Socialmedian is in XING
By Azam on December 20, 2008 Add a Comment
XING the European firm behind the professional contact social network acquires Socialmedian for $7.5M. XING will fold socialmedian into the professional network to share relevant content between users in the personal network.
From TechCrunch description of Socialmedian
Socialmedian is basically a…
Continue Reading...Feel the Power of Social Networks
By Azam on December 1, 2008 Add a Comment 
Power.com intends to become center of the social networking universe and is backed by heavyweights in investors DFJ and Ester Dyson. Power plans to be central point for users by pulling users’ social network updates, e-mail, instant messages and contact…
Continue Reading...Playlist Hires New CEO and Raises Close to $20M from the Pilot Group
By Azam on November 11, 2008 Add a Comment 
Playlist the music discovery startup has new CEO Owen Van Natta and raises close to $20M from Bob Pittman’s Pilot Group. Van Natta was intrigued by the opportunity in Project Playlist and was an early investor in the company experiencing…
Continue Reading...iSkoot raises $19M to Develop Web Service Platform
By Azam on November 7, 2008 Add a Comment 
iSkoot the company known for ability to make skype calls from a mobile phone has raised $19M in a third round of venture capital. The company has large ambitions to deliver a platform to enable services to carriers to offer third…
Continue Reading...The Election Campaign goes Interactive with Web 2.0
By Azam on November 5, 2008 Add a Comment 
This elections season will go down in history as the first election that utilized the power and influence the Internet to a new level and to a real advantage. John F Kennedy was the first President that campaigned as the…
Continue Reading...Vivaty is Making Scenes
By Azam on October 29, 2008 Add a Comment 
Vivaty creates 3D virtual scenes offers interesting opportunity in virtual interactivity for social networking applications or any website. Vivaty creates interesting scenes for users to interact, view media, and converse with others in a virtual environment. Vivaty allows users to bring…
Continue Reading...Book a local Doc with ZocDoc
By Azam on October 2, 2008 Add a Comment
ZocDoc provides users a new way to search and schedule healthcare appointments online received backing from Jeff Bezos Marc Benioff. ZocDoc did not disclose the exact amount it is receiving from Bezos and Benioff, but said it is on top…
Continue Reading...Yahoo is SpotM in India
By Azam on September 19, 2008 Add a Comment 
SpotM is Yahoo India social network with interesting features for the Indian market. SpotM will target the 16-24 the college going age bracket in an attempt to capture the growing market in India. Google and Facebook have been increasing their share…
Continue Reading...LinkedIn Ad Network based on a Real High Margin Demographic
By Azam on September 15, 2008 Add a Comment
LinkedIn is the social network for professionals. The number shows the demographic of users are lucrative segmentation of high salary 100k professionals. LinkedIn is an ingenious way to promote yourself and network online with similar professionals. The site acts as an…
Continue Reading...Facebook Undergoes Facelift
By Azam on July 21, 2008 Add a Comment
Facebook redesign the look of the site by making the site more feed friendly. TechCrunch has described the redesign to Friendfeedization. The goal is likely trying to achieve a more interactive post and comment use for greater social networking usage.…
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