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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 the potential of social...

Tags: gartner, marketing, traffic, retailers

[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 sales office in 1996 before...

Tags: saas, consolidation, uk, sas

[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 month, silicon.com has been busy wrestling...

Tags: android, outsourcing, india, linkedin

[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 commentators prefer to credit...

Tags: open source, us, conference, anti

[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 announced they have formed the...

Tags: google, yahoo, myspace, foundation

[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.

Tags: savings, open source, media, platform

[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 which profile information is...

Tags: facebook, im, social networking, controls

[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 into new European markets...

Tags: women, rim, blackberry, population

[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 executive of a large technology company advanced an...

Tags: cio, recruitment, sack, ceo

[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?

Tags: mobile, data, vista, views

[06 Mar 2008]

Intel and SAP cooking up treat for SMEs

News LinkedIn CEO: On 'grown up' social networking Intel and SAP, the world's biggest makers of business software and microchips, will jointly offer servers pre-packaged with SAP software aimed at medium-sized firms, the two companies said.

Tags: sap, server, intel, hosted

[04 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 Europe and signed up its millionth UK member in...

Tags: linkedin, network, online, facebook

[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 in beta testing - will be...

Tags: linkedin, apps, network, mobile

[25 Feb 2008]

Business execs snub Facebook

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 Facebook for networking or...

Tags: facebook, cio jury, plaxo, linkedin

[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 other sites.

Tags: linkedin, social networking, facebook, gartner

[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 architecture for its...

Tags: facebook, platform, google, cnet news

[13 Dec 2007]

LinkedIn takes a leaf out of Facebook

News Professional social networking site LinkedIn is to open up its network and let third parties build applications for use within its community. But unlike Facebook, LinkedIn's Intelligent Application Platform will also allow companies to add LinkedIn...

Tags: linkedin, apps, business, facebook

[11 Dec 2007]

Mugshots to appear on LinkedIn

News Social network LinkedIn is to enable its 14 million members to add a "professional" photo to their profiles. Adam Nash, senior director of product at LinkedIn, said in a statement: "Many of our members have requested to have professional photos...

Tags: social networking, facebook, linkedin

[28 Sep 2007]

Editor's Blog: The Facebook sweepstake

Comment LinkedIn, MySpace or others. Talk soon turned to a VC many of us know who has maybe three to four thousand contacts on LinkedIn. Heard about the new game? When you meet friends or colleagues and have a few minutes to kill, take a punt on how long...

Tags: privacy, linkedin, facebook, social networking

[31 Jul 2007]

Facebook to fuel spear-phishing boom?

News I think this is a symptom of an addiction with social networking sites such as MySpace or LinkedIn - where people have willingly keyed in all this information about themselves. Security experts are warning of a drastic rise in personalised phishing...

Tags: social networking, facebook, phishing

[05 Jul 2007]

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