Saturday, July 21, 2007

Facebook buys Parakey

Social networking site Facebook has bought internet start-up, Parakey, run by two of the co-creators of the popular web browser, Mozilla Firefox.

This is an interesting happening. Most notably since it involves the Mozilla Firefox founders. We already know that these two guys are trailblazers of innovation with the success of Firefox.

If they are going to put their minds to developing a a web based OS It will most likely be a huge success.

"Parakey is described as a platform that "bridges the gap between information on the web and the desktop".

As part of the deal, which is for an undisclosed sum, Mozilla Firefox founders Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt will help to develop the Facebook site.

A notice on Parakey's site says it hopes to makes consumers' lives easier.

"Computers are frustrating," the site says. "Creating documents, finding files, sharing information - why do everyday things still seem so tedious and counterintuitive?"

"Give your computer the bird," it concludes."

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