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• Building A Social Network In A Facebook And Twitter World

  PaidContent - 2010-02-01

  Geoff Cook is the CEO of myYearbook, a social network built around meeting new people. He also founded EssayEdge and ResumeEdge and sold them to The Thomson Corporation.You can’t go an entire day without encountering Facebook and Twitter – even if you don’t have an account. Whether you ride...

  Tags: Facebook, Network, Twitter Inc., Stream, Geoff Cook, MyYearbook, myYearbook Chatter, Media, Social Networking, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Features, Leading Voices, Social Media, Community, Companies, News Corp., MySpace, Twitter

• Location-based network Foursquare partners with Bravo TV

  Strategy Eye - 2010-01-31

  Location-based social network Foursquare is rumoured to be partnering with Bravo TV in a bid to encourage greater audience interaction. Viewers will reportedly receive 'badges' when they visit locations that correspond to the cable network's shows. The partnership will be promoted on air, giving the...

  Tags: Network, Location, Cable, Business Structures, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Finance, Bravo, NBC Universal, Virgin Media TV, Twitter, Foursquare, Social Times, Editorial, Apple Inc.

• How to Break Through a Crowded Market

  BNET - 2010-01-26

  Raise your hand if your company is attempting to differentiate itself and gain market share in a crowded market. You're not alone. What market isn't a packed mass of hungry competitors these days? Well, it's not impossible to break through. These 7 companies did it, against all odds. by Steve...

  Tags: Apple, Market, Media, Marketing, iPhone, Google, Spanx, Tesla Motors, Twitter, Pet Airways, Howard Stern, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Management, Startup, Venture Funding, Steve Tobak

• New Workplace Rules for Job Success

  BNET - 2010-01-21

  You won't find these four rules for success in the employee handbook. But you need to know this unwritten code to thrive on the job today. by Gail Belsky

  Tags: Job, Workplace, Success, MoneyWatch, Policies And Procedures, Recruitment & Staffing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jobs, Careers, Human Capital, CBS, Career Advancement, Career Advice, Job Description, Networking, Social Networking, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Susanne Trimbath, Lauren Zander, Mike Thompson, Patrick Wright, Gail Belsky

• HootSuite Raises $1.9 Million For Popular Twitter Client

  PaidContent - 2010-01-08

  HootSuite, which is behind the popular Twitter client, has raised $1.9 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. The company’s software drives about 3.9 percent of Tweets, according to Twitstat, making it the fifth most popular Twitter client after the Twitter website, Tweetdeck, Tweetie and Twitterfeed. No confirmation...

  Tags: Twitter Inc., HootSuite, Web Site Development, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Companies, Twitter, Joseph Tartakoff

• Twitter Raises Another $5.2 Million in Fifth Round Funding; Total Now $160 Million

  PaidContent - 2010-01-08

  This is a bit strange in terms of timing and size, especially as reports of Twitter turning a slight profits for 2009 are trickling out: it has raised a relatively tiny round of $5.2 million in series E fifth round of funding, according to an SEC filing earlier this...

  Tags: Round, Twitter Inc., Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Twitter, Rafat Ali

• Twitter Buys Geolocation Startup Mixer Labs

  PaidContent - 2009-12-23

  Twitter is putting some of its recent big funding round to work; the company has purchased Mixer Labs, which provides services to developers who want to make their products location-aware. More to come. Related Twitter To Add Location Data—A Precursor To Geotargeted Ads? by Joseph Tartakoff

  Tags: Twitter Inc., Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Twitter, Joseph Tartakoff

• Twitter App Directory OneForty Raises $1.6 Million

  PaidContent - 2009-12-18

  OneForty, the Twitter app directory and marketplace started by Twitter for Dummies author Laura Fitton, has raised $1.6 million in a funding round, according to an SEC filing. No word on who the funding comes from, although the filing lists Flybridge Capital Partners’ Jeffrey Bussgang as a director. The...

  Tags: Twitter Inc., OneForty, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Companies, Twitter, Joseph Tartakoff

• Inside Word: How The Big Search Engines Should Rank Tweets

  PaidContent - 2009-12-18

  The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies.Blogger: Hutch CarpenterPosition: Carpenter is the VP of product at Spigit, which sells social software to businesses; it has raised $14 million in fundingBlog name: I’m...

  Tags: Google Inc., Search Engine, Twitter Inc., Tweets, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Blogging, Microsoft Office, Search, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Features, Inside Word, Companies, Google, Microsoft, Bing, Twitter, Yahoo, Joseph Tartakoff

• Accused Of Being A Copy Cat, Microsoft Suspends Its Twitter-Like Service In China

  PaidContent - 2009-12-15

  Less than a month after Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) launched a microblogging service in China, the company has pulled the product off the market, among rampant accusations that it had blatantly copied a competitor’s own microblogging service. In a statement issued late last night, Microsoft said, “Because questions have been...

  Tags: China, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intellectual Property, Blogging, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Research & Development, Business Operations, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Companies, Microsoft, Twitter, Countries, Asia, Joseph Tartakoff