Friendster announces new CEO and US$20 mln in funding
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Friendster, the 9th largest website in the world based on traffic and the #1 social network in Asia, announced Richard Kimber as its new chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of its board of directors. As the new CEO, Kimber will lead Friendster’s global business and guide operations in Asia and the U.S. In [...]
Social networking: you can’t ignore the traffic
Sunday, May 4th, 2008With the increased consumer traffic that social networks are generating on the Internet, retailers must have a position on social networks, according to Gartner. Although social networks have tended to center on younger demographic groups, they are expanding into wider groups that matter to a broader base of retailers such as career-based social networks, shopping-based [...]
GigaOm: Social Networks Not Advertiser-Friendly
Friday, April 11th, 2008In a memo to employees about the Yahoo saga, AOL CEO Randy Falco underlines the problem facing social networks: “But despite drawing large, engaged audiences, other social networks have not been able to make the experiences relevant to users and marketers alike”, says GigaOM.
SOA Social Network - SOA jam
Monday, April 7th, 2008IBM announced a new social network focused on advancing service oriented architectures (SOA). This SOA Social Network brings together a like-minded, global community of thought leaders, information technology and business professionals, university professors and students, and other interested parties through both online and in-person forums designed to help members build skills and share best practices.
Business networking: a startup guide
Monday, March 24th, 2008Effective business networking can help your entrepreneurial startup garner more customers, partners and investors. You’ve already worked hard to make your products and services top-notch and you’ve put together a killer business and marketing plan, and business is growing. Slowly.
Bebo gives up cheap
Thursday, March 13th, 2008AOL will aquire social-networking site Bebo.com for some 850 million dollars. Bebp has some 40 million users. There was no surprise, Bebo was for sale and AOL was looking to buy new things. The rumors were about some 1 billion dollars. But the outcome is less. I can almost say CHEAP!
Social networking on 3G mobile
Friday, November 23rd, 2007C3, the software company supplying the Seteca interactive system for chat-and-date and social networking services, is adding a SIP interface to its system so that surfers can access sites over VoIP services such as Skype. Seteca takes calls from landlines, mobile phones, voice or 3G video, Internet soft phone including SIP video or Internet Skype. [...]
News Corp. might buy LinkedIn
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Rupert Murdoch has more money to spend. He might want to buy LinkedIn social networking website, according to sources.
