Sorry, Google, but Facebook is the Web's most important company now

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[Commentary] It's been a week since the Facebook developers conference, and I can't escape the feeling that it represented a pivotal moment in the history of the Internet. We will look back on that day as the point where Facebook usurped Google's position as the most important company on the Web. There's almost no way to overestimate the impact of what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled during his keynote address. The ambitious new set of features will make Facebook the central nervous system of the Web. This will grant Facebook an astonishing amount of power. While that has the potential to bring an array of benefits to users, it also means we must become more vigilant about our privacy, and that Facebook must recognize its new responsibilities.


Sorry, Google, but Facebook is the Web's most important company now