Yammer tops 7M users, sales spike after Microsoft deal

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Yammer, the business-oriented social network acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion last year, says its sales to businesses quadrupled in its fiscal fourth quarter, thanks in part to its newfound association with the Redmond company. Yammer, which competes with companies including Salesforce.com and Jive Software, says it added 290 new paying customers in the quarter,… Read More…

Facebook’s ‘Like’ button gets new friends: ‘LOVE!’ ‘BOO!’ ‘OMG!’ and many more

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Facebook’s “Like” button has become an integral part of online life, connecting sites around the web back to the social network, helping people send quick signals to their friends — and filling up Facebook’s databases with valuable information about the activities and preference of its users, whether or not those users happen to be aware of… Read More…

Facebook doubling down in Seattle, moving to larger office

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Facebook’s Seattle engineering office will move to a new downtown location next year, twice the size of its existing space, to create room for additional growth beyond the 60 engineers it already has working here. “We’re excited to announce that we’re moving to a new office space in downtown Seattle early next year,” said Ari… Read More…

Why we’re not using Google+ to reach consumers, so far

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Guest commentary: Since Google+ launched in June of this year, two questions have been on everyone’s mind in the digital community: 1) Can it become a huge success for Google? And 2) Can I use it to make huge success for me? Much has been written about the first question; but very little about the… Read More…

Rich Barton lends hand to Nextdoor, a social network for neighbors

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Back in 2007, Zillow unveiled a new offering called Neighborhood Pages that was designed to better connect home owners to their local communities. The idea didn’t really take off. But fast-forward four years, and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton is back at it. This time, the Internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist at Benchmark Capital is tossing… Read More…

Lockerz unveils iPhone app, creating new ways to earn PTZ

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Lockerz boasts more than 19 million members of its social shopping service. But until today it was largely a Web-based experience. That’s changing with the company’s introduction of a free iPhone app, a mobile experience that will allow users to earn the company’s virtual currency, PTZ, while on the go. Founder Kathy Savitt said that… Read More…