The Facebook movie, titled The Social Network now has a trailer. It's a little low on visuals but the dialogue sounds like a cross between a horror flick and the movie Boiler Room. It's too early to tell if it's going to be good, but I'm betting that it's going to be a difficult sell to the American public. Keep in mind that Grown Ups  just made $41M this weekend. Maybe, the Mark Zuckerberg character should take a couple of shots to the groin once every twenty minutes to try and hold the viewer's attention. I know I'd pay $5 to see that. What's that? Movies cost how much now?!

See you on HBO, Zucks. [Valleywag]

I guess nobody told Facebook that we were in a recession because they are on pace to make over a billion dollars this year.

This just goes to show you that the old formula:

Good Product + Bulk Pageviews + Advertising = Revenue

Remember when people used to say that Facebook would never make money? Remember when they said that about YouTube? Twitter? Well, Facebook is already rolling in dough, despite being a place where people allegedly hate seeing ads. YouTube is the next big frontier for Google Ads and is already raking in dough. My guess is that as long as Twitter can stay a "Good Product" despite opposition from Google and Facebook, it will find it's way to big revenue as well. Of course, that's a big "if."

Just because it may take longer to get your product to catch on or to implement the best advertising system doesn't mean that it's any less viable to support your site on ads alone. Of course, just because it's possible doesn't make it easy, and that's the rub! [ReadWriteWeb]

I'm not sure if this Internet by the numbers video is meant to inform or to make you realize how dominant Facebook has become over its competition. It seems to succeed at both! As big as Google may be, Facebook seems to have quite the leg up over other social sites and even photo-sharing sites. Pretty intense! [The Daily What via Gizmodo]

Google vs. Apple vs. Microsoft and every other iteration. That's been the story of the last few months. Google and Apple hate Microsoft because they lead the way in desktop apps. Google and Microsoft hate Apple because they lead the way in mobile technology. Apple and Microsoft hate Google because Google is encroaching on their territory in both cases. That's the stripped down version, at least. They fight over way more: browsers, operating systems, online applications, search, and even slogans. Just yesterday, I was musing at how it seemed like "just yesterday" (which would be the day before yesterday, I guess, in this story) that it was Apple and Google vs. Microsoft and that was it. Microsoft was the big, bad behemoth and Apple and Google were the shining innovators looking to take down the old regime. "My! how things have changed," I thought to myself.

Well, as it turns out, if you pay close attention, this isn't a three-horse race.

The other player in this game is Facebook. Facebook? Yeah, Facebook, you know: the third most highly trafficked site on the Internet, the most pervasive social phenomenon of the day, the #1 destination for the nation's youth, young adults and young professionals. Sure, you may use Google to search for something or Wikipedia to find out more about it but it's Facebook that you'll hang out, communicate and interact. Well, as it turns out, Facebook is looking to take aim at Gmail and traditional email with the release of Project Titan. This full-featured email system could very well change the way that people look at email. Yeah, we were saying the same thing about Google Wave but the difficult of Google Wave is getting everyone on board. For the most part, all of my peers already are on board with Facebook. Integration of your online social space with email would only make Facebook that much more useful (rather than complicated, as is the current hurdle with Wave).

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch sums it up well, "Gmail killer? I don’t think so. But a strong product move nonetheless." No kidding!

Kudos to Facebook. They may be the dark horse but they are definitely a contender is what appears to be a true four-horse race. [TechCrunch]