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posted by robind on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the like-this dept.
Maow writes "Wired.com has a 10th anniversary look at some of the innovations that Facebook has led, or at least been at the forefront of.

This is not about how "Likes" and "the Wall" and "Timelines" have changed how users interact with the internet and each other.

This is about open-sourced data centres, and the like:

Behind the scenes, inside the massive data centers that power this worldwide social network, you’ll find all sorts of other technologies that have changed our world in very different ways — and perhaps bigger ways.

Any good techie can appreciate the items listed or at least several of them. They are often over-looked ways that Facebook has contributed; ways that average Facebook users probably have absolutely no clue about; ways that might earn them just a bit of respect from the most die-hard Facebook haters."

 
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    by LaminatorX (14) <laminatorxNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:15AM (#18)
    ...I still haven't gotten a first post.
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