Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told
News Analyst house Gartner says social networking sites are starting to attract a broader spectrum of consumers with the rise of career-based networks such as LinkedIn and shopping-based sites. Retailers need to wake up to... [02 May 2008]
SAS UK boss talks SaaS, innovation and his first 90 days in the job...
Comment LinkedIn CEO: On 'grown up' social networking Ian Manocha took over as managing director of SAS in the UK three months ago and has been busy putting his stamp on the company. Manocha joined SAS to run the Manchester... [02 Apr 2008]
Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...
News LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking Meanwhile the CEO of LinkedIn told silicon.com in an exclusive interview there is much more to social networking than throwing sheep and "poking" people. This... [27 Mar 2008]
Open source owes popularity to anti-US vibe?
News LinkedIn CEO: On 'grown up' social networking Anti-US feelings are boosting the international market for open source software, according to the president and chief executive of Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst - while other... [27 Mar 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News Major players like Bebo, LinkedIn, MySpace and Plaxo, along with a host of smaller social networks and many that are unknown in the US, all opted to participate in the new initiative. and News Corp's MySpace.com have... [26 Mar 2008]
PA spreads the news on open source
Case Study LinkedIn CEO: On 'grown up' social networking Press Association (PA) is moving to an open source platform for its editorial content management system (CMS) to take advantage of flexibility and cost benefits. [20 Mar 2008]
Facebook ups privacy and says it wants to Chat
News Naomi Gleit, Facebook's product manager for privacy and internationalisation, previewed the updated options, which include a new "Friend of Friends" option based on social proximity - not unlike LinkedIn profiles, in... [19 Mar 2008]
BlackBerry exec on women in tech, iPhones, Facebook - and finding the off switch
Comment LinkedIn CEO: On 'grown up' social networking Charmaine Eggberry is vice president and managing director of EMEA at RIM - a position that gives her responsibility for the company's growth targets in the region, expansion... [18 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Ever tried to sack a CIO?
Comment Everybody's on LinkedIn these days - so find out what the social network for grown-ups is planning next in our exclusive interview with the LinkedIn CEO Dan Nye. Over lunch the other day the chief... [06 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment ¦ LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking ¦ Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked' ¦ Photos: RFID bumblebees create a buzz What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [06 Mar 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment Online business network, LinkedIn has almost 20 million members worldwide and recently opened its European office in London. During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions including... [28 Feb 2008]
LinkedIn gets a facelift and goes mobile
News Business network LinkedIn is getting a makeover to offer an improved service to its almost 20 million users and make it available on BlackBerrys, iPhones, PDAs and mobile phones. The new version of the site - currently... [25 Feb 2008]
Business execs snub Facebook
News My business is pan-European, and for the EU space I found Xing [ex- OpenBC] to be more effective and popular than LinkedIn. Just one of the 12 IT executives in silicon.com's weekly CIO Jury IT user poll said they use... [11 Jan 2008]
Social networking "white elephant" warning
News Further bringing business and social networking together, business network LinkedIn this month said it will allow third parties to develop apps for its site and allow them to take LinkedIn content to... [13 Dec 2007]
Facebook opens up its Platform
News This announcement comes in the wake of three OpenSocial partners - Bebo, Friendster and LinkedIn - all releasing their own developer platform initiatives independent of the Google-run program. Facebook has announced the... [13 Dec 2007]