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Past week I was enjoying myself in forgotten France, so you can imagine I haven’t been spending too much time on Empire Avenue. Turns out my direct competitors have, but the investments I’ve made in the past few weeks are still paying off  and my wealth kept rising. There’s a new competitor as well, but I’m still aiming for the number 6 position, which is almost within reach, I hope to get there next week!

Great post on TechCrunch, a must-read if you are into the G+ vs FB debate. A quote from Zuckerberg from last night’s boring announcement of videochat (wasn’t that available 3 years ago on google talk?).

The definition of groups is . . . everyone inside the group knows who else is in the group

If you don’t understand this jab you should definitely read the post on Techcrunch!

When you were growing up?

This question was raised after reading Jezebel’s article on the demographic of 14-17 year old girls and their (mis-)use of Facebook. While the statistics are interesting, I found the connection with the NY Times article one of the best observations. It point out the threat of Facebook keeping someone from transforming into something new for the next phase of their life, by having all the close friends from one life-era close-by.

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This strange news got to me through this article at wired.com. The point currently is taking sides, and while Microsoft sides with Facebook, through buying 1.6% of its shares for $240 million, Google obviously finds it better to go to war with another big profile website on its side. I personally prefer Facebook, but in the end, Google would be the all-out favorite. Should I be chosing between both in the future?

Better yet; would that be what they want me to do?