Facebook to challenge Groupon with their own social deals service

All are in good social these days looks like. Inspired Groupon, Amazon does its social and housing assistance, not just Google related to the Fray in its sole discretion, Google offers. But what about Facebook?

Surprise! They are not going to lose coupon craze is social. In reality, the world's largest social network has just announced plans to test coupons Groupon imitate the social services in selected markets, which make use of 500 million users by the competition down for the count.

Facebook service discount deal will be tested in San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas, Atlanta and Austin, Texas. According to Facebook, it will be a part of its program offerings, which already allows companies to offer special users. The new social feature coupons, however, that these arrangements would be shared by users of Facebook for the great benefits to the line.

Why Facebook is rushing to launch their own version of Groupon? This is the final border internet has yet to conquer: the local level.

"Local is the last frontier, the Internet has not conquered, and everyone is going after with a vengeance," said Lou Kerner, an analyst at Wedbush Securities Inc. in New York. "These news are all kinds of evolutionary moment in the efforts of Facebook to be a major player in the room. "

As it turns out, people are very likely to be highly profitable in the long term. Daily treat services as Groupon and social life does $ 873 million last year. In 2015, it is expected that they will generate $ 3.93 billion. No wonder Google was willing to pay $ 6 billion for Groupon ... and no wonder Groupon has refused.

Verizon to launch 4G data network, USB modems

Verizon Wireless has finally coughed up some details on the upcoming, highly anticipated 4G network, with the support of naming the 38 largest cities - New York and Miami to San Francisco and Los Angeles - to get an early LTE coverage.

Total of 110 million users in North America - or one third of the United States - is surrounded by hedges when the Verizon 4G network goes live on December 1, Verizon executives promise that it will expand the footprint to include coverage 4G much greater 3G by 2013.

Expect data speeds up to 10 times faster than on Verizon's current 3G network, CTO Tony Melone promised during a conference call Tuesday. Downlink speeds between 5 and 12MBps should be "the norm," along with upload speeds in the 2-5MBps range, and latency rates that are about half as long as those on Verizon's existing 3G network, Melone said.

Among the cities on the list: Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Las Vegas,  Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix,  Seattle, and Washington, D.C.

Verizon also has a pair of new USB modem ready 4G-ready by LG and Pantech UML290 VL600. Both cost $ 99, $ 50 after rebate and that the contracts of two years, the LG modem available for the day, even when the device enters the Pantech very soon after.

And what about other modems, or 4G LTE first smartphones and tablets? We'll have to wait a little more about them, according to Melone of Verizon, who added that several devices - including smartphones, we hope - will be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and launched in mid- next year

Verizon is the latest major U.S. wireless carriers to move its 4G network. Sprint has about 68 cities covered with their 4G network based on WiMAX instead of LTE standard.