Can Facebook and Google Coexist?

By: Overtime Staff
Topics: 60 Rewind

For this week's Rewind, "60 Minutes Overtime" revisits ancient Internet history: 2005. DROID and the iPhone were just twinkles in some engineer's eye; Facebook was less than a year old and Gmail was still in Beta.

We found Lesley Stahl's report on Google to be fascinating. And not just because we work at "60 Minutes." The story is a snapshot that shows how fast-moving the Internet landscape really is.

Back then, Microsoft had a wary eye on Google. Today, Google is the giant, casting glances at its upstart rival Facebook. Will Google and Facebook co-exist peacefully? What might the NEXT five years bring? We want to hear what you think.

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by cm1701 December 19, 2010 1:20 PM EST: "Don't miss this gem: the early name for "Google Earth."

ARGH. This is a no brainer.

It was called "Keyhole"- as the Military Recon Satellites were all called Keyhole (KH-xx) at some point. Google Bought Keyhole Corp in October 2004.; Reply to this comment


by lovenloyalty2u December 12, 2010 8:33 PM EST: I use both sites daily, and like them both very much; Reply to this comment


by jf06109 December 5, 2010 10:43 PM EST: I can use google but not facebook; Reply to this comment


by jf06109 December 5, 2010 10:11 PM EST: Face book is the worse company to try to report a hacked a account to. If you called them they ask you if you want to speak to customer service and then tell you that their is no customer service as of now. My account was disabled for no reason and no one will tell you why. This has been going since June, now they won't even answer my e-mails; Reply to this comment


by ChrisHattery December 5, 2010 8:24 PM EST: Isn't this comparing apples to oranges? I use Google and Facebook every day, but for different reasons. And there's not much overlap.; Reply to this comment

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