Posted on 18 May 2012
Facebook’s IPO was obviously the single most discussed topic on Twitter today. The good folks over at social media data platform DataSift monitored what Twitter users were saying about the IPO throughout the day and came up with some interesting conclusions.
Tags: dropped-within, Facebook, immediate-dive, ipo, over-at-social, sentiment analysis, the-connection, twitter
Posted on 18 May 2012
After intense build-up and a decent initial pop when the market opened, Facebook’s stock ended the day at $38.23. Some analysts are calling the IPO a dud because the stock did not trade well above its offering price
Tags: effectiveness, Facebook, karma-critics, Mobile, morgan-stanley, nasdaq, News, price, Social Media, super-bowl, time, underwriters
Posted on 18 May 2012
China’s Internet juggernaut Tencent announced today that it would undergo a restructuring of its business units into six groups. Ren Yuxin was also named as the new chief operating officer and will head up the media and social-networking groups. The six groups include: TEG – Technology & Engineering Group, comprised of Tencent Research and operating divisions
Tags: ecommerce, enterprise, Facebook, group, internet, media, Mobile, mobile-internet, social, technology, tencent, Video
Posted on 18 May 2012
I don’t understand Klout . I’ve convinced myself that it’s best that way. I just avoid it, really.
Tags: deals, Facebook, honestly-didn, klout, like-something, movement, nobody-gives, not-outweigh, popular-girls, Social Media, startups, the-movement
Posted on 18 May 2012
Here’s a brilliant infographic just out from the Financial Times showing the eye-watering sums that Facebook founders and investors stand to gain from today’s $104bn ($38/share) IPO. From Zuckerberg’s $19.1bn to his dad’s $76m. Not a bad return on genetic investment for Edward – we wonder if he’ll cash in?
Tags: early-investors, eduardo-saverin, Facebook, financial-times, infographics, insights, moskovitz, News, partners, price, saverin, showing-the-eye, zuckerberg
Posted on 18 May 2012
Just as social media is not a revolution (it’s just media – get over it), the idea that you have a revolutionary new kind of customer – the social customer – is nonsense too. Your customers have always been ‘social’ – learning from each other and even benefiting from collective buying power – through intermediaries
Tags: always-been, customers, insights, removing-space, shop-smarter, social, Social Media, social-customer, the-so-called
Posted on 17 May 2012
Tiger Pistol , an Australian startup offering social media marketing tools that it describes as both “small business friendly” and “enterprise powerful”, is coming out of its closed beta test today and launching to the public. It’s also announcing that it has raised $1 million in angel funding.
Tags: bbc, Facebook, reader, startups, stephen-hibberd, weather, weather-channel
Posted on 17 May 2012
The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board , including positions at: SponsorPay , Warner Bros , High 5 Games , Kellen Company , Fiveonenine Games , Sociable Labs , King.com , TinyCo , Wooga , Machine Zone , GameHouse , Ryzing , Sneaky Games , IMVU , PopCap Games and SoJo Studios
Tags: digital, Facebook, flash, games, graphics, manager, media, Mobile, network, sales, social, Social Media
Posted on 17 May 2012
Buffer , the little service for scheduling your social media updates, has some big news today: it’s acquiring competitor ShareFeed , and is bringing its CEO Hiten Shah on board as a mentor and advisor.
Tags: across-the-web, data, Facebook, fundings & exits, hiten, News, technology
Posted on 16 May 2012
Disrupt alumni never cease to impress .
Tags: acquisition, darrell-silver, deal, Facebook, flash, friends, News, release, silver, smarsh, Social Media, startups, technology, Video