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  • Facebook Vanity URL Username Attracts 3 Million Users Within 12 hours


    15 June, 2009, by Desire Athow

    Our Comments
    The vanity URL could prove to be the first step by Facebook to launch a Twitter like service fairly soon. Google as well launched a similar feature back in April, which was known as Google Profile service. Everyone therefore, seems to be particularly aware of Twitter's impact and gearing up to the challenge.

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    Facebook Members Grab More Than 3 Million Names Within Hours
    (Bloomberg)

    Tags: Social Networking, URL, facebook
    Desire Athow
    Posted by
    Desire Athow
    on 15 June, 2009

    Désiré Athow is the Content Editor of ITProPortal.com and has been reporting on technology and telecommunication since 1999. You can follow him on Twitter.
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