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Looking at Facebook's news feed patent

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| I wonder what is Facebook’s strategy here. They 
| could simply be looking to stifle competitors. 
| The obvious result of this is that they will 
| probably attempt to get licences from some 
| prominent social networks and the 
| aforementioned open source projects. In the 
| longer run, this could be used to become the 
| only name in social networking. Not good news 
| at all. 
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http://www.technollama.co.uk/looking-at-facebook-news-stream-patent

Google Secures Broad Patent for Location-Based Advertising

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| That patent itself focuses on making sure 
| businesses can better target their ads based on 
| location information so that they can do things 
| such as price arbitration (e.g. figuring out 
| prices for items near you and getting the best 
| deal). It also deals with the user interface 
| and defining geographic areas.
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http://mashable.com/2010/03/01/google-location-advertising-patent/


Recent:

Scientist Finds PageRank-Type Algorithm from the 1940s

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| Google's PageRank algorithm was developed
| in 1998. But a project to trace the history
| of such algorithms reveals an example from
| the 1940s.
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http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24821/?a=f
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