VentureBeat:
Google has just released two new features called “Friends Group” and “Updates” as part of a roll out of new social features it hopes users will adopt at their home page on Google.With the Updates feature, Google is jumping with two feet into the territorial war going on between Facebook and Twitter. Those two sites have bec (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo's (YHOO) brain drain continues: Doug Cutting, a key infrastructure engineer, is leaving the company for a startup, the New York Times reports.Cutting is leaving for Cloudera, a startup that's looking to profit from Hadoop, an open-source framework that he created. What is Hadoop?NYT's Ashlee Vance: The software has be (Read More)
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from Google Reader:
BT is pleased to announce that Kevin Marks has joined as Vice President of Web Services, reporting to JP Rangaswami, Managing Director of Service Design. Kevin will be focused on open communications and the “open web”, working with the Ribbit team at our headquarters here in Mountain View. Awesome.Before joining BT, Kevin w (Read More)
paidContent.org:
BT (NYSE: BT) has hired former Google (NSDQ: GOOG) OpenSocial developer advocate Kevin Marks as VP of web services at Ribbit, the Mountain View-based Web 2.0 call manager it bought last year for $105 million. Ribbit has what it calls “an open platform for telephony innovation,” built on its SmartSwitch technology, that link (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Despite being virtually unknown in the US, and still somewhat hemmed in by its core German speaking market, XING, the LinkedIn competitor, refuses to lie down. And like a scene from the Rocky movie, it’s going into training to become better, quicker and faster than the LinkedIn machine. Although let’s face it, it has it’s w (Read More)
: I like xing, and what is this christian zeal going on in LinkedIn? I don't mind christianity but I would not let it overwhelm my business priorities. As fully understand the values but some of these christian based approaches are a bit scary.
TechCrunch:
Around this time last year we saw a stream of high ranking employees leaving Yahoo as the web portal reached new lows following the fumbled Microsoft deal. Now, we’re beginning to see a similar trend from MySpace, the once-shining social network that has been recently hit by stagnating growth, waves of layoffs (both in the (Read More)
Mashable!:
If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage Social Media for Career Success and How to Find a Job on (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Trendwatchers take note: Brazil offers a fascinating glimpse at how rapidly social media has changed internet usage patterns. Brazilian consumers spend an average of 19.3 hours online for personal use versus 9.8 hours watching TV, according to a study released by Deloitte. Sixty-seven million Brazilians now have internet ac (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Software engineer Kevin Marks has helped push Google’s social efforts for years, working on diverse products like the company’s Orkut social network, its user profile feature, and the OpenSocial social web standard. Now, he’s leaving to work on other projects, including opening technologies he has been helping to spearhead (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Kevin Marks, who was behind many of Google’s social initiatives, has left the company—the latest in a long list of well-known employees to depart recently. At Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Marks was involved in almost all of the company’s social efforts, including Google Profiles, social networking site orkut, as well as its OpenSoci (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Kevin Marks, a social force within Google and one of the main drivers behind its recent social efforts (including OpenSocial, its Social Graph API, and Microformats) is leaving the company. He announced his departure today on his blog. Marks was an evangelist to other engineers outside Google, his official title was Devel (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Kevin Marks, one of Google's (GOOG) most visible employees, is leaving the company. Is he perhaps going to Twitter or Facebook?Marks worked on the company's Social Graph API, OpenSocial, Orkut, Google Profiles, and other social projects. None of them have made the company any significant money, but the idea is that some cou (Read More)
Mashable!:
If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage Social Media for Career Success and How to Find a Job on (Read More)
Mashable!:
If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage Social Media for Career Success and How to Find a Job on (Read More)