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LinkedIn Revenue Surges Over Analyst Expectations; Stock Jumps - Posted 2 days, 3 hours ago
LinkedIn has announced that revenue has more than doubled in the last quarter and they've increased their 2012 revenues, and the stock has jumped accordingly. The social network reported $167.7 million in revenue for the fourth quarter, beating the average analyst estimate of $159.8 million in the quarter. The... [SocialTimes.com]
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn: How Do Lawyers Use Social Media? [STUDY] - Posted 5 days, 1 hour ago
Those in the legal profession must tread lightly when it comes to social media, as they are bound by confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other legal contracts when broadcasting any message publicly. But that hasn't stopped them from signing up for Fac... [AllTwitter]
Keep Blogging. Lawyers Are Reading - Posted 5 days, 5 hours ago
In just 18 months' time, older generations of in-house lawyers have stepped up their social media use, largely on LinkedIn and law firm blogs, according to a new survey by communications firm Greentarget, consulting firm ... [PRNewser]
39% Of Marketers Will Use Twitter For Their Campaigns In 2012 - Posted February 6, 2012
Facebook might still be the juggernaut of social media advertising, but Twitter takes the second-place silver medal. More advertisers will be turning to Twitter this year than YouTube, LinkedIn or Google+ to get at their customers' eyeballs - and their ... [AllTwitter]
LinkedIn's CardMunch App Scans 2 Million Business Cards - Posted January 31, 2012
Career networking sites like LinkedIn were supposed to replace business cards, but exchanging email addresses with a smartphone just isn't as smooth as handing over the real thing. Last year LinkedIn acquired a mobile business card transcription service called CardMunch to bridge the gap between an in-person meeting and an online... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Has a New PR Firm, Positive Outlook - Posted January 30, 2012
LinkedIn has chosen Maloney & Fox as its U.S. PR firm, replacing M.Cader PR. The consumer duties will focus on branding and outreach to users, ... [PRNewser]
Twitter: Where People Go to Complain About Other Social Networks - Posted January 30, 2012
It's no wonder that people turn to Twitter for tech support. In the heat of a frustrating moment, it is much easier to fire off a quick question on Twitter than to wait on hold for an operator. But how effective is the microblogging site as a customer service tool?... [SocialTimes.com]
Marketers, Put a Social Share Button in Your Emails [Infographic] - Posted January 11, 2012
It's a surprise to some, but email marketing is still one of the most powerful forms. While social media is important to get the word out, there is still nothing that generates click through than a well timed email to a person's inbox. That said, a recent study shows... [SocialTimes.com]
Meet Your Virtual Friends: Google, LinkedIn, Twitter And Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 9, 2012
She's smart and unique, with a big mouth and lots of connections. She's Twitter, and she's one of four that this infographic from LinkingR details a... [AllTwitter]
SURVEY: 49% of LinkedIn Users Have Household Income Over $100K - Posted January 9, 2012
The recent 2012 Consumer Electronics Report announced the results of a user survey last month, and found some interesting statistics about LinkedIn users. Just about half (49%) have household incomes over $100,000, and LinkedIn users are more likely than the general population to own tablets and smartphone... [SocialTimes.com]
Be Careful With Your LinkedIn -- Executive Forced Out for Profile Details - Posted January 5, 2012
Let's say you're a happily employee who finds out about this new must-have professional social network called LinkedIn. Maybe you want to sign up, but if you do, you'd better be careful not to click the box that says you're interested in "career opportunities" -- it may be enough to... [SocialTimes.com]
5 LinkedIn Mistakes that a Hiring Manager Will Immediately Notice - Posted December 22, 2011
I remember when I first heard the buzz about this "LinkedIn" social network. I imagined some upstart entertainment social network that would help me keep 'up to date with all the in stuff going on in my community'. As the buzz continued to grow and the term started getting... [SocialTimes.com]
Twitter Tops Social Media Buzz List - Posted December 15, 2011
Zeta Interactive, a digital marketing agency, recently released its annual rankings of social networks. They are categorized by "buzz," a ranking calculated by volume and tone (percent positive ranking) of all the sites. This year, T... [10,000 Words]
Creative, Effective, Organizational -- 3 of the 10 Most Overused Buzzwords on LinkedIn - Posted December 13, 2011
Put 135 million professionals into one country-sized room and give each of them a mic, then tally up the number of times they use words like creative and problem solving. You can't, but LinkedIn can, and did. Following up on last year's analysis of overused buzzwords, LinkedIn has published... [SocialTimes.com]
IPO Market Roundup: 10 Social Media Sector Companies to Watch - Posted December 5, 2011
Groupon, Angie's List, Pandora, Zillow, LinkedIn ... it's been an interesting year for social media IPOs so far. And, there are more on the way. Zynga is set to go public in the next two weeks, and there are plenty of other inte... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Goes Latino Opens Office in Brazil - Posted December 2, 2011
Professional social network LinkedIn is branching out to Sao Paulo, Brazil by opening its first office in the Latin American country. The Brazil office will operate as regional headquarters serving virtually 14 million LinkedIn members across Latin America, offering support for expansion and development.
It ... [SocialTimes.com]
No More Buzz Words, Tell it Like it is on LinkedIn - Posted November 21, 2011
Many would agree that LinkedIn is the place to go to network with other professionals worldwide. The professional social networking platform has close to 120 million members, and to tap into that membership stream requires generating responses from other members via one's profile. However, LinkedIn discourages us... [SocialTimes.com]
Hedge Funds Don't Use Twitter [SURVEY] - Posted November 17, 2011
It looks like hedge funds aren't quite as eager as the Kardashians to share their deepest darkest secrets on Twitter.
A new survey of nearly 100 hedge fund managers shows that they aren't too keen on Twitter, and are even less fond of Facebook. But LinkedIn they like.
... [AllTwitter]
Spin the Agencies of Record - Posted November 16, 2011
LinkedIn is conducting an agency search, seeking a New York-based firm for media outreach to consumer outlets, ... [PRNewser]
LinkedIn CardMunch iPhone Business Card Scanner App Update Results in Ticked Off Users - Posted November 16, 2011
LinkedIn announced a 3.0 update for its business card processing app for the iPhone. The app's main function is to take a photo of business card and then convert the information on the card into contacts.
The updated app features:
- A new app design and camera capture interface
- Mapping information from a... [SocialTimes.com]
Employees are Happier When Accessing Social Media at Work [Infographic] - Posted November 15, 2011
Majority of the people who log on to social networks in the course of a work day do it once or twice a day. They visit the social media sites via mobile phones or from their office computers in order to keep current with their networks. Those who do access social... [SocialTimes.com]
Link Building with YouTube, StumbleUpon, Google+, LinkedIn [Infographic] - Posted November 9, 2011
In part, link building is very important for internet marketing efforts because search engines are finding superior ways to determine the quality of each link. It's important for businesses who leverage search to maintain their quality links, and the following infographics give you a few tips.
It starts with building a network... [SocialTimes.com]
8 Etiquette Tips for LinkedIn - Posted November 9, 2011
LinkedIn continues to dominate the professional business end of social networking. The other networks can be viewed as social playgrounds: a bad move on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ will only cost you some trouble with your friends. So how should you behave on LinkedIn? The following etiquette tips for... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Experiences 60% User Growth; Premium Subscriptions Double - Posted November 8, 2011
LinkedIn took the time to share its Q3 financials for its second-earnings statement as a public company. It appears the professional social network experienced some substantial growth.
The company's user base increased more than 60% this year, plus the unique visitors increased significantly as well. The overall revenue doubled, and the company's... [SocialTimes.com]
iPhone Vs. Android: The Social Apps Battle [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted October 31, 2011
Is there a difference between how iPhone users and Android users access their social media? Apparently so. Owners of each device favor Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare differently, accessing some social apps more than others.
This infographic from onavo ... [10,000 Words]
What is a Data Scientist? - Posted October 26, 2011
In a recent interview Daniel Tunkelang, the principal data scientist at LinkedIn shared his ... [semanticweb.com]
LinkedIn's New Recruiting Service for Headhunters - Posted October 21, 2011
LinkedIn will be launching a new service called Talent Pipeline that focuses on helping job recruiters find and place job seekers. The recruitment process used by many recruiters of major companies involves hours of endless activities of gathering resumes from multiple services and communicating with potential hires. T... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Launches in Japan - Posted October 21, 2011
LinkedIn launched its online professional networking service in Japanese on Thursday, the first Asian language platform for the company with plans to expand even more in the region.
Arvind Rajan, head of LinkedIn's Asia operations, told ABC News that Japan i... [SocialTimes.com]
comScore: LinkedIn & Twitter Mobile Access Growing Faster Than Facebook Mobile Access - Posted October 21, 2011
comScore, an Internet market research firm, released information from data about mobile social media usage changes during the period of August 2010 to August 2011. comScore's data, if accurate provides interesting insights into our mobile social activities. Note that comScore does not differentia... [SocialTimes.com]
Facebook Still the Fastest Social Network; LinkedIn and Twitter Close Behind - Posted October 20, 2011
SmartBear Software company released its standard quarterly report for overall Web Performance for Social Networks. The company ranked each social media site by... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Gets Serious About Their "Follow Company" Feature - Posted October 6, 2011
LinkedIn is about to get a whole whack of very valuable data. The network, with over 100 million professional users, is giving those users the ability to follow and like their favorite companies, just like Twitter users follow and retweet their favorite celebrities. The difference is that LinkedIn is... [SocialTimes.com]
Which Social Media Company Has the Smartest People? - Posted October 3, 2011
Facebook, right? It's always Facebook! And, to a certain extent, this is true. When you look at the war for talent currently being waged in Silicon Valley, Facebook is one of... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Will Host Obama's Next Town Hall - Posted September 22, 2011
It appears that President Barack Obama is testing all the social networking platforms available to help his campaign. The next platform is the ever so business-oriented LinkedIn. The social media platform is for selective and informative professionals, an ideal host for the president's next town hall on Monday, September 26th... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn to Users: Volunteer Your Volunteer Experience - Posted September 8, 2011
LinkedIn announced the addition of a "Volunteer Experience & Causes" field to its profiles, allowing users of the professional networking site to share volunteer positions they have held, causes dear to them, and organizations they back.
Organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, DonorsChoose.org, Habitat for Humanity International, The Humane Society of the... [SocialTimes.com]
How Does LinkedIn Know Which 'Groups You May Like?' - Posted August 24, 2011
Have you ever been curious about how LinkedIn populates the content that appears under its Groups You May Like tab? Senior software engineer Alexis Pribula detailed some of the nuts and bolts in a post on the ... [SocialTimes.com]
Is LinkedIn's Mobile Web Site Good Enough to Let You Toss Its App Out? - Posted August 19, 2011
Frank McPherson covered the LinkedIn app updates for Android and iPhone earlier this week. The major overhaul of the apps' user interfaces (UI) has resulted in what some people think is a much more appearling LinkedIn mobile UI.
LinkedIn ... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn to Members: Improve Your Profile - Posted August 10, 2011
Extreme Makeover: LinkedIn Profile is now possible thanks to the professional networking site's new Improve Your Profile tool, to go along with a redesigned profile page.
Improve Your Profile includes a checklist for LinkedIn users to optimize their profile pages, and it is customized for every user.
The new profile page design makes... [SocialTimes.com]
Twitter and Others to Block Shareholders from SharesPost and SecondMarket - Posted August 8, 2011
Have you been following the action on SharesPost and SecondMarket? These exchanges for private company stock have attracted a hefty amount of attention, as they've given s... [SocialTimes.com]
Google+ Must Find Its Niche - Posted July 29, 2011
Traffic on the new social network Google+ is down 3 percent this month, which has some people spe... [PRNewser]
BIG MONEY: Social Media and Consumer Web Dominate SecondMarket Action - Posted July 27, 2011
Where is all the money going? Well, it's easy to find out on SecondMarket these days. The New York-based marketplace for private company stock has just released its second-quarter/first-half results. To check out the infographics from the SecondMarket report, take a look at the slideshow immediately below. Then, dig deeper into... [SocialTimes.com]
Job Seekers Can Now Apply with LinkedIn - Posted July 26, 2011
LinkedIn users have long used the professional networking site to tout their credentials, network, and search for employment opportunities. Thanks to a new plug-in... [SocialTimes.com]
HOW TO Connect Your LinkedIn Profile With Twitter For Better Networking - Posted July 25, 2011
Both Twitter and LinkedIn are great for networking with professionals, co-workers and business associates. But rather than flipping between the two networks, they've made it easy to connect to one another in order to leverage both at the same time. Here's how... [AllTwitter]
Pinch of foursquare Added to Klout Recipe - Posted July 13, 2011
Add foursquare to the list of social networking sites that factor into the Klout scoring system, as the location-based mobile app joined Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, the latter ... [SocialTimes.com]
Monster To Challenge Linkedln With BeKnown; A Job Network Within Facebook - Posted June 27, 2011
Monster.com, a global leader in job placement, has decided to respond to LinkedIn with a job network of its own. Monster's job based social network is called BeKnown, and will exist as a Facebook. BeKnown allows the users to cre... [SocialTimes.com]
Link Up with LinkedIn in Russian, Romanian, Turkish - Posted June 22, 2011
LinkedIn added Russian, Romanian, and Turkish to its list of languages offered, bringing its total to nine.
The three new languages join German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
The URLs for the new languages are: Russian, ... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Tops 10M Users in India - Posted June 20, 2011
LinkedIn announced a milestone in India, surpassing the 10 million-user mark there, and the professional networking site included some fun facts about its user base in the country along with its announcement.
According to LinkedIn, the top 10 surnames among ... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn, Netflix, Foursquare and Square Apps Are An Identity Thief's Dream Come True - Posted June 17, 2011
Mobile apps for LinkedIn, Netflix, Foursquare and Square have been found to significantly lack in security precautions according to an evaluation conducted by ViaForensics. The evaluation revealed that apps for the... [SocialTimes.com]
Does Pandora IPO Mark the End of the New Tech Bubble? - Posted June 17, 2011
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By late Thursday Pandora became the latest in a series of Internet companies to ... [PRNewser]
Klout Expands its Influence to LinkedIn - Posted June 16, 2011
According to a recent article, "Klout, a startup that ... [semanticweb.com]
Five Reasons a $100 billion Facebook Valuation is Nuts - Posted June 13, 2011
Facebook is inching closer to an initial public offering. Today, AllFacebook notes a speculative CNBC report that pegs the social network's valuation, in the event of an ... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Tweaks Privacy Policy - Posted June 13, 2011
Online privacy has been a hot-button issue of late, and LinkedIn is doing its part to address users' concerns, announcing two changes to its privacy policy.
The professional networking site will now allow users to opt out of being mentioned in ads ge... [SocialTimes.com]
Israel Ranks Highest for Time Spent on Social Networking Sites - Posted June 10, 2011
Israelis spent an average of about 11 hours a month surfing social networking sites on the Internet, becoming the top ranking country in April.
The survey performed by comScore averages all Internet subscribers in Israel and does not highlight those users who are more acti... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Creates Lighthearted DropIn Social Game - Posted June 7, 2011
Picture Tetris, but substitute your LinkedIn connections for the classic video game's pieces. Matthew Shoup, the professional networking site's technical marketing manager, di... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Sets Up Shop in Singapore - Posted June 1, 2011
Singapore will serve as the Asia-Pacific region headquarters for LinkedIn, and its new office there will be led by managing director and vice president, Asia-Pacific and Japan, ... [SocialTimes.com]
People Search Service PeekYou Sees Personal ID Layer As Driving Future of Semantic Web - Posted May 25, 2011
How does a site like PeekYou, whose goal is to re-index the public web around people, intersect with the Semantic Web?
To hear CEO Michael Hussey tell it, it's this: "The way I thought about the Semantic Web since Day One is that it's about deriving meaning from pages," says Hussey. "To... [AllTwitter]
Two Finger Gestures Away from LinkedIn Today News - Posted May 24, 2011
LinkedIn added two new touch-gesture features to its LinkedIn for iPhone 3.6 app that enable easier access to ... [SocialTimes.com]
Ask.com 2.0 for iPhone Got Social - Posted May 23, 2011
Ask.com released a major update to their free iPhone app last week.
Ask for iPhone v2 is here! (Ask.com Blog)
The Ask.com app lets you ask any question in plain english and attempts to find an answer. The updated app gained a couple of social aspe... [SocialTimes.com]
Hackers Take Over Twitter Accounts of Fox-Affiliates - Posted May 10, 2011
A group of hackers has gained access to a database of fox.com email accounts and last night took over the Twitter accounts of two Fox-affiliates: WFQX in Michigan's Upper Peninsulas and KAD... [TVSpy]
Nokia N8, E7, C7 Users Are Now LinkedIn - Posted May 10, 2011
Nokia ensured that users of its Symbian-powered N8, E7, and C7 series smartphones can stay connected by developing a LinkedIn ... [SocialTimes.com]
Coffee Trucks Roll Out to Support LinkedIn Today - Posted May 9, 2011
When is a food truck more than a food truck? When it's outfitted with iPads, LCD screens, fliers, and free premium coffee to promote LinkedIn Today, which was ... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn IPO: 7.84M Shares at $32-$35 Each - Posted May 9, 2011
The details are in for the upcoming initial public offering from LinkedIn: The professional networking... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Turns Eight - Posted May 6, 2011
While other people were out partying and celebrating Cinco de Mayo on May 5, 2003, the founding employees of LinkedIn were launching the professional-networking site, which celebrated its eighth birthday Thursday.
Director of Web development ... [SocialTimes.com]
B2B Gets Yelp'd - Posted May 6, 2011
As its VP of Content Marketing, guest blogger Joe Chernov is responsible for identifying, sourcing and distributing Eloqua's market-facing content over relevant social channels. He co-chairs the ... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn: Peter or Deborah Most Likely to Lead Your Company - Posted April 27, 2011
What's in a name? According to LinkedInsights data released by professional networking site LinkedIn, the top five names for male CEOs around the world are Peter, Bob, Jack, Bruce, and Fred, while their female counterparts go by Deborah, Sally, Debra, Cynthia, and Carolyn.
LinkedIn also found that U.S.-based CEOs tend to have... [SocialTimes.com]
Good On Ya, Professional Colleague -- Milestone Down Under for LinkedIn - Posted April 18, 2011
Professional networking site LinkedIn topped the 2 million member mark in Australia.
LinkedIn opened an office in Sydney in January 2010, recently adding another site in Melbourne, and it has 20 employees there in sales, marketing, and recruitment.
The fastest-growing sec... [SocialTimes.com]
Android Works with LinkedIn - Posted April 15, 2011
It's official that LinkedIn works with Android and is now available for download in the Google Apps Marketplace and the LinkedIn Web site.
The app takes LinkedIn web site capabilities and brings the functionality to the smartphone. The product involves a home screen with links to six modules: Updates, Connections, Invitations, Search,... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Explains Why its Android App Can't be Installed to an SD Card - Posted April 15, 2011
One of biggest complaints about Android's app story is how many large apps do not allow themselves to be installed on an SD card. This takes up the valuable limited system memory on my Android phone and limits the number of apps that can be installed. Here are a couple of... [SocialTimes.com]
TextIn: LinkedIn Commands for Feature Phone Users - Posted April 13, 2011
For the 80 percent of mobile phone customers who are still using feature phones, fear not: LinkedIn Mobile software engineer Sudeep Yegnashankaran has your back. Yegnashankaran described his c... [SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn for Android: Free, Fast, Functional & (mostly) Stable - Posted April 8, 2011
LinkedIn, the Facebook for business people, released a free app for Android phones
LinkedIn for Android: Ready for Business
The app's main screen provides easy access to six main features:
- Updates: What your contacts are sharing
- Connections: Who you are connected to
- I... [SocialTimes.com]
Wilkins Named H&K U.S. Tech Director - Posted March 28, 2011
Hadley Wilkins, an SVP in Hill & Knowlton's San Francisco office, has been named U.S. technology practice director, reporting to Dan Bartlett, H&a... [PRNewser]
Semantic Image Search: Next Up For a Major Search Engine? - Posted March 23, 2011
We've seen the big three players in the search engine space honing their semantic edge, and we may soon see one of them deploying semantic technology to sharpen image searches, too. nachofoto says it is in discussions with one of the giants (which it declines to name for now) that could... [semanticweb.com]
100M+ Professionals Are Now LinkedIn - Posted March 22, 2011
LinkedIn topped the 100 million member milestone, and the professional networking site marked the occasion with two blogs posts and an infographic (after the jump).
Highlights from the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
Revolving Door: 'Town & Country,' Huffington Post, MarieClaire.com - Posted March 17, 2011
Here are this week's media highlights from Mediabistro's Revolving Door Newsletter:
Stellene Volandes... [PRNewser]
LinkedIn Launches News Aggregator - Posted March 11, 2011
... [PRNewser]
LinkedIn Groups Tweaked - Posted March 2, 2011
LinkedIn made some adjustments to LinkedIn Groups to ensure that listed jobs are relevant and to provide users of the professional networking service with easier access to career opportunities and advice from other members. More from product manager Andrew Hill via the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
Look for Company (or Companies) on LinkedIn - Posted February 28, 2011
LinkedIn added a new Company Search feature, giving users of the professional networking site easier access to information on companies, as well as the ability to browse job listings. More from product manager for search and cloud Brad Mauney on the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
IPO Frenzy: It's LinkedIn's Turn - Posted January 27, 2011
LinkedIn threw its hat into the increasingly crowded initial-public-offering ring, announcing that it filed its registration statement with the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
Widget Links LinkedIn with Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work for - Posted January 20, 2011
LinkedIn users can now view their network alongside Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work for following the launch of a Company Insider widget by the professional networking site and the magazine.
The widget will display people in LinkedIn networks who work for the companies highlighted i... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn for Android Beta Version Released - Posted December 16, 2010
LinkedIn announced the release of the beta version of LinkedIn for An... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
UPDATE: LinkedIn Addresses Gawker Hack ... Briefly - Posted December 15, 2010
It took a little longer than I'd have liked, but LinkedIn has released a statement about its accounts having been compromised. As you read yesterday, the ... [SocialTimes.com]
Share and Share Alike with New LinkedIn Share Button - Posted November 30, 2010
LinkedIn believes the holiday season is a time for sharing, so the professional networking site launched its new share button, which allows one-click sharing to LinkedIn after it is install... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Releases Version 3.5 of iPhone App - Posted November 19, 2010
Professional networking site LinkedIn released ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Launches BrandYou Initiative in Europe - Posted November 16, 2010
Professional network LinkedIn is focusing on personal brand management in Europe with the launch of its ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
Recommendations Added to LinkedIn Company Pages - Posted November 1, 2010
Recommendations for products and services were added to company pages on professional network LinkedIn, which added that it is launching more than 40 of them for entities including HP, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics America, Dell, Phillips, Citibank, and Volkswagen.
Director of product management Ryan Roslanksy wrote in the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
And Then There Were Seven: LinkedIn Adds Stan Meresman to Board - Posted October 28, 2010
Professional network LinkedIn added a seventh member to its board of directors, welcoming former Technol... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
Freemium Summit East: Leveraging Other Platforms to Build a Freemium Business - Posted October 26, 2010
Manymoon co-founder and CEO Amit Kulkarni used his presentation at ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn for BlackBerry v1.5 Supports BlackBerry OS 6.0, BlackBerry Torch - Posted October 21, 2010
Professional network LinkedIn released LinkedIn for BlackBerry v1... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Adds Five Sections to Profiles - Posted October 18, 2010
Professional networking site LinkedIn added five new category sections to its user profiles: Publications, Languages, Skills, Certifications, and Patents.
More det... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
How much is that tweet worth? - Posted October 14, 2010
How much is that tweet worth? Well, to ticket-selling startup Eventbrite, it's worth about 43 cents. Pretty valuable, according to the results of a study released online Thursday. And a shared item on Facebo... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn for iPhone 3.3 Hits iTunes App Store - Posted October 12, 2010
LinkedIn announced that Apple has approved LinkedIn for i... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Signal Further Integrates LinkedIn, Twitter - Posted September 29, 2010
Professional network LinkedIn further integrated itself with Twitter with its limited beta launch Wednesday of LinkedIn Signal, which is aimed at filtering the noise out of users' streams of status update... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Tweaks Company Follow Feature - Posted September 28, 2010
Professional network LinkedIn updated its Company... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Integrates with Windows Live, Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger - Posted September 23, 2010
Windows Live group program manager Jeff Kunins detailed the recent integration of professional networking site LinkedIn with Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Live in a guest post on the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
LinkedIn Acquires B2B Ratings/Reviews Site ChoiceVendor - Posted September 23, 2010
Professional networking site LinkedIn announced its acquisition of ChoiceVendor, which provides ratings and revi... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
Social Network For Human Resource - Posted April 20, 2009
The Society for Human Resource Management is launching a new social networking platform—as if LinkedIn weren't enough for you guys—and Laurie Ruettimann over at ... [MediaJobsDaily]
Social Media Recruiting - Posted March 31, 2009
Plaxo is teaming up with SimplyHired to create a new type of job board. Much like LinkedIn's job board—also powered by SimplyHired—Plaxo is turning the job hunt into a social experience with options to share, viral and comment.
According to... [MediaJobsDaily]
LinkedIn Is A Low Cost Hiring Service - Posted March 20, 2009
Reid Hoffman, CEO of LinkedIn, was on Charlie Rose the other night. Some interesting highlights of the conversation include the following:
*Only 27 percent of subscribers to LinkedIn are recruiters and hiring managers.
*Hedge funds use it to sourc... [MediaJobsDaily]
NYT Offering You the Chance to be Even More LinkedIn - Posted July 22, 2008
More social networking news to report. The NYTimes.com announced today that it's forming a "strategic relationship" with LinkedIn that will give LinkedIn member... [FishbowlNY]










