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Facebook is opening an Operations Office in India to help manage the rapid growth in number of users. Facebook is making an effort to have support centers across time zones. Currently the other offices of Facebook are located in Palo Alto, Ca; Dublin, Ireland; and Austin, Texas. The number of users on Facebook has increased to over 400,000 since its inception in 2004, with over 8 million in India alone.
In other news, Microsoft is pushing the boundaries of Web and Cloud computing development at the MIX10. The MIX 10 is a 3-day conference in Las Vegas, NV that encompasses the topic of web development, cloud computing, interoperability and performance via innovation thorough the use of HTML 5. HTML5 will support hardware acceleration of graphics and text. Microsoft also unveiled the new Internet Explorer 9 Platform, which included a new JavaScript engine. Microsoft also want to keep its commitment to providing enhancements in JQuery and Open Data Protocol both which help developers access data from Cloud Computing.
Microsoft is hungry for mobile apps and demonstrated this on stage at the MIX 10 by using a smart phone to remotely control a canon. The Keynote speaker, using his Windows Phone, piloted a canon onto the stage. Using the canon, he then went on to shoot t-shits out to the crowd. Even though the Microsoft Phone will not be for the shelves till this fall, Microsoft is trying to maintain the consumer enthusiasm by finding ways to showcase the technology and produce mini-pep rally's to support the emerging technology.
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Post a CommentAn interesting thing to keep in mind for Facebook's rise in ranking is that in China, a country with a huge population, Facebook is blocked (yes, this is true). So, the fact that Facebook beat Google in this disadvantage should be highly recognized.