Facebook is an entertainment company. They compete with TV networks for eyeballs. If somebody spend more hours per day on facebook - they spend less hours per day watching TV.
Or do you know of any plans of Facebook to diversify into non-entertainment business?
I for one don't understand, why they don't have fmail (Facebook Mail)? Providing free email was the first thing that any successful Internet company before them did (i.e. Yahoo, MSN, Google).
New mediums can be used to break FB proprietary APIs, same way as Apple used mobile to promote HTML5 over Flash.
Android and TV can be used to create and promote Open standards.
They're an entertainment company, yes, but they are hugely more available than TV. It's not generally true that hours spent on Facebook replace TV-watching, because TV isn't generally watchable in all the situations Facebook is. That spare 5 minutes to half-hour in the office can be filled by Facebook, for instance, where TV simply isn't practical.
I for one don't understand, why they don't have fmail (Facebook Mail)? Providing free email was the first thing that any successful Internet company before them did (i.e. Yahoo, MSN, Google).
New mediums can be used to break FB proprietary APIs, same way as Apple used mobile to promote HTML5 over Flash. Android and TV can be used to create and promote Open standards.