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Like a “Like,” but Better: See.Me Lets You Tip Artists With Actual Money
Like a thumbs-up, except you can use it to buy things.Survey Says: Despite Yahoo Ban, Most Tech Companies Support Work-From-Home for Employees
CEO Marissa Mayer is swimming against the tech workplace tide with her new ban.Study: Online Media Pays Off for Consumers More Than Offline
Apparently, you can get digital media satisfaction.News Byte
Twitter Competitor App.net Launches File-Hosting Feature
App.net, the paid social website that aims to take on Twitter, released its file application programming interface on Monday, allowing users of the service to host up to 10 gigabytes of file storage on their App.net account. Users can host files like photos or videos without “siloing” them in a particular service (i.e. Facebook), making for better portability of data among services.News Byte
Former Yahoo Ad Exec and Interclick Founder Katz Joins Adaptly Board
Social advertising technology company Adaptly has added Interclick founder Michael Katz to its board. Katz recently left Yahoo under tense circumstances, as part of a larger company advertising reorganization. That aside, Katz is a well-regarded entrepreneur and innovator in the ad tech space; he took Interclick public and sold it to Yahoo for $270 million in late 2011. Adaptly works with a range of big brands, using a consolidated platform to complete a social media ad buys across multiple social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The New York-based startup has raised about $13 million in funding so far.LinkedIn’s Profile Refresh Is All About the Visuals — Just Like Other Social Giants
A visual touch-up for the professional network, just like every other social network.E-Invites to the Social Network Events of 2012
Google and Facebook aim to be the Web hosts of the party, but sharing may make some nervous.Nextdoor, the Private Social Network, Hooks Up With the City of San Jose
As the major California city adopts a start-up social network’s communication-system tools, NextdDoor’s path to expansion widens.Voices
Facebook to Track App Usage to Target Ads
Facebook Inc. plans to launch a new type of mobile advertising that will target ads based on the apps that consumers use, in an effort to boost mobile revenue and find a way to make money off the millions of websites that connect to the social network.News Byte






