Posts Tagged ‘ social ’

Google Acquires More and More and More . . .

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Google spent more than $1.4 billion to purchase 57 companies of various sizes and persuasions, blasting apart the company’s previous record of 48 acquisitions from 2010. That sum includes: ITA Software ($676 million) Propeller (price unknown) SayNow (price unknown) fflick ($10 million) Zynamics (price unknown) Beat That Quote ($61.5 million) Next New Networks (price unknown) Green Parrot Pictures (price unknown) PushLife ($25 million) Talk Bin (price unknown) Sparkbuy (price unknown) PostRank (price unknown) AdMeld ($400 million) SageTV (price unknown) Punchd  (price unknown) Fridge  (price unknown) PittPatt (price unknown) Dealmap (price unknown) Motorola ($12.5 billion) Zave (price unknown) Zagat (price unknown) Daily Deals ($114 million) Social Grapple (price unknown) Why buy all of these companies and...

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Google Bought Zagat

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Zagot’s Announcement: We are writing to share the most exciting news in our 32 years in business. Zagat Survey has been acquired by another great company, Google. From the beginning, Zagat Survey has empowered people by providing a vehicle for them to express their opinions. After spending time with Google senior management discussing our mutual goals, we know they share our belief in user-generated content and our commitment to accuracy and fairness in providing users with the information needed to make smart decisions about where to eat, shop and travel. It is a testament to the knowledgeable consumers who...

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Will Google+ Be As Creepy As Facebook?

Will Google+ Be As Creepy As Facebook?

    Google+ is slick and nice. It was so popular that the company had to shut down the “invite” to the beta version of Google+ after 48 hours of its release. And those hungry for the invite had to buy it on eBay. However, if you remember the recent scares caused by Facebook’s facial recognition feature, the permeation of social media in today’s network generation will come to you as a threat, despite its innocent and convenient look.When Facebook silently rolled out its facial recognition feature, regulators reacted strongly against its violation of customers’ privacy.Is it a good...

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AOL Wants You Back – Just Socially

AOL Wants You Back – Just Socially

A new AOL survey, conducted by The Nielsen Company, reveals the challenges of modern day parenting in a world with social networking. According to the survey, more than half of the children surveyed (54%) don’t personally know all of the friends accepted into their social network. While 76% of parents with kids on Facebook, claim to have “friended” their teens, 29% of teenagers are ready to “un-friend” their parents given the choice, and are twice as likely to want to “un-friend” mom versus dad. In response to the dynamic safety and reputation management needs of today’s teenagers online, AOL...

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Top Twitter Tools : Photo

Top Twitter Tools : Photo

Post your Photos to Flickr & Twitter flick.to.twitt is a web tool that allows to upload a photo to Flickr and announce it on Twitter right away. No registration whatsoever is needed on flick.to.twitt, and it’s not store any of your private information. You just need a Flickr and a Twitter account. Phtosharing Made Simple TweetPhoto is a free photo sharing service for Twitter. The service focuses on creating the best possible user-experience among the applications developed around the Twitter Application Programming Interface (API). TweetPhoto combines a convenient and easy-to-use photo sharing experience with helpful tools that are feature...

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