Egyptian President Resigns, Facebook Generation Celebrates
February 11, 2011 by admin · Comments Off
CNN reports that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down Friday as hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators burst into shouts of joy on the streets of Cairo.
Dubbed Egypt’s Social Networking Revolution, there is no denying that social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter were instrumental in organizing and reporting on the campaign to remove Mubarak from office. His historic resignation was celebrated across the Web on Friday including a heartfelt post on the Facebook group page called We Are All Khaled Said.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/02/12/world/middleeast/12egypt.html?hp
blog.iclimber.com/twitter-blocked-in-egypt-in-response-to-anti-government-demonstrators
LinkedIn Unveils Way to Showcase Skills
February 4, 2011 by admin · Comments Off
LinkedIn announced today the beta launch of LinkedIn Skill, a way for users to learn and showcase the professional skills they need to stay ahead of the curve. When users search for a certain skill or profession, the new tool provides a host of information about the skill, including a list of the leading people within that community, companies within the field, current job openings and groups where users can connect with like-minded professionals. Users can also use LinkedIn Skill to discover other skills related to their search and compare their career development with other professionals.
Read more:
blog.linkedin.com/2011/02/03/linkedin-skills
www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/02/showcase-your-skills-analyze-w.php
Microsoft and Google Turn to Social Media in Search Results Spat
February 2, 2011 by admin · Comments Off
Microsoft has gone on the offensive against Google in their heated war over accusations of search engine plagiarism. Google recently announced the results of a “sting” operation which it claims shows that Microsoft is stealing search engine results from Google for its Bing search engine. While Bing Vice President Harry Shum has defended the company against the charges, other Microsoft spokespeople are taking their case to social media.
Microsoft communications head Frank Shaw made a series of Twitter posts today which called out Google on a variety of levels. Shaw accused Google of publicizing the alleged plagiarism in order to “change the subject because they’re under investigation in the US and Europe for manipulating search engine results.” He also pointed out that Google collects user data through Chrome and Android – a process which Microsoft said explains similar search engine results that Bing has with Google.
Google responded with a post on their company blog entitled “Microsoft Bing uses Google search engine results – and denies it” which lays out their case against Bing. This led to a series of snarky back-and-forth posts involving Shaw and Google search head Matt Cutts. It looks like things will get much more interesting and continue to play out in public before this is settled.
Read More:
techcrunch.com/2011/02/01/bing-google-fight/?icid=maing|aim|dl5|sec1_lnk2|40933
searchengineland.com/google-bing-is-cheating-copying-our-search-results-62914
www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2011/02/01/thoughts-on-search-quality.aspx
googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/microsofts-bing-uses-google-search.html
LinkedIn Announces Intent to Go Public
February 1, 2011 by admin · Comments Off
LinkedIn announced last week that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock.
According to a company blog post, the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. A part of the shares will be issued and sold by LinkedIn while a portion will be sold by certain stockholders, LinkedIn said.
The intention to go public sets the stage for the first social network to “plant a flag on wall street,” according to Reuters.
“The bookrunning managers of the proposed offering will be Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Allen & Company LLC and UBS Securities LLC will be acting as co-managers,” said company CFO Steve Sordello in a post on the LinkedIn blog.
Read more:
blog.linkedin.com/2011/01/27/linkedin-ipo-registration/
www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/28/linkedin-ipo-idUKN2728011620110128
