As Gmail Goes Social, Outlook Shall Follow
ADOTAS – As buzz still circles Google Buzz, Microsoft will be releasing A public beta version of Outlook Social Connector (OSC) next week with partner LinkedIn. The product was first announced back in November and will be part of Microsoft Office 2010 Beta. OSC adds an activity feed from your colleagues, [...] more...
B2B Is All A-Twitter
ADOTAS – As trade shows and trade pubs lose their luster in the era of Web 2.0, B2B companies are quickly discovering the opportunities available in social media — sometimes faster than their B2C peers. The Business.com 2009 Business Social Media Benchmarking Study found that 81% of B2B respondents maintain company [...] more...
LinkedIn Boots Billion Dollar CEO
ADOTAS – In what many are saying is a slap in Dan Nye’s face, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is taking over Nye’s post and bringing in former Yahooer Jeff Weiner as interim president. Hoffman brought Nye to LinkedIn early last year. Under his stewardship, LinkedIn has raised about $70 million [...] more...
Online Networks a Magnet for Job-Seekers
Janel Landon, who runs a small PR consultancy in Chicago, has long been aware of the potential of online networks: now in her mid-50s and facing a global recession, she’s decided to sign up. “Given the state of the economy, I recently decided to jump on board,” Landon told Reuters. “Professional [...] more...
LinkedIn Launches Research Network, Reels in $22.7M
ADOTAS – Never a company to sit idle, LinkedIn has been especially busy lately. Not only has the company introduced a research network for marketers and investors seeking intelligence from the company’s 30 million members, it has raised $22.7 million to boot. LinkedIn Surveys aims to utilize “deep profile information on [...] more...
Yahoo Adds Yelp, LinkedIn, Yahoo Local to Defaul Search
ADOTAS – In an attempt to rev up its search engine, Yahoo has rolled Yelp, LinkedIn and Yahoo Local SearchMonkey Apps into its default search results, so users don’t need to add them manually. The changes are part of Yahoo’s plan to garner search results with more structured data. The experimental [...] more...
Social Networking: More Than Pokes and Games
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — As someone who remembers disco (albeit as an elementary school student), sometimes I have to wonder about the intrinsic value of social networks. I don’t feel the need to get “poked” or to have people write things on my “wall,” nor am I interested in having people [...] more...
Kontera Links Up With LinkedIn, Microsoft
ADOTAS – In-text solutions specialists Kontera today announced an interactive advertising partnership with Microsoft and LinkedIn. Kontera will service contextually relevant reference information from Microsoft in ad units that will appear in LinkedIn’s “Answers” service for their IT community. What that means: when someone in LinkedIn’s IT community asks or answers [...] more...
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