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Despite the threat of new copyright laws targeting headlines and story snippets, LinkedIn rival Xing is reportedly testing out a news aggregation email service. If done right, that could help with user retention and growth. Read more »

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When it comes to truly professional “social” networks, there are far less than general interest and entertainment-oriented networks. Ryze is virtually dead. Xing is more global. The old standby is LinkedIn although it still struggles with its Web 2.0 features. Facebook is still trying to overcome […] Read more »

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 The big news tonight is business social network LinkedIn raised $53 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $1 billion. The new round is led by Bain Capital (the same genius investors who also funded Vonage) brings the total money raised by the company […] Read more »

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While online video has done much to connect the world by allowing us to share our stories with one another, we often enjoy the tales in front of our computer screens, alone. What if the connective and collective experience of enjoying a film could unite people […] Read more »

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Inspired by Mike G.’s spring cleaning post, I’ve been thinking about all the social networks I have joined both as part of my work and for my work. As an Internet strategist, I try to test out all the sites and Web apps that I can […] Read more »

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Now we all know that Facebook is worth one gazillion dollars, but how about the people who are always social networking? In other words, how much is your personal network worth? Germany-based Xing has come up with a tool called MyNetworkValue that lets you put a […] Read more »

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With sci-fi shows such as Chuck, Reaper, and Bionic Woman debuting this fall season, it seems that Hollywood has realized there’s gold in them thar nerds. Too bad all the development execs were jocks, because they missed a grand (and geeky) opportunity to enhance the TV […] Read more »

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I’ve never regretted my Booq bag purchase for a second, but this review of the Targus TCG350AP bag was very favorable. My bag is really a backpack with a small loop on the top so I can carry for brief periods to give my shoulders a […] Read more »

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Like countless other mac addicts, I am patiently waiting for Apple to release their Tiger OS-X on April 29, 2005. Going through the publicly available information on their website, the feature that has me most excited about is the enhanced iSync feature. Thus far we have […] Read more »

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Scientific research somehow manages to prove common sense. For instance, research shows that if you give people too many choices, their reaction time in making a choice is much slower. That is one of the main reasons why many states have laws requiring drivers to “use […] Read more »