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Microsoft Launches So.Cl Social Media Network

Bill Hartzer

So.Cl (pronounced “social”) is a social sharing network currently in beta that was launched December 4, 2012 as an experiment by Microsoft FUSE Labs to provide a social media platform for students to share content with others. You can either sign up with your Facebook ID, or a present Microsoft Windows ID.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Location-Based Applications Will Dissolve Into General Social Networks. Location-based applications like Foursquare and Brightkite will not be the darlings of social media as some predict, but will instead turn into features and dissolve into general social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Even Google, a Web 1.0

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Common Social Media Questions and Answers All Marketers Should Know

Hootsuite

TikTok: Bytedance, TikTok’s parent company, was founded in 2012. Which companies own which social media platforms? Here’s a rundown of social media company acquisitions and ownership. Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion. LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft Corporation.

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Six Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Social media and careers are covered by prediction #6: “In 2009 we saw a couple of interesting surveys by respected organizations indicating that recruiters are increasingly using or planning to use social media to find and investigate talent. They search social network profiles on Facebook, Twitter, etc.;

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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Before joining Software Advice in 2012, she worked in sales management and advertising. Most people wrongly assume social enterprise networks are simply Facebook for business. If that were the case, Microsoft wouldn’t have dropped $1.2 How do you derive value from social enterprise apps?

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Klout, Hugging Kids, 2012 Social Business Predictions & more

Jeff Esposito

IBM’s 2012 Social Business Predictions – with Christmas music playing on the radio and Santa getting ready to have children tell them they want a pony in the local department store, it is also time for folks to start making predictions for the new year. I’d suggest reading if you have a small fry. Here are three from IBM.

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Facebook Shares Jump 80% in 3 Months at Private Auction

Idaconcpts

The Palo Alto-based social networking giant is a privately held company, and its shares are not listed on the NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange alongside Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, or any of the other publicly traded Silicon Valley behemoths – at least for now. Unsurprisingly.

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