Facebook擬推商務社交網站
Facebook is working on a new website called “Facebook at Work” to get a foothold in the office that will see the social network of more than 1bn people compete directly with Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn .
Facebook正在研發一個名爲“Facebook at Work”的全新網站，以此獲得在辦公領域的立足之地。這個用戶數超過10億的社交網站，將在該領域與谷歌(Google)、微軟(Microsoft)和領英(LinkedIn)展開直接競爭。The Silicon Valley company is developing a new product designed to allow users to chat with colleagues, connect with professional contacts and collaborate over documents, competing with Google Drive and Microsoft Office, according to people familiar with the matter.
知情人士稱，這家硅谷公司正在開發一項新產品，其設計目的是讓用戶可以與同事聊天、與業內人脈溝通，以及協同完成文件，從而與Google Drive和微軟辦公軟件Microsoft Office展開競爭。
The new site will look like Facebook, with a news feed and groups, but will allow users to keep their personal profile with holiday photos, political rants and silly videos separate from work. Facebook declined to comment.
新網站將與Facebook形似，擁有信息流和羣組分類，不過將允許用戶把包含度假照片、政治言論和娛樂視頻的個人資料屏蔽在工作之外。Facebook拒絕就此置評。
Facebook employees have long used the site in their daily work, and expanding this to other companies has been discussed for some time. The project began in earnest during the past year and is being tested with companies as its launch approaches. Some of the engineers developing Facebook at Work are based in London.
Facebook的員工長久以來一直在日常工作中使用這一網站，將此推廣給其他公司的想法已經討論了一段時間。過去一年來，這一項目開始步入正規，目前正在一些公司試用，估計不久就會開通。開發Facebook at Work的一部分工程師位於倫敦。Facebook’s new product could take market share from LinkedIn, the social network for professionals with 90m active monthly users. LinkedIn has become the dominant site for online business networking, but Facebook at Work could also challenge Google’s drive, email and chat products and Microsoft’s Outlook email service, Office software and Yammer, the corporate social network it bought for $1.2bn in 2012.
Facebook的新產品可能會搶佔領英的市場份額。領英是一家爲專業人士提供服務的社交網站，月均活躍用戶數達9000萬。領英已成爲在線商務交流領域最重要的網站，不過Facebook at Work可能也會挑戰谷歌旗下的Drive、電子郵件和聊天類產品，並叫板微軟的Outlook電子郵件服務、Office軟件、及其2012年以12億美元收購的企業社交網絡Yammer。
