Did you know that the “Facebook Ecosystem” of companies support about 53,000 jobs in the United States, 18 times more than Facebook itself? Or that the largest concentration of these firms is in the San Francisco Bay Area? In a front-page feature, Mike Swift of the San Jose Mercury News explores the startups that are … read more here
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“Facebook’s Startup Spawn” – Payvment and Wildfire featured on San Jose Mercury News front page
May 9, 2012 by
How Major League Baseball Stacks up on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
April 6, 2012 by
Spring is in the air and Major League Baseball season is officially underway. Hot dogs, beer and lazy days at the ballpark are on tap for the next several months. But how do the game’s players, teams and leagues stack up on the social web? The social media agency Banyan Branch spent the offseason from … read more here
Major League Baseball’s Social-Media Winners and Losers
April 4, 2012 by
As the baseball season opens today, New York Yankees fans have another thing to brag about in the rivalry with their Beantown foes. The Yankees’ Facebook page tops the list of 30 major league baseball teams with the most “likes,” at 5.3 million. The Boston Red Sox are in second with 3.5 million “likes,” followed … read more here
Facebook’s mobile ad strategy is a risk for Facebook and its advertisers (analysis)
February 29, 2012 by
Facebook’s mobile ads, announced today, are an attempt to patch one of the biggest holes in the company’s revenue model. Until today, the company didn’t have any way to make money from its mobile apps due to the lack of ads. Compounding the problem is the fact that consumers really don’t like it when ads … read more here
Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More)
February 21, 2012 by
When the founders of GitHub moved into their swank South-of-Market loft last year, the first thing they did was redecorate. They turned the floor’s biggest office into a parody of an executive suite — complete with fake fireplace, plush leather chairs, and a wooden globe that slides open to reveal a bottle of single malt … read more here
Facebook files for IPO
February 1, 2012 by
Facebook today filed to go public in a bid to raise $5 billion with a mammoth stock offering . Facebook’s IPO has been eagerly anticipated as a defining moment for the latest Web investing boom. The social-networking company, with more than 800 million members, has redefined the way millions of people worldwide interact and share … read more here
