http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/social-networking Blog Articles Tagged with 'social-networking' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143901?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking Neither the blogosphere nor Web 2.0 social networking services provide the kind of intellectual community that drives innovation, according to Google.org s executive director, Larry Brilliant. As a result, there s room for growth for companie... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:52:48 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143901?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143169?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking Maybe Larry Ellison was right maybe cloud computing has been so overhyped that the term now applies to pretty much anything. A perfect example: Salesforce.com s Dreamforce event. After riding the SasS wave to a market capitalization of $3.7 bi... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:47:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143169?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143098?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking You want to know why Take-Two Entertainment (TTWO) and Electronic Arts (ERTS) are going to have a harder time making money? Because smaller, more nimble companies like Zynga are moving on their turf. Linked is an old TechCrunch post of Zynga--note th... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:48:11 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143098?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1142512?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking Wink, a Mountain View, Calif., people search site is merging with Reunion, a Santa Monica, Calif., social networking site. Combining Wink s 700 million individual profiles and web-crawling capabilities and Reunion s membership of about 50 millio... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:00:19 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1142512?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1142513?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking Some venture capital investors don t seem to be unfazed by the current downturn in the financial markets and over all economy. Today, Redwood City, Calif.-based RockYou announced that it has raised another $17 million from Softbank and SK Telec... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:43:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1142513?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1141468?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking ShareThis, a Cincinnati-based startup whose handy plugin lets users share web site links and publishers track the popularity of web content, says it now has 91 million unique users and grew its publisher base by 15,000 to a total of 60,000 in the t... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:34:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1141468?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-web-2.0-review/1141309?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking Xiaonei, the leading Facebook-copycat in China, announced today that it has started to allow third-party apps to integrate Xiaonei s online payment system, i.e. Xiaonei Dou, to monetize the traffics. What is Xiaonei Dou? It is the virtual coin of X... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:28:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-web-2.0-review/1141309?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1140693?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking A few days ago Business Week reported that Motorola was working on a new social networking-oriented, Google Android-powered smartphone. Later we pointed out that Motorola s experiment with Android goes beyond just one phone. Today, The Wall Street ... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:30:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1140693?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1140192?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking AdaptiveBlue has raised a $4.5 million Series B round from RRE Ventures and Union Square Ventures and will use the funds to add to its fulltime staff of eight and continue developing Glue, a new, contextual social networking layer it has added to it... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:00:06 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1140192?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1139903?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking The Defrag Conference is happening on Monday 11/3 and Tuesday 11/4. I'm totally psyched - Eric Norlin has put together a killer agenda. The list of people coming that I can't wait to see and spend time with is dynamite. When Eric and I cooked up... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:29:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1139903?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1138053?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking The Defrag Conference is happening on Monday 11/3 and Tuesday 11/4. I'm totally psyched - Eric Norlin has put together a killer agenda. The list of people coming that I can't wait to see and spend time with is dynamite. When Eric and I cooked up... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:34:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1138053?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137247?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking When it comes to its new mobile operating system, Android, Google s dreams go beyond just mobile phones. Indeed, the company is hoping that the open-source version of the software will eventually find its way into a panoply of devices.Google today ... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:00:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137247?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137091?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking When it comes to its new mobile operating system, Android, Google s dreams go beyond just mobile phones. Indeed, the company is hoping that the open-source version of the software will eventually find its way into a panoply of devices.Google today ... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137091?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1138113?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking IIreland's Movidia has raised $14M ( 8M) in Series A funding led by Celtic House Venture Partners and Capital-E. Movidia also says it will launch a working prototype silicon for its first product. The semiconductor startup has developed video editin... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:54:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1138113?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137092?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking Since Google pays News Corp millions of dollars to be its friend, it is no surprise that MySpace, the elder social networking service would be one of the first companies to release an Android-version of MySpace Mobile just ahead of the commercial rel... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:39:24 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137092?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137065?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking Brand Asset Digital launched its P2P advertising platform P2Pwords today, promising to bring pay-per-click advertising to file-sharing networks like Limewire, Gnutella and Emule. The NY-based company received a largely positive review from John Heal... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:06:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137065?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1136681?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking BusinessWeek says Motorola, the beleaguered Schaumburg, Ill.-based handset maker is working on an Android OS-based phone not that it should surprise anyone. Former CEO Ed Zander was quick to sign up for the Google-sponsored Open Handset Alliance.... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:45:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1136681?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1134729?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking Gawker did a little investigative journalism this afternoon (sifted through Facebook pics, sent and received Facebook messages) and discovered that Nouriel Roubini, AKA Dr. Doom, is not as full of gloom as we've been led to believe. To the contrary,... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:23:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1134729?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1133545?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking I blame David Hasselhoff.Everything was going fine for the web the financial world had been unwinding its overleveraged excesses for nearly a year without nary a ripple into Silicon Valley until the launch of HoffSpace, a social network revol... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:00:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1133545?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1133581?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking If you are interested in Social Computing in the Enterprise, NewsGator has just put up a Social Computing Best Practices & Resources on their web site. In addition to a bunch of NewsGator generated content, it has useful links to some of the key b... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:44:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1133581?rsstype=tag&tag=social-networking