Category | Social Media

Study: Twitter Sentiment Mirrored Facebook’s Stock Price Today

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.

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Priced to perfection or underwhelming: Facebook stock closes at $38

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

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China’s Tencent To Restructure Into Six Groups, Here’s Why

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

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XKCD: Punch Me In The Face If I Use Klout

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.

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The Facebook IPO Rich List – Zuckerberg $19.1bn, Dad $76m (Infographic)

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?

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No Social Media Revolution, No Social Customer [infographic]

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

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Tiger Pistol Raises $1M+ For Easy Social Media Marketing, Leaves Beta

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.

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New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: SponsorPay, High 5 Games, Warner Bros and more

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

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Buffer Acquires ShareFeed, Brings KISSmetrics CEO Hiten Shah On As Advisor

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.

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Smarsh Acquires Former TC50 Finalist Perpetually, Founder Thanks NY Tech Scene

Posted on 16 May 2012

Disrupt alumni never cease to impress .

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