LinkedIn announced the launch of the LinkedIn share button. The LinkedIn search button makes it easier for site owners and bloggers to share their content across the LinkedIn platform. Users can also share content from sites or blogs that incorporate the search button with their LinkedIn network. Major sites like Huffington Post, Bloomberg and Forbes [...]
Generally, Facebook users tend to stay longer within an application, this is why it has been found that advertising on Facebook gives a higher conversion rate and creates a loyal followership. It might also be because of Facebook’s customizable tabs, which make it easy to add a subscribtion form, contest or any other content. Facebook announced [...]
Irritated at Facebook’s less than popular privacy issues, a group of college students came up with the idea to create an opensource alternative to Facebook and were able to raise $200,000 for their startup instead of their initial projection of $10,000 from Kickstarter, the crowd sourced micro funding site. Originally scheduled to launch in October, [...]
Late last year, Google released the Social Search trial, which is now available to everyone. In Social Search, when you conduct a search, the results pulled in contain relevant data from your social circle such as blogs or content generally written by a friend. Google’s rationale behind this being that you are more likely to [...]
Facebook’s quest to acquire the trademark for the word ‘Face’ is making progress as the social media site received a notice of allowance from the US Patent and Trademark Office for the trademark, used in the context of online chat rooms or bulletin boards. Facebook applied for this trademark in 2005 and has been waiting [...]
