via Inc. by Bo Fishback
In the same way that Microsoft enabled thousands of companies to build software products for the PC, and that Google helped create a structure to discover new businesses and products online, Facebook has kicked the door wide open with respect to easily and quickly learning about people in a way that allows new products and services to be laser-targeted at solving real problems for them.
If start-ups get this right, it will mean less spam, richer experiences for users, more useful products, and an overall, a better Internet