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Friendster Going Strong In Asia, Maybe Soon In Court

Posted by kdawson on from the now-for-the-guns-and-money dept.

Dekortage writes "Remember Friendster? Long ago outrun and lapped by MySpace and Facebook, and a textbook case of social networking collapse, Friendster appears to be going strong in Asia, and has recently stolen Google's Asia chief for its new CEO. More ominously, though, a recent press release (PDF) notes that the company 'was the first social networking company to launch key features, including the social graph server, a network activities tracker, and more. Friendster has been granted three fundamental patents and has more patents pending.' Hello, lawyers!"

5 of 58 comments (clear)

  1. Stupid patents aside by daveatneowindotnet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You'll be hard pressed to make me shed a tear if Facebook and MySpace are sued out of existance

  2. so you're saying... by deathtopaulw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Friendster is the perfect place to grab a hot asian girlfriend? I see a social networking un-collapse in their future.

  3. Re:speaking of has-beens and never-will-bes... by Affenkopf · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope, it hasn't. Orkut is the number one social networking site in Brazil and India, so Google is probably still making money with it.

  4. No! by thermian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Facebook has got me closer to getting a date then anything else on the internet!

    Oh wait, did I just hit submit?

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    1. Re:No! by thermian · · Score: 4, Funny

      cannot unread...

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