Facebook Rumored To Be In Talks to Acquire Opera to Create "Facebook Browser"

Fri, 05/25/2012 - 13:36 EDT - Forbes.com - Top Stories

I promised I wouldn?t write about this week. Well sorry, I couldn?t help myself. A rumor has been flying this afternoon about a potential ??acquisition??of Norwegian??browser company Opera.??Pocket-lint broke the news??in a post earlier today indicating that it had ?heard from one of its trusted sources that the social networking giant is looking to buy ...

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