Indispensable Outlook plug-in Xobni just released version 1.4, adding integration with social-networking service LinkedIn. Users will now see a contact's LinkedIn profile data (job title, company, and photo), assuming he/she has any, in their Xobni sidebar. Clicking the accompanying LinkedIn logo takes you to that contact's page on the service. Also...
LinkedIn has raised another $53 million in venture capital to give the company a rough valuation of $1 billion.The social networking company said in a post that its latest round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, which joins Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and Bessemer Ventures. LinkedIn raised $27 million previously....
At this point, you've probably heard that LinkedIn raised $53 million, mostly from Bain Capital Ventures, which translates into a $1 billion valuation. That leaves us with the obvious question: Can the company really be worth that much? There have been lots of wild numbers on the social-networking front recently,...
Online video chat network Seesmic has raised another USD6m in a second round of funding, co-led by Wellington Partners and Omidyar Network, the investment arm of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Founded by French blogger and entrepreneur Loic Le Meur, Seesmic lets users post videos to spark discussions and interact...
It's not what you know, but who you know that counts -- and LinkedIn is capitalizing on that adage. We talk to Mario Sundar, LinkedIn's community evangelist, about how to get the most out of the professional networking site. Learn how to use LinkedIn to find a new job, expand...
Useful Commute: Use LinkedIn to Advance Your CareerGood info - but I am still confusedSome really great info on LinkedIn in this session, but I am still confused on how to maximize exposure to NEW contacts. Mario makes a point that it is critical to make sure you connect...
A friend sent me a text the other night -- from a humongous holiday party held for a well-known biotech firm -- with this thought: the hallmark of mall culture is the decreased possibility of a unique experience. This feeling had come over him while walking...
When Social Network Invites Are Merely Socially AwkwardUmmm...but I like Linked-InI had the same feeling about Linked-In when I first saw it, and made the same assumptions. Then, after about the 5th invite, I decided to accept and take the plunge.I have to say, it's very useful. People...
I used to think that LinkedIn requests were obnoxious. I felt like I was being roped into a social network that, unlike Friendster, has been scrubbed free of interestingness and instead has a glossy PR sheen. But as a business professional, it's become unavoidable; not having a LinkedIn profile is...
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Jigsaw (www.jigsaw.com), a leading provider of business information and data services that uniquely leverages user-generated content contributed by its global membership, today announced that Jim Fowler, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw, will participate on the panel discussion "Business Social Networking and the Changing Nature of Data"...
PALO ALTO, Calif. and LONDON, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The leading pan- European venture capital firm Wellington Partners has strengthened its presence in Silicon Valley with the appointment of Eric Ly as a Venture Partner. Eric, previously LinkedIn's co-founder and founding CTO, is currently founder and CEO of Presdo,...
Document imaging professionals have a new onlinegathering place with the launch of the Document Imaging Group on LinkedIn,a business-oriented social networking site. The group was formed to helppeople interested in the document imaging market expand their professionalrelationships for business and employment opportunities. You can join theDocument Imaging Group...
Networking Tips to Keep Entertainment Industry Professionals Afloat MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- With Hollywood still feeling the effects from a Writers Guild strike that ended just months ago, the entertainment industry is bracing for yet another strike as the Screen Actors Guild SAG weighs a potential walkout. LinkedIn,...
Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces thatBrandon Duncan, Director of Engineering at LinkedIn.com , will participate in adiscussion about online business networking at the Social NetworkingConference taking place in San Francisco on July 10-11, 2008. Mr. Duncan will share his expertise on how the success of social networkshave impacted...
Contact Profiles in Xobni's Sidebar for Outlook Now Automatically Incorporates Employer Names, Job Titles, and Profile Photos Pulled from LinkedIn, the Internet's Leading Professional Network SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Xobni, the popular new Outlook plug-in, today announced an integration with LinkedIn to incorporate key contact...
Finding Additional Contacts is Even Easier with the OneSource Connection to LinkedIn BOSTON -- OneSource Business Information Services, an infoGROUP company, (NASDAQ: IUSA), is pleased to announce functionality designed to make finding business contacts even easier than before. Through seamless integration with the LinkedIn[R] professional network of business...
Survey Shows Many South Florida Businesses Have Not Established Corporate Policies Guiding Employees on the Use of Sites Such as LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The South Florida Technology Alliance SFTA, an organization dedicated to promoting South Florida's technology community, on...
LinkedIn, the networking website for professionals, has become the latest trendy internet venture to achieve a $1bn-plus (510m) valuation, following its latest round of fundraising from venture capital firms. Bain Capital Ventures is leading a consortium of investors putting up $53m for a 5 per cent stake...
L ong before MySpace was invented, humans have been social networking. The guys would team up to go hunt bison, and the women would get together to discuss tips for keeping the cave clean. Later, when farming was discovered, they divided up duties, so some of...
FaceTime Communications today announced thatits Unified Security Gateway USG now secures and manages the nearly 2,000 MySpaceapplications that have been developed by third parties and arecurrently available for users to download to their MySpace profiles. Thisgranular control of MySpace is complementary to the USG's support for morethan 20,000 ...
