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InternetNews
August 22, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Friendster's VC Hopes Rest on Patent Wishes Social network Friendster got some venture capital, but the figure doesn't hold up to other deals.   |
InternetNews
September 1, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
Patents Become a 'Social' Problem Social media - photos, blogs, networks and tags - is all about sharing. But social media startups don't want to share their intellectual property. Instead, they're heading to the patent office. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Friendster Hitches Onto Facebook Platform Social-networking pioneer Friendster is striking an agreement with rival Facebook to roll out support for Facebook's developer standard. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2004
Sean Michael Kerner |
Friendster 'AGlo' For VoIP Social networking site Friendster has struck a deal with Voice over IP provider Voiceglo in order to offer the IP telephony service to millions of the site's users. |
InternetNews
March 16, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Kent Lindstrom, President, Friendster Has Friendster's time come and gone, or will its desire to be the 'young-adult social network' pay off? |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Internap Paving the Info Highway The network optimizer used to look like roadkill, but now the company is back on track. Investors, take note. |
Search Engine Watch
January 22, 2004
Danny Sullivan |
Google Releases Orkut Social Networking Service Google has quietly launched a social networking service called orkut, named after Orkut Buyukkokten, a Google employee who developed the project during personal time allowed to him by Google. |
Inc.
June 2007
Max Chafkin |
How to Kill a Great Idea! Jonathan Abrams created the first online social network and enlisted Silicon Valley's best and brightest to run it. Yet Friendster flamed out spectacularly. What went wrong? |
InternetNews
March 7, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Friendster Google Searches For Profitability Social network Friendster today announced a multi-year deal that makes Google the exclusive provider of search and advertising for the one-time market leader. |
Fast Company
May 1, 2007 |
A Cautionary Tale Rumors of Facebook's refusal to sell to Yahoo set off a chorus of predictions that it would repeat Friendster's fall from grace. |
Job Journal
June 15, 2008
Denise Leo |
Virtual Networking So you want to do more online networking for career advancement or job hunting. Here are some tips to help you leverage an online network. |
PHONE+
Jean Kelley |
Take Your Business Networking to a New Level While purely "social" social networking sites can have a business aspect to them, it's important for business owners, executives and managers to have a strong presence on the tried-and-true business networking sites (example: LinkedIn). |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
Ariel Bleicher |
Social Networking: Friended Bandwidth, digital cameras, and a hunger for connectedness have created a virtual dinner party |
InternetNews
June 3, 2004
Sean Michael Kerner |
From 'Friends' to Friendster CEO For Sassa New business model coming to social networking play? |
InternetNews
January 19, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
The Social Network Difference People use social networks to stay in touch and share media. But what makes people choose one over another? |
PC World
February 2004
Anne Kandra |
Can You Profit From Online Networking? Social networking sites are hot. And they can be useful business tools. |
Inc.
December 2003
Michael Fitzgerald |
Internet Icebreakers Friendster-like sites help small companies get a foot in the sales door. |
Fast Company
April 2004
Alison Overholt |
Between the Lines: Six Degrees of Competition The author of Fast Company's social network software Web exclusive takes a look at the complicity -- and competition -- among several company founders. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2006
Lee A. Hollaar |
Patents 2.0 There are big problems with patents, especially software patents. A new type of patent is needed -- Congress should create a new, limited protection that protects against knockoffs without overreaching. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Dave Mock |
The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2011 |
What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed? |
Information Today
September 15, 2011
George H. Pike |
Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making. |
Information Today
October 16, 2006
K. Matthew Dames |
The Patent System on Tilt: IBM Seeks to Change the Game IBM wants to change the way the patent system works, holding itself out as an exemplar of openness. |
PC Magazine
October 10, 2007
Dan Costa |
My Space Is Not Your Space Facebook decided to expand its focus and invite users of all ages to join the fray. Bad idea. The company is killing the originality of its community. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007 |
Social-Networking Crossover As you might expect, there is a lot of crossover among visitors to social-networking sites. |
Search Engine Watch
December 9, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Friendster, Eurekster Team Up for Personalized Search Friendster has rolled out a new internet search service powered by Eurekster that taps into your online social network to personalize and enhance search results. |
Inc.
August 2007 |
Mail Friendster's Footsteps... Deal Breaker... Driving Perfection... Flinging Fertilizer... Baby Shower Blues... |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Lawrence Rosen |
Patents: An Expensive Tax on the CIO Software patents cost you money. Like taxes, they skim from your profit margins, but in this case the fees go to pay for other companies' intellectual property. |
Bank Technology News
January 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Bight Ideas Financial services firms are deluging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with applications, which soared 15-fold between 1995 and 2002. Patent attorney Dale Lazar urges banks to get in line: converting valuable ideas into assets can pay off big time. |
Job Journal
August 10, 2008
James E. Challenger |
Are Social Networking Sites Good for Business? One in four employers bans workplace access to social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, claiming the sites are a major drain on worker output. However, signs indicate social networking could be the next step in business evolution. |
InternetNews
November 24, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Nick Godici, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has been taking a lot of heat in recent years over software patents. Sitting at the center of the firestorm, and the patent process, is Nick Godici, the agency's Commissioner for Patents. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Christopher Koch |
Patently Stupid? It's not clear at the start of 2003 whether the software patent frenzy will cause innovation to flower or be trampled. |
