Thursday, March 17, 2011

Facebook launches in multiple purchases

The network Facebook has launched Wednesday, March 16, a bundled service, taking the system as a site Groupon. The principle is given a promotion when several users, in this case "friends" of the Facebook network, upon request. "These tips will be available soon in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco" or several hotspots of techie culture of the United States, indicated that the social network, which boasts more than 500 million registered .

Facebook, which has already launched several months ago a service "good plans" for users to receive special offers by pointing at retailers now wants to compete directly with Groupon. Groupon as rival Social Living, which is supported by Amazon, offers daily or several coupons for services or products at reduced rates, which are activated only if a sufficient number of Internet users have subscribed.

Launched in November 2008, the site boasts 60 million subscribers in 45 countries. The Chicago company has refused to fall to a takeover offer of $ 6 billion (4.3 billion euros) from Google.

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