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Facebook buys Face.com for $100 million

article published on 18 June, 2012

Facebook has announced its acquisition of Face.com. Face.com is an Israeli-based facial recognition technology company, and will likely be quickly integrated into the social networking giant. The companies did not disclose the final price of the deal, but nearly all sources place the acquisition price at $100 million. It is unclear how Facebook will use the service, but most speculate ... [ read the full article ]

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A5J4DX
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_ 		18. June 2012 @ 18:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
prob because it had "face" in the name :P
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LordRuss
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_ 		19. June 2012 @ 14:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wasn't the 'book' losing its ass not that long ago? Kind of a bold move to start scarfing up some more companies... Although, nice to know they can now start working with foreign governments & law enforcement without any of our consent to start searching for "suspects".

You know, for traffic violations & parking tickets.
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xnonsuchx
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_ 		19. June 2012 @ 17:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Luckily they paid cash instead of offering worthless stock! ;-)
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