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  • June 2008

    • LinkedIn Scores $53M in Capital, $1B Value

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 18, 08 8:48 AM CDT

      LinkedIn Scores $53M in Capital, $1B Value

      LinkedIn—the buttoned-down, anti-Facebook social networking site for professionals—is about to up its profile with a $53 million infusion of private equity that will allow it to make acquisitions and expand its reach overseas, reports the New York Times . The new financing values the company at a hefty $1 billion, in between the $580 million News Corp. paid for MySpace in 2005 and the $15 billion value assigned to Facebook last year when Microsoft bought a stake. More »

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      Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • LinkedIn

    • Making Web More Social Has Google, Facebook Less So

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 3, 08 3:35 PM CDT

      Making Web More Social Has Google, Facebook Less So

      Though Facebook cited privacy concerns in pulling the plug on a partnership with Google aimed at making the Web more social, dollar signs are more likely behind its withdrawal from Friend Connect, the Washington Post reports. "What Facebook is after really is control over their users," one analyst says of the threat to the company's advertising hold. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • LinkedIn  • Friend Connect

  • March 2008
  • December 2007

    • Top 10 Startups to Watch In 2008

      newser  |  Wired  |  Dec 25, 07 6:46 AM CST

      Top 10 Startups to Watch In 2008

      A web startup that checks your DNA for predisposition to a spectrum of disease - and finds you a date (23andMe); a GPS system that can thread its way around traffic (Dash);  A P2P download service that may revolutionize online video (BitTorrent); social networking designed for the workplace (LinkedIn); they're among the top ten startups worth watching in 2008, according to Wired. More »

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      web traffic  • BitTorrent  • LinkedIn  • Slide

    • LinkedIn Goes 2.0

      newser  |  PC World  |  Dec 10, 07 2:57 PM CST

      LinkedIn Goes 2.0

      LinkedIn will start allowing user-created applications as part of an effort to keep up with social networking competitors like Facebook and MySpace, PC World reports. The professional networking site said today it has redesigned its home page and plans to display relevant BusinessWeek stories on users' profiles, as well as highlighting stories their colleagues are reading. More »

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      Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • OpenSocial  • LinkedIn

  • August 2007

    • Four Square Gets Serious in Silicon Valley

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Aug 18, 07 5:59 PM CDT

      Four Square Gets Serious in Silicon Valley

      The latest craze to take root in Silicon Valley doesn’t involve codes or algorithms, just squares. That is, four squares, taped onto a carpet, or painted onto asphalt, for the classic elementary school game of four square. The game requires four players to hit a rubber ball back and forth with their hands. Played competitively, it can be brutal: sprained ankles, rug burns, skinned knees, back injuries. More »

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      Silicon Valley  • LinkedIn  • game  • Meebo  • playground games  • Mountain View

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