Twitter's top trumps: are you the Lady Gaga of social enterprise?
Ever wondered how influential you are in the world of social enterprise? Find out whether you've made our list of the top 50 most connected tweeters Lady Gaga probably tweeting. Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Of all the pieces of advice I

Social finance: the money's there but the entrepreneurs are not
The scarcity of social entrepreneurs at the conferences mirrors the increasingly obvious problem of this nascent market, there are hardly any investees lining up for the loans and equity on offer. A well-known social investing network has spent years

Alibaba pushes into social networking with Weibo investment
(Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group acquired an 18 percent stake in web portal Sina Corp's microblogging service Weibo in its first big move into selling advertising on China's highly competitive social networks. Sina's U.S.-listed

Private social network Path now serves 10 million users
Path promised to look into the matter. The social networking website is a very unique one as it limits your friend list to help you add only people you trust and care about. It’s now to be seen what features Path can add in such limited conditions to

Solaborate, a social network for tech professionals, launches with $1m in seed funding
Today sees the beta launch of Solaborate, a new social networking platform focused on technology professionals and companies. In addition to the debut of the new service, Los Angeles, California-based Solaborate is today announcing that it has