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Sadly Google lost out this time when Microsoft paid £117m for just a 1.6% stake in Facebook.

Taking advantage of the social networking site’s success, Microsoft will also sell internet ads for Facebook outside of the US as part of the deal.

This will help Facebook in its aim to become an advertising magnet for the current 50 million active users.

Full story here.

This week has been a busy one for all of us.

Craig went off to the Escape hideaway in Cyprus whilst back at HQ we entered the calendar season. If anyone else out there is thinking of a way to promote themselves, get in touch and we’ll be happy to help out. Calendars are a sure-fire way of ensuring your business is on display every day of the year.

We had never eaten so many cakes when Debbie turned 30 this week and we all celebrated.

Debbie hits the flirty thirties

We have also started the end of 2007 newsletter run, now don’t go forgetting deadlines as we march headlong into the busiest postal period of the year. Last posting dates - 2nd class is Monday 17th December and 1st class Thursday 20th December.

Enjoy the sunny weekend and we’ll see you again next week.

Cracking little website here called Urban dirty, which allows you to download 237 gritty, grimy and sometimes slimy images for use in design and artwork creation.

The maximum size for most photos is 2048 x 1536 pixels at 180 dpi. Go check em oot!!

A useful little application for the “tidy” among us is Dock Dividers a set of apps for Mac OS X that inserts place dividers between groups of applications in your dock.Its not going to change the world, but every little helps.

Image and link courtesy of Bittbox

I found this wonderful local business that has a great selection of jewellery, handbags and some fun and unusual gift ideas at really affordable prices.

So as the season of goodwill, spending and giving is almost upon us, I thought why not invite them in and share it all with you.

I’d love it if you could attend so put November 2nd in your diary from 12.00 Noon till 3pm in Unit C here at The Escape.

Let me know if you can make it.

All the girls here at The Escape are going to be there and are looking forward to seeing you all.

Remember…November 2nd from Noon - 3pm.

Found this link to dennisplucinik.com via one of our favourite design sites bittbox. It contains 60 advanced photoshop tutorials, some of which are very useful and insightful.

Worth a read for anyone looking to develop their skills in image creation and manipulation.