Social Media Business
Google May Launch Bidding War with Facebook Over Waze: Report
Google May Launch Bidding War with Facebook Over Waze: Report (via slashdot) Here we go again: weeks after news leaked that Facebook was negotiating a $1 billion deal for Waze, the Israeli firm behind the eponymous crowdsourced mapping-and-navigation app, new rumors suggest that Google is also in the running to acquire the company. According to unnamed sources speaking to Bloomberg…
Ways AP Could Have Avoided Its Twitter Hack
A single tweet with a phony bit of news sent the stock market into a brief dive Tuesday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 140 points in the three minutes from 1:07 to 1:10 p.m. ET. When the “news” — that two bombs had exploded in the White House, injuring the president — was debunked, the market regained its footing. Of course, phony information blasts out through Twitter all the time. The difference here is that… continue…
Twitter Adds Mobile-App Developer Tools
Twitter Adds Mobile-App Developer Tools (via slashdot) Twitter: It’s not just for 140-character Tweets anymore. Actually, that’s a bit of a stretch: displaying 140-character Tweets is all Twitter really does, when you come down to it. But a new set of tools will give developers the ability to deep-link mobile apps to Twitter Cards, the feature that… continue…
Why Social Networks Make Life Complicated
The social Web is becoming fractured by social-networking corporations (SoNetCorps). In a search for increased per capita revenue from a plateauing user base, companies are now dividing the social Web into fiefdoms of “FaceyVille,” “Googlandaivia,” “Twitstonia,” “Linkindia,” and so on. Initially SoNetCorps allowed interaction between competing services and built that into their systems. It was in their best interest when they were small and growing because people would follow the links back to the originating site. A link from a… continue…
Is Microsoft Screwing Up the Yammer Acquisition?
Microsoft’s $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer last year generated a lot of excitement about integration of the company’s enterprise social networking integration with SharePoint, which is expected to happen later this year. Now, controversy’s brewing about how Microsoft is handling the acquisition. Many among Redmond’s enterprise clients, investors, shareholders and end-users were encouraged by the purchase. Social-media functionality has been a major gap in SharePoint, Microsoft’s dominant enterprise collaboration and portal platform. The move seemed to affirm the company’s stated intention to continue… continue…
Facebook Is Sued Over ‘Like’ Button Functionality
It’s another lawsuit for Facebook, this time over the way its “Like” button works. Supposedly, a Dutch programmer, Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer, patented a similar tool some five years before Mark Zuckerberg founded his now-ubiquitous company. Since Van Der Meer died in 2004, his family has been pursuing what they see as adequate compensation for his inventions. In 1998, Van Der Meer was working on a social diary called Surfbook. He registered a patent for a feature that… continue…
New York City’s 10 Coolest Startups
Silicon Alley keeps expanding. New York City’s startup scene is flourishing as funding finds its way to the brightest ideas. Money is flowing not only from local heavyweights such as Union Square Ventures and AOL Ventures, but also from legions of angel investors and even Kickstarter. Many of today’s startup pioneers have been around the track once or twice before, and they seem to realize more than ever that every good idea needs to be accompanied not only by wishful thinking,… continue…
Yahoo’s Flickr Joins Instagram, Twitter Battle
Yahoo’s Flickr Steps into Instagram, Twitter Photo Battle (via slashdot) Now this is just getting ridiculous. The same week that Twitter and Instagram decide to kick off a minor war over photo sharing, Yahoo announced a new Flickr app for iPhone (along with some new navigation tools for Flickr’s Website). Clearly the fate of the Internet—and the fortunes of multibillion… continue…
Twitter and Facebook Face Off Over Instagram
Twitter and Facebook: The Web’s Next Big Battle (via slashdot) Back in April, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg slapped down a cool $1 billion for Instagram, a photo-sharing network. At the time, some tech pundits insisted that Zuckerberg had overpaid for the service—perhaps grievously so. Others thought the acquisition was a solid move, a way for Facebook to strengthen… continue…
For Hacker Intelligence, Visit Their Forums
The best way to protect your networks is to think like a hacker, and the best way to find out what hackers think is to spend some time on their public discussion boards. This is exactly what the analysts from Imperva, a security research firm, did and the results are intriguing. In last month’s Hacker Intelligence Report #13, they looked at one of the largest discussion forums (they don’t reveal which one, but it has a quarter of a million… continue…
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