Tech Week in Review 1-13-2012
Google Launches Search Plus Your World Google has basically thrown down the gauntlet by (finally?) integrating their Google+ social networking site more closely with their popular search engine. Your general web search results will now be augmented by your social interactions on Google+, making it easier to find content more personal to you. The three [...]
Read MoreComing off Facebook Hiatus in 2012
I’m not really one for New Year’s resolutions – or at least labeling it as such; but I do have things that I would like to do, change, and improve on each year. For 2012 I have decided to come off my year long Facebook hiatus. Yes, it has been a year. I decided to [...]
Read MoreHootSuite Integrates LinkedIn Company Pages & Groups
HootSuite is adding LinkedIn Company Pages and Groups, the social media management tool announced on Thursday. The integration is key for HootSuite — which previously only supported LinkedIn profiles — in evolving side-by-side with its main user base: social media marketers. Since filing to go public in January, LinkedIn has increasingly gained attention as a social platform. [...]
Read MoreBranchOut Brings Facebook-Focused Professional Networking To Job Search Platform CareerBuilder
BranchOut, a professional social network for Facebook, is announcing a partnership with jobs and resume site CareerBuilder to help users bring social networking into the job search experience. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Launched in July 2010, BranchOut is sort of like aLinkedIn for Facebook because it allows you to network and find [...]
Read MorePresident Obama to Answer Questions on Job Creation at LinkedIn Town Hall
What better place for the president to address unemployment while staying up on his social networking game than LinkedIn? Well there really isn’t, that is probably why President Obama will participate in a town hall at the LinkedIn headquarters next Monday Sept. 26. President Obama will answer questions about job creation and the economy from [...]
Read MorePresident Barack Obama Joins Interactive One’s Open for Question Forum [Video]
In partnership with the White House, Interactive One was the special host of an “Open For Questions” forum that featured senior members of the Obama Administration and editors from NewsOne.com and its sister sites in the Interactive One network, HelloBeautiful.com, TheUrbanDaily.com and BlackPlanet.com. President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance during the panel hosted by the black media [...]
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