Pack your bags and get ready to head to Palo Alto. That's the message for two Seattle area firms that have been accepted into Facebook's new 10-week incubator program: fbFund Rev 2009.  Seattle's Sortuv and Vittana -- which we've written about here and here -- are among 20 startups and non-profit entities that will receive intensive support and training to help accelerate social applications. The companies -- chosen from among more than 400 applicants -- also will get around $25,000. Sortuv -- led by former Giant Company Software execs Ron Franczyk, Jim Heising and Andrew Newman -- is developing a search and discovery technology that allows computer users to find products or services that are "sort of" like similar offerings. Vittana, which is bringing the concept of microfinance to education, allowing contributors to support students in developing countries with small loans, was one of two firms accepted in the non-profit category. The Read More