Category Archives: Social Networks

LinkedIn Company News Feature — First Impression

Posted on February 25, 2008 by JayMeydad

LinkedIn seems to be releasing a lot of new products lately. Yesterday they released their iPhone version.  Today, I noticed a new feature – Company News (still in beta) are displayed at the top of the member’s dashboard. This feature, … Continue reading →

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A cool new Recent Readers widget from MyBlogLog

Posted on February 16, 2008 by JayMeydad

I like the new “Recent Readers” widget MyBlogLog released. The glossy design shaped as an iPhone, the simple configuration process (less is more) and the ‘flyouts’ – those little nuggest of information about a reader that appear when you point to a … Continue reading →

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Social Platform or Social Party?

Posted on November 2, 2007 by JayMeydad

Google OpenSocial vs. Facebook F8 – Doesn’t it look, feel and smell like Isreali, or actually any country’s, politics? Coalitions are being formed. PR spins are created trying to set the public opinion. The one you voted for yesterday will … Continue reading →

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Comments on Myspace IM

Posted on June 22, 2007 by JayMeydad

Myspace officially released their desktop IM. The question is does the world really need another major IM network, especially if it takes a walled garden approach? “Fox estimates that more than 17 million users have installed the service”. Is there … Continue reading →

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A jaw dropping Microsoft Photosynth demo

Posted on June 15, 2007 by JayMeydad

Forget everything you know about digital photography because here comes Microsoft Photosynth.   Jason sent me this video and it blew me away. It was presented earlier this year at the TED conference and it’s one of the most impressive visualization technologies that … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn is Down at 6PM?!

Posted on May 31, 2007 by JayMeydad

I was kind of surprised to see this in the middle of a working day (to be more accurate 6:05PM Pacific). I am glad I am not a sales guy who needs another sale to reach his Q2 goals…it would … Continue reading →

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Myspace vs. Facebook F8

Posted on May 30, 2007 by JayMeydad

Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital) posted a great one on the different approaches Myspace and Facebook have related to Widgets and their role in the new social economy. Too bad both environments still disallow a great utility such as Snap Shots … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn implementing Online Dating sites tactics

Posted on May 11, 2007 by JayMeydad

Following the improvement made to the My Connection page, LinkedIn came out with two new features: Premium Featured Members Who’s Viewed My Profile (full story here) Both features have been around for a long time on Online Dating sites and … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn improves design and usability of “My Connection” page

Posted on May 7, 2007 by JayMeydad

As my LinkedIn network have grown I found it more and more difficult to search for a particular contact. The browse functionality was very limited and was implemented using first letters of groups of names that were buried at the … Continue reading →

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