“If you could work for a start-up, any start-up, which one would it be?” READ MORE
It took Flickr, one of the world’s largest photo-sharing sites, close to 2.5 years to reach 150 million photos, which could be uploaded from any computer and shot on any camera. But it took San Francisco-based start-up Instagram roughly just nine months to hit that same milestone–with just one mobile app, available only on iOS, writes Austin Carr for Fast Company. READ MORE
If you’ve been promoting your business Facebook page and Twitter account you’re not alone. Companies increasingly are running online ads that focus less on pitching their products and more on highlighting their social accounts, writes Andrew Adam Newman for the New York Times. READ MORE
Yesterday, in a post on Google’s main blog, Google’s SVP and chief legal counsel David Drummond accused Apple and Microsoft of waging an anti-competitive campaign against Android to keep Google from getting access to key patents. READ MORE
In case you’re not convinced that social networking is something to bring to your business, consider these stats. Since launching about three weeks ago, 18 million people are already using Google+ and it’s mobile version is now the top free app downloaded from the Apple App Store. An average of 10,000 new Web sites integrate with Facebook every day. More than 2,200 new Tweets are generated on Twitter every second. And LinkedIn boasts about 100 million users. READ MORE
Last week I wrote a story in which I said Jeff Weiner was getting quoted all over the place for dissing Google+, effectively saying that nobody has time for another social network. Today, I learned the quote I used as the basis for that categorization of Weiner’s opinion of Google Plus isn’t entirely accurate. So while the LinkedIn CEO was widely quoted last week saying he didn’t have any time for a new social network, it turns out that he’s actually “complimentary of Google,” says LinkedIn. READ MORE
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner is getting quoted all over the place for dissing Google+, effectively saying that nobody has time for another social network. Speaking at an event, Weiner was asked whether Google+ could coexist with Facebook, Twitter and his own LinkedIn, reports Business Insider. READ MORE
Several months ago, location-based service LocalResponse started offering businesses the ability to send real-time messages and offers to customers based on where they checked in on Foursquare, Facebook, Loopt, and other social media networks. Months later, the targeting is paying off with significant engagement from consumers, who are responding to relevant and timely offers and discounts at impressive rates. READ MORE
Used correctly, Google+ promises to be a boon for both personal and professional communications (especially if Google listens up and adds some of the more requested features)–but first you need to learn the basic ins-and-outs of Google+ functionality. READ MORE
If news of Dropbox‘s latest funding round is true, the cloud storage service has achieved the same overall valuation as Twitter. According to TechCrunch, DropBox is raising between $200 million and $300 million in its latest round of funding, which would place the company’s valuation in the $5 billion to $10 billion range. READ MORE
