Category Social Media

NBC Universal Partners with KickApps

KickApps gives NBC a solid platform for community development. NBC Universal has announced a partnership with social platform KickApps. "NBC is getting what is a solid platform for community development, content development and management; one that integrates social media tools…

Newsgator Buys Tomoye

Newsgator has purchased Sharepoint social networking platform Tomoye. "The acquisition makes Newsgator one of the largest enterprise collaboration companies in the Enterprise 2.0 space and positions it as a vendor with the deepest ties to the Sharepoint environment," writes ReadWriteEnterprise’s…

Lotus Connections to Add Social Analytics

IBM’s Lotus Connections will be upgraded to Lotus Connections Next in the second half of 2010, adding the ability to recommend people and content automatically. "Recommendations, along with the ratings, rankings and reputations capabilities in Connections will be a key…

LinkedIn Targets iPhone, Other Mobile Devices

Social networking site LinkedIn is the latest online service to take a more mobile-friendly stance, as wireless devices continue to become more Web-enabled and attract applications typically used by desktop and notebook computer users. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company today…