Posts Tagged Facebook

Demise of Google Labs

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Just recently Google announced the closure of Google Labs. Although the ideas generated in Google Labs were never expected to go mainstream a number of successful products managed to surface from the project. These include familiar products such as Google Reader, Google News and Google Maps. Google is now making Google Plus it's top priority with over 10 million subscriptions to the service over the past month despite it being by invite only.

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Social Media Workshops Galway July 18th

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The next Social Bits workshop will be held at The Ardilaun Hotel in Galway on the 18th of July.The workshops will run from from 9:30 am until 1pm and costs €150 for the half day.Each of the workshops can be considered a boot-camp in social media for any business wanting to learn as much about the Social Web space as possible. During the workshop the user will learn how to drive their business and grow organic community online and understand what they are doing online and how all the tools work together. The tools may be free but time isn't. We will also be focusing on all the latest technologies and what you should be considering for your website and business.

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Linkedin IPO: Social Media Goldrush?

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Linkedin launched its IPO today at a valuation of $45 which then rocketed to over a $114.00 before dropping back below $100.00 as traders took early earnings. There is a clear desire for investors to put their money into Social Media companies and makes the future public offerings of such companies as Facebook and Zynga events of great interest in the tech sector and beyond.

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LinkedIn: Social Media Goldrush

Share Linkedin launched its IPO today at a valuation of $45 which then rocketed to over a $114.00 before dropping back below $100.00 as traders took early earnings. There is a clear desire for investors to put their money into social media companies and makes the future public offerings of such companies as Facebook and Zynga events of great interest in the tech sector and beyond.

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Facebook Expanding

Share Facebook plans to triple it’s work force over the next years and expand the company to include up to 9400 new staff.

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