Liz Gannes in Social on February 7 at 10:00 am PT
Social media influence scorer Klout has made its first acquisition: A local app maker called Blockboard.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 9, 2011 at 11:51 am PT
Criticizing your famous deep-pocketed competitors is usually just a way to get attention. But for Trunk.ly it turned out to be pretty lucrative.
Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT
I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.
Liz Gannes in Social on October 27, 2011 at 9:03 am PT
Founder Ramy Adeeb, an Egyptian living in San Francisco, built Snip.it’s bookmarking tool after experiencing his home country’s revolution earlier this year from afar.
Liz Gannes in Social on October 26, 2011 at 5:05 am PT
Even for a hermit like me, it seems evident there are local social opportunities beyond deals and check-ins. It’s an area ripe for social Web and app development. But what’s the best approach?
Liz Gannes in Social on September 30, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
Here’s the problem with buying something people love: They don’t love when you change it.
Liz Gannes in Social on September 26, 2011 at 11:58 pm PT
The new Delicious is ready for its relaunch, with redone infrastructure and a new playlist feature inspired by YouTube. We get Chad Hurley to explain.
Liz Gannes in Social on September 11, 2011 at 8:29 pm PT
YouTube co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley are busy revamping Delicious, looking to “mainstream the product” so that many more people will be enticed to bookmark and tag Web sites.
Liz Gannes in Social on August 29, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
Jig’s goal: To more efficiently allocate users’ attention. Other social Web services focus on popular people and topics, rather than more precise, meaningful and useful connections.
Liz Gannes in Social on May 9, 2011 at 9:03 am PT
YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have made another buy for their new “information discovery service” AVOS, which recently acquired Delicious from Yahoo. For an undisclosed price, they’ve picked up Tap11, a social media analytics company used by brands.
