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Now you can book private planes thanks to Social Flights


Have you ever wanted to take a quick weekend trip to some out-of-the-way place, but canned the idea because there was no practical way to get there without having to make a connection or two followed by a long drive–all of which would have eaten up half your weekend? Social Flights, a new company that is using the social web to fill up private planes, is betting you’re not the only one.
The founders of Social Flights believe that, if you had the chance to grab a seat on a private plane that would fly point-to-point, as the wealthy are able to do today, and the cost of your seat was comparable to what you’d pay to fly commercial, you’d grab it.

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Facebook ha 200 milioni di utenti


In meno di due mesi e’ salito di altri 25 milioni

(ANSA) – ROMA, 10 APR – In meno di due mesi Facebook e’ cresciuto di altri 25 milioni, tragliando il traguardo dei 200 milioni di iscritti. La ”rete sociale” sfida ormai le potenze mondiali in termini di popolazione: sarebbe ora il quinto Paese al mondo per numero di ”abitanti”, dopo Cina, India, Usa e Indonesia. Facebook ha visto la luce in un dormitorio di Harvard nel 2004 grazie a Mark Zuckerberg e a tre suoi compagni di universita’.

Source: Ansa