Facebook announcement: Social media giant generates buzz with press event
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Posted: 01/14/2013
Facebook is generating a lot of buzz with a mysterious press event set for Tuesday.
The social media giant has invited the news media to its headquarters to "come and see what we're building."
The company is apparently ripping a page out of Steve Jobs' hype machine owner's manual.
There's no shortage of theories on what Facebook will announce.
Much of the speculation is latching onto the long-rumored Facebook smartphone or tablet.
But CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a magazine in September a phone is "clearly" the wrong strategy for Facebook.
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