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LinkedIn founder and prominent investor Reid Hoffman has a few simple rules for Internet companies: don’t surprise your users, don’t ask for… Read more »
Facebook has made one of its biggest moves yet in its strategy to dominate mobile services: the social network has acquired Snaptu, a develo… Read more »
LinkedIn is moving into social news, with a new site called LinkedIn Today that aggregates stories that people in a specific industry are sh… Read more »
Google’s Android Marketplace, now home to more than 100,000 mobile apps, has fast become the top competitor to Apple’s App Store. But unlike… Read more »
LinkedIn has become the latest major social network to fall victim to China’s renewed crackdown on the internet, as the ruling Communist par… Read more »
So what if Twitter only generated revenues of $45 million last year? That hasn’t discouraged the likes of Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or Facebook fr… Read more »
After years of buzz that its IPO was on the way, LinkedIn is finally going to go public. The professional social network said today that it… Read more »
CNNMoney, the online face of Fortune magazine, is integrating business social network LinkedIn the Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) mag’s annual list o… Read more »
LinkedIn is apparently on and off for a significant group of its users today. That in itself isn’t news for us (after all, it’s in pretty go… Read more »
Industry watchers had said 2011 would be a big year for IPOs, and, if week one of the new year is any indication, they’re already right. Bot… Read more »
An obscure Virginia company, Pragmatus AV, has sued YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and Photobucket.com, claiming the companies infringe three o… Read more »
» How relevant are portals these days? Well, comScore data AOL (NYSE: AOL) is still a top-five site, though vertical blog network… Read more »
– Consumer Reports comparison iPhone App: If you didn’t take their advice and you bought an iPhone 4 anyway, well then, you can download th… Read more »
LinkedIn has made its second acquisition in two months, buying up ChoiceVendor, a startup that features customer ratings of business-to-busi… Read more »
The week’s news was dominated by two IPO filings: Skype, which filed for a $100 million IPO, and Demand Media, which did so a week ago and h… Read more »
LinkedIn is buying up personalization technology startup mSpoke in what is its first acquisition ever. MSpoke’s customers include publishers… Read more »
Shopkick, which is behind a highly-anticipated mobile app that will send offers to shoppers when they are near a store, has raised $15 milli… Read more »
LinkedIn, the professional networking site, plans to make acquisitions to expand into mobile. The site Read more »
Vivek Shah, who left Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) as digital head at news division of Time Inc. last November, has been named as an independent boa… Read more »
Financial news site TheStreet.com may have finished the year with a loss of $45.5 million — compared with 2008′s $2.4 million profit — the… Read more »
Zynga, the current social gaming behemoth, is using some of its money to do acquisitions: it has bought Serious Business, creators of social… Read more »
– InMobi/hi5: Mobile advertising network InMobi has signed an exclusive deal with social media site hi5 to serve ads for its mobile site in… Read more »
Zynga’s social games — which are already played by upwards of 230 million people each month — are about to get even more reach. The compan… Read more »
At the start of TheStreet.com’s Q3 earnings call, CEO Daryl Otte finally acknowledged that the company bought mobile and interactive agency… Read more »
– Bauer: The mag publisher is finally filling the digital sales head role, which Kurt Edwards vacated for Future after four months in Septe… Read more »
– Welcome to the iPhone, HBO: The premium cable network has launched an iPhone app that gives users show snippets and a program guide, but… Read more »
Playdom has a former EA star as its CEO, a fresh round of $43 million in funding, and now a well-known financial analyst as its CFO. Christa… Read more »
LinkedIn wants more attention from developers. The company is announcing that third-party developers will now be able to easily integrate th… Read more »
Seemingly unfazed by a looming class-action lawsuit triggered by allegations of misleading ads, social gamer Zynga has launched FarmVille.co… Read more »
Offer-based ads seemed to be the secret to monetizing social games — and social network users, in general — that standard banner ads could… Read more »
With more people turning to social networks to communicate, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is adding a new feature to the next version of Outlook so… Read more »
What … me worry about “scammy” ad accusations? Social gamer Zynga may be struggling with an image problem stemming from its offer-based in… Read more »
Mark May is a principal and senior internet and digital media research analyst at Needham & Company, LLC, a full-service growth-company inve… Read more »
More fallout from the media backlash surrounding the performance-based ads that social gaming companies like Zynga have been using to moneti… Read more »
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has joined Greylock Partners as an investing partner, and the VC firm — which currently backs Pandora and Isr… Read more »
Social gamer Zynga has acquired GoPets, a gaming company that lets people create and train virtual pets, according to Virtual Goods News. We… Read more »
Reports have been flying around about Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) potentially buying hot social-gaming company Playfish — with sources tel… Read more »
The legal drama between social gaming rivals Zynga and Playdom moved from claims of misleading ads to accusations of trade secret theft and… Read more »
Facebook may be the stickiest social network here in the U.S. — but LinkedIn is thought to be the default network for a “professional” prof… Read more »
