. Injection of funds in the company prior to the round of financing of the Foursquare valuation for the 95 million U.S. dollars. Foursquare in the first round of financing to get 135 million from the Union Square Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and a number of prominent angel investors.

It is said that social networking site Facebook earlier this year to 120 million U.S. dollars proposed acquisition of Foursquare, Foursquare, however, the higher the price to be bid was 25%, about 150 million U.S. dollars, which led eventually to abandon acquisition of Facebook