http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,2000561249b,00.htm wecando.biz's Blog - The Business Web 2.0 - Latest blog feeds at ZDNet UK en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:08:57 +0100 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:08:57 +0100 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) The results of a survey conducted by BNI amongst its members shows three quarters network to get new business. But are business focused social networks delivering what people want? It's no surprise that the members of BNI, Business Networking Internat... zdnetuk/10008603 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008603o-2000561249b,00.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:20:38 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) Google announced OpenSocial to much fanfare last October. Within weeks almost everyone, except Facebook, had jumped on the bandwagon, promising a fully social web. Ten months later, what has happened to it? I will admit to having been something of ... zdnetuk/10008578 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008578o-2000561249b,00.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:07:26 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) Interesting news this week that VISA has signed a deal with Facebook to offer services to small businesses on the latter's social network. The first 20,000 businesses signing up to "friend" VISA will get a free $100 voucher to spend on Facebook Ads, th... zdnetuk/10008534 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008534o-2000561249b,00.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:41:53 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) The business pages have been full in the past week of the news from business-biased social network LinkedIn that it has just raised $53million in a fourth funding round led by Bain Capital. The $1 billion value it puts on the company is obviously getting... zdnetuk/10008515 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008515o-2000561249b,00.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:14:01 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) It was only a few weeks ago I questioned whether search engines were offering much more than you could get from social networking websites. Offline I had some people agree, but the general feeling was that search engines are around for a while yet. Not ... zdnetuk/10008508 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008508o-2000561249b,00.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:22:53 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) It might seem odd to suggest that search engines are dead given Google's rude health and Microsoft's recent interest in acquiring Yahoo! to increase its presence in search, but it would seem a few people I have spoken to recently are starting to wonder if... zdnetuk/10008367 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008367o-2000561249b,00.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:49:36 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) Have a number of recent announcements reduced Facebook's usefulness to members and also derailed any prospects of realising its estimated value? To date, you cannot deny Facebook's rise has meteoric. From a social network for Harvard students, the pas... zdnetuk/10008305 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008305o-2000561249b,00.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 09:00:12 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) Just 3 days after Google seemed to have Web 2.0 enabled the whole WWW, it seems its plans for data portability have taken a knock-back. Facebook has written a blog post revealing they have banned Google Friend Connect from accessing its API and access to... zdnetuk/10008188 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008188o-2000561249b,00.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 22:03:44 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) I have long believed that the next wave of social networking is the proliferation of smaller, more focused sites appealing to special interests or specific needs. With MySpace and Facebook having opened our eyes to what the medium can do, I expect it t... zdnetuk/10008156 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008156o-2000561249b,00.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 18:07:01 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (w) Industry researches and analysts Gartner claims with its latest research document, entitled "Top 10 Things Retailers Should Know About Social Networks, and What to Do" that the medium is NOT yet ready for commerce. The report (visit http://www.gartner.co... zdnetuk/10008084 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008084o-2000561249b,00.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 16:55:22 +0100