Investors more discerning after social networking IPOs - Financial Times

Investors more discerning after social networking IPOs
Financial Times
LinkedIn, the social network, debuted to much fanfare, and saw its shares rocket from $45 at their initial sale to as much as $122 on their first day. A few days later, Yandex, the Russian web search company, saw a “pop” of 55 per cent. ...

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Tech-Savvy Vet, 80, Heads Social Network for Vets - NBC Philadelphia

Tech-Savvy Vet, 80, Heads Social Network for Vets
NBC Philadelphia
Most 80-year-olds keep in touch with friends through phone calls, letters and e-mails, staying far away from that new-fangled social networking stuff. Not Al Koehler. He doesn't need a parade or a ceremony to get together with his ...

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Questions Abound with Social Media Stocks - Investment U

Financial Times

Questions Abound with Social Media Stocks
Investment U
by Tony D'Altorio, Investment U Research Wall Street went gaga last week over the IPO of the business-focused social network, LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD). The company garnered enormous attention as the first of the US social networking and Web 2.0 companies ...
So what exactly is LinkedIn good for?Macleans.ca
LinkedIn's Valuation Is UnjustifiableSeeking Alpha

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Your funds: Beware social-networking bubble - Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Your funds: Beware social-networking bubble
Memphis Commercial Appeal
In late March, the billionaire stock picker said investors should be wary of valuations for social-networking websites, and suggested it would be a folly to get caught up in a frenzy of hot initial public offerings. ...
INFOGRAPHIC: The Soaring Valuations Of Social Networking CompaniesScribbal
Ghosts of Bubbles Past Make Their ReturnFox Business
11 Stocks That Could Soar Off Zynga's IPOTheStreet.com
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Study: Friends Hard to Keep Up with on Twitter, Facebook - PCWorld

Study: Friends Hard to Keep Up with on Twitter, Facebook
PCWorld
Social networking has allowed us to vastly expand our collection of acquaintances and occasional contacts, but when it comes to actual friendships and regular social contact, we're limited in how many we can keep up with.
Human Brain Limits Twitter Friends To 150MIT Technology Review (blog)

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Facebook Has Powerful Friends; Will Users Suffer? - NPR

Facebook Has Powerful Friends; Will Users Suffer?
NPR
Politicians have many reasons to "friend" the social networking site, which connects them with voters and can help them raise money. Last week, the company announced that it is ramping up its presence in Washington with a slate of new hires. ...
Irish billionaire to sue Facebook over fake profile pagesIrish Central

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Tigers to tackle social networking - The Australian

Tigers to tackle social networking
The Australian
WESTS Tigers will raise at the next meeting of club bosses whether there needs to be a game-wide approach to the growing social networking phenomenon. The Tigers decided yesterday to keep in-house an investigation into rumours that destabilised the ...

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Online privacy bill fails to pass California Senate - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Online privacy bill fails to pass California Senate
Los Angeles Times
The bill would have allowed parents to restrict their children's personal information and adults to restrict their own on social networking sites. Facebook, Twitter and others lobbied against the measure. State Sen. Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro), ...
State Senate reject's Corbett's online privacy billSan Jose Mercury News
Calif. rejects social network privacy billabc7.com
Social Networking Privacy Bill Stalls in CA SenateAll Things Digital (blog)
Sacramento Bee (blog) -Social Zoo: Social Updates (blog) -San Francisco Chronicle
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Social media and networking - Malaysia Star

Malaysia Star

Social media and networking
Malaysia Star
First published in 2009, this version offers new insights on using the social media as an efficient and measurable way for people to market their business. Organisations, whether larger or small, are using social media and social networking to build ...
Small Business and Social NetworkingFlorida Times-Union (blog)
Social networking distractions at work7Online.com
Two thirds of small business owners use Facebook for marketingZDNet (blog)

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