LinkedIn turned 10 last week and has been on a tear as it matures into a full-blown media service focused on professional development, jobs and business networking. It […] Original post by Dave Young
A new social networking service called CollegeFeed officially launched this week, timed for the round of commencement ceremonies taking place nationwide. It joins a bevvy of niche startups trying […] Original post by Dave Young
Google made a splash in social medialand last week with a string of announcements at its annual I/O developer conference. A few highlights: Original post by Dave Young
Yahoo made it official today: It is buying micro-blogging service Tumblr for an eye-opening price of $1.1 billion. Some Tumblr users already are threatening to leave, and opinions among […] Original post by Dave Young
Original post by Dave Young
Fans Write Fiction for Kindle Worlds Amazon announced a new publishing platform called Kindle Worlds that will sell digital fan-fiction, which is material written by fans but based on […] Original post by Dave Young
Twitter announced a new video advertising program today called Twitter Amplify that is designed to synchronize promotions on TV with promotions via tweets. The new TV ad-targeting product seems kind […] Original post by Dave Young
The teenage love affair with Facebook may be over — or maybe it was all a myth to begin with, judging by new research from the Pew Research Center’s Internet […] Original post by Dave Young
Facebook announced today it is adding a verification feature for pages and profiles on its sprawling network. The feature will add little blue check marks or “badges” next to the […] Original post by Dave Young
Original post by Dave Young
Twitter announces new lists in a tweet Twitter this week lifted its limit on the number of lists each user can create and maintain, a welcome change indeed. Until […] Original post by Dave Young
Original post by Dave Young
Original post by Dave Young
Highlights in social medialand this week: Introducing the “Pier to Pier” Boat Network A startup called Boatbound is trying to do for boat rentals what sites like HomeAway and Airbnb do […] Original post by Dave Young
Facebook came late to the hashtag party, but it’s here. The world’s largest social network today started rolling out a feature allowing people to place the # sign in front of […] Original post by Dave Young