Facebook's mystery 'press event'could reveal a robust search feature

Bay area: Facebook's mystery 'press event' on Tuesday could reveal a robust search feature that may intensify your competitors between web 2 . 0 giant and its rival Google.

Facebook is holding case at 10 am (1 pm EST) at its Menlo Park, California, headquarters. The corporation has never said exactly what offers announce. Yesterday, it invited bloggers and journalists to "come see what we're building."

 The business probably will not be revealing a different workplace - unless it chose to make its invitation very literal.

 It is equally unlikely to be unveiling a much-rumoured "Facebook phone" - unless CEO Mark Zuckerberg has changed his mind recently. Last fall, as he'd done on numerous occasions, he publicly shot down speculation that Facebook was building a smartphone.

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How Google is making an effort to create another Silicon Valley in US

Inside a small bungalow within the street separating Kansas, Kansas, looking at the sister city in Missouri, a small number of entrepreneurs will work on the ideas for the following high-tech startup, tapping Google's new superfast internet connection that has turned the neighborhood into an unlikely settlement dubbed the " Silicon Prairie."

 The property on State Line Road is among several startup-friendly locations that contain sprouted up in Kansas City lately. The catalyst is Google Fiber, the search-engine giant's fiber-optic network being tested within the Kansas area that advertises speeds up to a gigabyte per second a rate that massively exceeds the normal internet speeds at homes hooked up with cable modems.

 The power in charge of startups is not hard: A fast internet pipe makes it easier to manage large files and eliminates buffering issues that plague online video, live conferencing or other network-intensive tasks. Although the Kansas location presents challenges for startups, such as the capability to raise money outside the traditional Silicon Valley growth capital scene, entrepreneurs like Synthia Payne believe oahu is the place to be at this time for up-and-coming tech companies.

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