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Facebook’s U.S. traffic rose 55 percent in the last year, with its number of visitors rising from 97.37 million to 151.13 million, according to analytics firm ComScore.
Combined with Facebook’s revamped messaging platform, does the social network’s seemingly ever-increasing popularity mean it will become more attractive as a business tool? A number of corporations already leverage Facebook as part of their online presence; but a lesser percentage utilizes its offerings for daily workflow.
Facebook’s revamped messaging platform now offers the option to “View on Office.com,” which opens attached Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents in the browser. Users can also download those attachments to their hard drives, provided they have Office running on their machine.
“Facebook’s new messaging platform integrates the Office Web Apps to enable Facebook users to view Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents with just one click,” Takeshi Numoto, corporate vice president for Microsoft Office, wrote in a Nov. 15 posting on The Microsoft Office Blog. “Now you can easily share those ideas with your friends and family on Facebook.”
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