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Re:Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite... by tossaccount123 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:44AM (#19042656)
>Where does the growth come next though

I'm amazed they haven't taken a crack at Google with a search engine in their app. Imagine how valuable combining Facebook's data with the user intent of search? A lot of users would never leave the facebook app on their phone if they could get a search engine that's halfway decent. It seems like they are leaving a ton of money on the table as it stands

If its too much to develop their own maybe they could team up with Bing or something?

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Re:Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite... by hanniabu on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:45AM (#19043864)
At that rate, they'd be better off going all in with a Chromebook-like product with Facebook OS and a fully encompassed ecosystem.
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Re:Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite... by mcintyre1994 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:35AM (#19044933)
They tried that with mobile already, and with 93% of ad revenue from mobile I'm guessing laptops are pretty irrelevant to them even if they can make one sell with their own OS.
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