Facebook takes steps to become a genuine business platform

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Added email and e-commerce functionality means businesses should seriously consider the role of Facebook

With businesses increasingly relying on social networking tools to improve communication with employees and partners, the most popular one of them all, Facebook, could be at the heart of a major sh...

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