More Social Networks News

• 21 October 2011

• News: Salesforce.com to 'unlock' SAP's core software for 'social enterprises'

  Salesforce.com is rolling out a set of consulting and integration services aimed at SAP customers that want to build "social enterprises" with Salesforce.com's Force.com platform.

• News: US Department of Labor teams with Facebook to help jobless people

  Facebook, the U.S. Department of Labor, and some other organizations are partnering to help jobless people in the country find employment through social networks.

• 20 October 2011

• News: New details emerge about Oracle's Social Network

  More specifics about Oracle's new Social Network software came to light on Thursday, following the product's debut at the OpenWorld conference earlier this month.

• News: 10 LinkedIn Tips to Boost Your Job Search

  Is your job search lagging? Not seeing the results you'd like? Check out these ten expert tips from CIO.com's Kristin Burnham to enhance your search

• News: Private social networks playing Facebook role in more workplaces

  From retail chains to electric utilities to manufacturers, a growing number of U.S. corporations are harnessing the power of social networks to modernize how their employees communicate with each other, business partners and customers -- making these firms more nimble in the marketplace and leaving their less Facebook-savvy rivals trailing.

• 19 October 2011

• News: Google's Brin initially thought Circles was too complicated

  Sergey Brin initially considered the Circles content-sharing mechanism on Google+ to be too complicated, but after he started using the site he changed his mind and now thoroughly enjoys using the company's social networking site.

• News: Google's Brin initially thought Circles was too complicated

  Sergey Brin initially considered the Circles content-sharing mechanism on Google+ to be too complicated, but after he started using the site he changed his mind and now thoroughly enjoys using the company's social networking site.

• News: LinkedIn Tip: New Tool Taps into Your Alumni Network

  Professional social network LinkedIn today announced a new feature designed to give you insights into your college or university's alumni and help you connect and network with them.

• 18 October 2011

• News: Regulators to Web startups: Prioritize privacy protection

  Internet companies need to build consumer privacy and data controls into their online services to protect their brands, gain trust from their users, avoid civil lawsuits and prevent government probes, according to two regulators from the U.S. and Canada.

• News: Frequent Facebook Users Not As Worried About Privacy

  Despite Facebook's reputation for raising privacy concerns as it adds new ways to share information online, most users aren't very worried, according to a new poll by USA Today and Gallup.

• 17 October 2011

• News: Sean Parker: Google+ unlikely to topple Facebook

  For Google+ to unseat Facebook as social networking leader, Google would have to deliver a steady stream of innovations and Facebook would need to let its site deteriorate, Internet icon and Facebook shareholder Sean Parker said on Monday.

• 14 October 2011

• News: Google Buzz Bites the Dust

  Goodbye, Google Buzz. The social messaging platform, which was meant to rival Twitter, is being tossed aside by Google in an effort to slim down.

• News: Google kills Buzz

  With the launch of its more successful Google+ social networking service, Google on Friday said it plans to shut down Buzz.

• News: Google+ Search Gets Two New Features

  Taking a page from Twitter, Google's new social network, Google+, is releasing two new features that will help users search posts more easily: real-time search results and improved hashtag support.

• 12 October 2011

• News: Apple releases Find My Friends for iOS

  Can you find me now? Apple on Wednesday released Find My Friends. The app, which requires iOS 5, lets you find your friends by geolocating their iOS devices—presuming your friends have granted you access to that data.

• 11 October 2011

• News: Facebook Launches Mobile App Platform

  Facebook games and apps -- love 'em or hate 'em, they make developers a lot of money thanks to the staggeringly huge potential audience they have. Now, mobile app developers can also take advantage of that huge 350 million-strong audience thanks to the social network's introduction of game notifications, news feed interaction and bookmarks for its mobile experience -- both in the iOS apps and via the mobile web version. This means the previously somewhat limited mobile experience just got a lot closer in functionality to the full desktop incarnation of Facebook.

• News: Social media revenue to hit $10.3B in 2011

  It's a good year to be a social networking site.

• News: Facebook finally unveils Apple iPad app

  After months of anticipation, Facebook finally released its first app for the iPad.

• News: China's Tencent launches English version of Twitter-like service

  Chinese Internet giant Tencent has launched an English language interface to its popular microblogging service, putting the company in closer competition with Twitter.

• News: Study: After surge, Google+ traffic falls back

  Google+ traffic has deflated after a temporary spike following Google's decision to open up the social networking site to everyone, according to data analytics company Chitika.

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