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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg just shared a feature that could give Microsoft a big advantage over competitors. Microsoft and Facebook launched a site called Docs.com this morning, which is all about sharing your documents using Facebook. He didn’t offer too many details, but said the site will work closely with Facebook. So if you want to share a document on Facebook, you can do so using the connections you’ve already built on the social network.
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