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Facebook takes on Twitter with Venue, a second screen companion for live events

Facebook’s R&D workforce, NPE Team, is launching a new app for enticing fellow lovers round live events, Venue. This is the 3rd new app to release simply this week from Facebook’s interior group targeted on experimenting with new ideas in social networking. With Venue, the corporate targets t…
Facebook’s R&D group, NPE Team, is launching a new app for engaging fellow fans around live events, Venue. This is the third new app to launch just this week from Facebook’s internal team focused on experimenting with new concepts in social networking. With Venue, the company aims t…

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