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TechCrunch
4 hrs ago
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Adly, a startup that connects advertisers with celebrities willing to post promoted messages on social networks, recently raised $2 million in additional funding.
The new funding came from previous backer GRP Partners and new investor Siemer...
The Hindu Business Line
May 23
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One good thing about social media and other Internet services is that things keep changing fast. If Facebook changes its chat design, Google+ follows suit, and vice-versa. If you are add...
guardian.co.uk
May 23
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Twitter and Facebook are valuable tools for social enterprises – but there are a number of pitfalls you should avoid
Young, new social entrepreneurs around the world face a similar problem: building an audience and sustaining virtual...
Forbes
May 22
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It's worth noting that the biggest social media story of the year so far has nothing to do with innovation but rather the sale of an existing platform, Tumblr, to an entrenched tech giant, Yahoo. It may be a sign that the first big social media...
Forbes
May 22
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Founder Matthew Murphy is the brains behind Dubbler (Image credit: Appsurdity)
You know where to go to spruce up your phone photos so you can share them with friends--Instagram. And for short edited videos, Twitter's Vine platform can help you...
Forbes
May 22
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When working in the world of social change, it's easy to get excited about a new campaign when we're inspired by hope or outraged by injustice. But in the scramble to make change happen, we can forget about the tactics and tools that actually help...
Benzinga
May 22
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Peter Lauria, BuzzFeed Business Editor, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday to talk about his new position there and the site's expanding coverage focus.
BuzzFeed creates content around current events for the purpose of being shared via...
Forbes
May 22
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The social media giant needs more mobile traction. Navigation startup Waze might be the $1 billion answer.
New York Times
May 21
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New services are moving beyond the Facebook approach, with tools to create new content instead of just sharing it.
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Social media describes websites that allow users to share content, media, etc. Common examples are the popular social networking sites like Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Social media also includes YouTube, Photobucket, Flickr, and other sites aimed at photo and video sharing. News aggregation and online reference sources, examples of which are Digg and Wikipedia, are also counted in the social media bucket. Micro-blogging sites such as twitter can also be included as social media.
- News Corporation (NWS) owns Myspace, the most-viewed website in the world. It also purchased Photobucket, a photo-sharing website.
- Yahoo! (YHOO) has been making moves to enter the social media segment. Its Flickr photo-sharing website and 360 social networking site are examples of this.
- Google (GOOG) purchased YouTube, a leading online video sharing website.
- Microsoft (MSFT) announced a minority $240 million investment in Facebook in late October, valuing the company at an estimated $5 to $15 billion overall.
- AOL announced on March 2008 the $850 million purchase of Bebo. At the time, Bebo was the third largest social networking site behind MySpace and Facebook in terms of page views and unique monthly visitors, both key metrics for online advertising
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