- Facebook Clocks Fifth Birthday
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7868403.stm - Facebook is Five
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/02/facebook_is_five.html
Facebook turned five on February 4th. There really is not anything new to report, and most of the articles are simple summaries of Facebook’s development. I liked the above BBC articles. One looks more at the history of Facebook, and the other details some of the challenges Facebook faces in monetizing its traffic.
Update: 2009-02-13
Why Facebookâs Future Is Mobile
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/why-facebooks-future-is-mobile/
With 25 million mobile users, one blogger suggests targeted, location-aware, paid advertisements could be the trick to balance the books.