Articles tagged with: Social networks
Just a year after acquiring the social network for $850 million, AOL is now considering a sale, according to Mike Butcher writing for TechCrunch.
“AOL is indeed quietly pondering a sale after watching Bebo perform much …
LinkedIn has taken further strides to embed itself in the enterprise social networking space with the introduction of a plugin for IBM’s Lotus Notes application. Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch reports:
“For users who spend much of …
Back in November 2008, we brought you news of BreakingNewsOn, a Twitter-based news alert service known for breaking news before mainstream channels (it famously once broke news of a bus crash even before the emergency …
Xing, the social network for professionals that has quite a lot of traction in Europe, has announced its purchase of socialMedian, a social news aggregator startup which came out of private beta just a few …
Without a doubt, the hottest news of the moment is yesterday’s launch of Facebook Connect and rival service, Google Friend Connect. The ensuing brouhaha is easily understood — these guys are changing the shape of …
In unrelated stories, we hear that YouTube and roll-your-own social network site Ning will be imposing restrictions the type of content that can be uploaded by users.
YouTube will now apply a stricter standard for mature …
A year after the Beacon privacy debacle which left its execs totally feeling the *facepalm*, Facebook has begun its publicity push for Facebook Connect, announced in May.
Seen as the next iteration of the Facebook platform, …
Technorati has joined the long list of tech companies tightening their belts in anticipation of a long hard year ahead. The company’s laid off six staff and implemented pay cuts across the board, as CEO …
The New York Times carries a fascinating look at the social media campaign that began with a conversation between the President-elect and Marc Andreessen and ended as the unstoppable force that carried Barack Obama to …
