Google and Facebook’s Warring Holiday Parties
Need further evidence about the simmering rivalry between Google and Facebook?
The Mountain View, Calif., Web search giant and the Palo Alto, Calif., Web social-networking darling scheduled their holiday parties for reporters on the same date this year December 8th and shot out the snazzy invites within half an hour of each other Monday.
But lest reporters fear that Facebook was trying to rain on Googles parade, the startup quickly switched its party date.
We hear that our friends in Mountain View had similar ideas for the evening of Dec. 8, so weve changed our date to December 10. Lot’s [sic] of Valley cheer to celebrate this year, wrote Facebook in a second email drawing attention to the change.
Now all that remains to be seen is who has the best egg-nog.
-Jessica E. Vascellaro
Image: Lotus Head via Wikipedia
Source: WSJ.com: Business Technology