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End of an era? LinkedIn goes to Microsoft

By Denis Pombriant on June 13, 2016

Microsoft announced the intent to buy LinkedIn for $196 per share today or more than $26 billion. It’s a huge deal and a great payday for the social networking company specializing in making it easier for business people to connect. But why do this deal and why now? This calls for a lot of speculation […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged economics, Facebook, linkedin, microsoft, Microsoft - LinkedIn, MySpace, Plaxo, Social Media, social networking, social networks, Twitter

Yahoo and Tumblr – Avoiding Commoditization by Association

Yahoo and Tumblr – Avoiding Commoditization by Association

By Maggie Fox on May 22, 2013

So, it’s official – while many of us (especially on Twitter) waited and watched over the weekend after All Things D broke the story, Yahoo has agreed to buy content sharing platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. The analysis has been varied and thoughtful: why Tumblr’s exit is about 30% of what it might […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged David Karp, Facebook, Instagram, Marissa Mayer, MySpace, Tumblr, Twitter, Yahoo

Product Review: Google+, Consumerization of IT, and Crossing The Chasm For Enterprise Social Business

Product Review: Google+, Consumerization of IT, and Crossing The Chasm For Enterprise Social Business

By R "Ray" Wang on July 3, 2011

Timing of Google+ Bodes Well For Enterprise Users And Google Lately, one could say Google’s been a bit absent from the social business party.  The premature launch of Google Wave exposed a canvas looking for a masterpiece painting.  Failing fast and learning from the Google Wave lesson, Google’s latest offering, Google+ shows promise in bringing […]

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The Entropy of Social Networks: Google Plus vs Facebook?

By Anshu Sharma on June 30, 2011

Yes, we have a new social network and I am a proud profile carrying member of the new elite created by an artificial scarcity of invites. A technique now pretty much a requirement for launching anything new that’s social with 2 benefits, the obvious bu…

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Culture, entropy, Facebook, google, history, MySpace, Privacy, Social network | 6 Responses

Dear Big Companies: Please Stop Wrecking My Stuff.

Dear Big Companies: Please Stop Wrecking My Stuff.

By Maggie Fox on April 12, 2011

Big company buys small social company. Several unremarkable years pass. Big company suddenly announces that they are sunsetting/shuttering/selling small company, now much diminished from lack of care and feeding. Rinse and repeat. I get that this happens – I get that cultures clash (AOL/TimeWarner, anyone?) and I also get that the initial innovation stagnation problem […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Cisco, Delicious, Diigo, Facebook, Flip, flipcam, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, MySpace, Yahoo

The Real-Time Brand

The Real-Time Brand

By John Taschek on February 7, 2011

As I write this, it is kickoff time for the Super Bowl, an event that galvanizes people as much as Bill O’Reilly does on a day to day basis. The Super Bowl is a brand, and while millions watch it, millions refuse to watch it, and hundreds of thousands are forced to watch it because […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged apple, chatter, Cloud Computing, Facebook, green bay packers, MySpace, NetBase, packers, real-time, salesforce.com, scoble, scobleizer, steelers, Super Bowl, taschek

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