Posts Tagged ‘social media network’

 

Guess Who? Over 100 Million Fans and Valued IPO at $3 Billion

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Which social media platform has over 100 million fans and valued IPO at $3 billion? If you guessed professional social networking website LinkedIn then you’ve guessed right! On May 9, 2011 LinkedIn announced it would offer 7.84 million shares of stock priced at $32 to $35 per share in its initial public offering on the [...]

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Facebook Rolls Out the Send Button

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Users have been hitting the Like button for interesting updates on Facebook, and now they have the option to share those updates with individuals privately, with the social media platform’s new Send feature. Facebook rolled out the Send button a few weeks ago to replace the old “Email to a Friend” feature. By clicking on [...]

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Zynga Expands its Social Media Marketing

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Anyone that enjoys the games and applications on Facebook knows the enormous popularity of Zynga’s games Farmville, YoVille and Mafia Wars. Nearly 64 million people play Farmville each month, which is how parent company Zynga brought in $490 million in revenue last year, according to CNET News. Taking the Facebook games’ popularity and bankability one [...]

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Facebook’s New Changes Will Affect Social Connections and Search on the Web

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

At Facebook’s f8 conference earlier this week, the company announced ambitious goals and new changes to the social media network. Three official new concepts introduced are the Social Plugins, which utilize a social graph and the “Like” button to connect users with similar interests. The Open Graph Protocol allows users to build their profiles through [...]

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