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Jason Goldberg Sells SocialMedian For $4 Million
Dec 19, 2008

Submitted by Louisgray from Google Reader: Former Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg sold SocialMedian, the social news startup he founded last year, to German social network Xing for $4 million and a earnout worth as much as $3.5 million.In March, SocialMedian announced a seed round from the Washington Post's interactive division.TechCrunch reported the deal first, we're t (Read More)
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Hutch,
Dec 19, 2008
: "Former Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg sold SocialMedian, the social news startup he founded last year, to German social network Xing for $4 million and a earnout worth as much as $3.5 million."
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Simonlloyd,
Dec 20, 2008
: Hi,

if you chaps want to monitize Xing - see www.getmobster.com - using MoiP and offering cheap mobile calling to business users. Dial tone on your mobile is a world first.
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Technosoma,
Dec 21, 2008
: Great news! I am glad Jason's excellent work stands paid. In a Business World propelled just on profit motive, Jason's work must serve as an example for others to follow that entrepreneural creativity offers more than monetary profit. In the long run, we can bank upon internet related technologies for finding solutions of un-/under-employment problems. Perhaps 'relationship economy' will continue offering boder-less and unlimitied opportunities for those who can sieze these.
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Why Does LinkedIn Still Have Facebook Envy?
Dec 18, 2008

ReadWriteWeb Commentary on this week's management changes at LinkedIn implied that a shake-up was needed to make LinkedIn more like Facebook. As somebody who has used LinkedIn extensively and spoken to many people who have also found it very useful, this is a plea to listen to users and not the Valley cognoscenti. Sure, when Facebook wa (Read More)
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Jenniferl,
Dec 18, 2008
: To diversify into LinkedIn is great.
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Breebop,
Dec 19, 2008
: I agree - a model based on advertising is silly. the real value is in the network and the data. Sell services based on that, and as RWW says, realize that LinkedIn is an essential resource to tap *when needed*. We don't need another Facebook to suck up our time.
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Troyjensen,
Dec 22, 2008
: They are 100% different models - as soon as I saw some of the latest changes I thought "uh oh"...I cannot understand, with all due respect, why digital properties do not focus, refine, and monetize the very business model that got them there. I consult with early-stage digital startups, and 75% of them want to "expand into this or that"....when meanwhile they acheived 5MM uniques with their core business model. Focus and refine and improve what made you what you are LinkedIn!
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Bank On It: Facebook Will Pass MySpace in US Popularity
Dec 18, 2008

Mashable! The latest numbers are in from Nielsen Online, and they conclude the obvious: Facebook is downright surging in popularity. The site registered a record 47.5M US-based unique visitors in November, up from 39.9M just one month prior. Top social network MySpace continued to hover around 60M, with an official count of 59.1M. (Read More)
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Bwana,
Dec 18, 2008
: I think this is something a lot of us believed would happen
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Daynamarcum,
Dec 19, 2008
: ask what the ad space goes for on either site, and via mobile. Facebook has myspace beat by a landslide on mobile and apps, that's why it's value is so high. See how Pandora.com uses it's mobile space to land advertisers.
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Saxonchap,
Dec 20, 2008
: It had to happen eventually ... common-sense, real-world activities and the drive for solid revenue will always bounce back against the drivel propagated by people hiding behind fake and underage identities.
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5 Exciting Things to Look Forward to in HTML 5
Dec 19, 2008

ReadWriteWeb HTML 5 is the upcoming major revision of the HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the main method of marking up content for sharing on the World Wide Web. HTML's development stopped at HTML 4.01 in 1999, and since then web content has evolved so much that current HTML specifications are inadequate for today's requirements.HTML (Read More)
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Robdiana,
Dec 19, 2008
: The bigger question will be what features each browser supports. I am sure someone will post that in the next few days.
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Sina,
Dec 20, 2008
: Combo menu please... HTML 5, CSS3 & jQuery... that's my combo!
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Kathleenld,
Dec 20, 2008
: cool... maybe this is the excuse I've been needing to finally learn HTML?
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ComScore: YouTube Now 25 Percent Of All Google Searches
Dec 19, 2008

TechCrunch Video search on YouTube accounts for a quarter of all Google search queries in the U.S., according to the latest search engine numbers from comScore. Its monthly qSearch report, which was released on Thursday night, breaks out the number of searches conducted on YouTube. If it were a standalone site, YouTube would be the (Read More)
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Now It's Gmail, Now It's a Doc with New Labs Offering
Dec 19, 2008

ReadWriteWeb In the workaday world, it happens all the time. You get caught in a string of emails among colleagues, the thread grows and grows as everyone adds their two cents, and when the dust settles, you realize that you've managed to create a ton of good content. Unfortunately, you're now tasked with cutting and pasting all of that (Read More)
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European Business Social Network XING Acquires socialmedian
Dec 19, 2008

Rami Morante - FriendFeed Hamburg, Germany based XING, a global professional social network that’s strong in Europe, has acquired New York based socialmedian for an undisclosed amount. Socialmedian’s founding CEO Jason Goldberg is relocating to Germany and will be joining XING as Vice President Applications Platform, and the entire socialmedian team (Read More)
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Facebook Offers A Look Into Usage Stats
Dec 19, 2008

WebProNews - Social Media Facebook has updated its user statistics, which show that its total number of users is up to 140 million. Half of them are outside of college (which is significant considering the network's roots), and the fastest growing demographic is 25 and older. read more . (Read More)
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XING Acquires SocialMedian
Dec 19, 2008

ReadWriteWeb Socialmedian, a social news site designed to allow users to group around news networks, has been acquired by the German social network XING, a major international player with more than 6 million business users. Clearly, this is a big win for Socialmedian, which only recently came out of private beta:Sponsor"This is great ne (Read More)
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Rpetty,
Dec 19, 2008
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@jasongoldberg Congratulations to you and all of the S|M team!
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Mott,
Dec 22, 2008
: Sorry to join the celebration late
@jasongoldberg, but well done. You have demonstrated well that focusing on the core, moving quickly and keeping cost in check lead to a path of sucess. Job well done, best of luck overseas.
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Jasongoldberg,
Dec 24, 2008
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@mott Thanks!
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Why blogging comments suck
Dec 19, 2008

Scobleizer The other day, Gary Shapiro, the guy who runs the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, dropped by and left a comment here. There were a few problems:1. My commenting system caught his comment in moderation, so people didn’t see it posted until I took it out of moderation right now.2. No one probably knows who Gary (Read More)
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Hutch,
Dec 19, 2008
: "I wish there were a system where I could tell my readers when a comment came in that deserves a lot more attention than the others. Also, I wish we could see the social network of the people commenting (I’d love to have their Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed networks show up linked into their comment somehow and also have warnings when people leave me comments that have a huge amount of social capital, like Gary does)."
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XING expandiert und schnappt sich Socialmedian
Dec 19, 2008

Submitted by Thestrategyweb from blog: Mit einem Überraschungs-Coup eröffnet der XING Blog seinen Businesstag und gibt die Fusion mit Socialmedian bekannt. ... Atikel werden hier nur geteasert! . (Read More)
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Dec 19, 2008
: klasse - ist das heute die einzige news hier?
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The Misunderstood Uses of Twitter and Facebook: Are You a Friend, Follower or a Fool?
Dec 19, 2008

Delicious/r00vi By Guest Author Scott Scheper of http://scottdig.com (follow him at @venturedig).When I think of Facebook and Twitter, I think of Preparation-H and toothpaste. Both are quality products. Both have their uses; but Preparation-H, like Twitter, is only needed at a certain point in life.Do me a favor and take a look at your Twi (Read More)
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Steve Wozniak explains why the iPod will die
Oct 07, 2008

Submitted by Louisgray from Google Reader: Apple co-founder (in picture to the right, to the left is Steve Jobs) Steve Wozniak warns that the iPod's days are numbered in an interview with UK newspaper, the Telegraph."The iPod has sort of lived a long life at number one. Things like, that if you look back to transistor radios and Walkmans, they kind of die out after (Read More)
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What tastes better than chocolate and peanut butter? facebook + socialmedian
Oct 06, 2008

Submitted by Jasongoldberg from blog: What tastes better than chocolate and peanut butter?   Not much.  But, we think we may have found something.   socialmedian + facebook have now been brought together.   Check it out the next time you log in to socialmedian.... (Read More)
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Rpetty,
Oct 06, 2008
: Would like some more control over what gets posted to my profile. There are some stories that I would like to maintain on my status versus browsing, liking or disliking etc. How about more granular setting or a confirmation to post to FB?
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Hoshposh,
Oct 07, 2008
: Is there a way to specify what type of people get to see the SocialMedian posts in my profile? Probably not or I would have found them already
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Jasongoldberg,
Oct 07, 2008
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@hoshposh no, right now everything you do on socialmedian is public.
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socialmedian introduces "The Mood" -- this is how product development is supposed to work (we think)
Oct 06, 2008

Submitted by Jasongoldberg: Here at team socialmedian, we think that this is how product development is supposed to work.Just last week we surveyed a sample of socialmedian users on a range of topics including potential new socialmedian features.Based on a user's suggestion, we included in the survey the potential new feature of enabling our users to (Read More)
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Nishith,
Oct 07, 2008
: Glad that there are only likes for this story, no dislikes :)
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Malouie,
Oct 07, 2008
: interesting survey results
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Earlwallace,
Oct 08, 2008
: I like it better than friendfeed's "like". Friendfeed's makes me feel like I am back in kindergarten playing new learning to read game...
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