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What is Social Networking


Social networking is the interaction of individuals with the objective of developing personal or professional relationships. Social networking groups typically share a common interest. While face-to-face social networking has always existed, the Internet has created the means to interact in real time with virtually unlimited numbers of people. Social networking web sites such as Facebook, and LinkedIn provide simple tools to create and interact with virtual communities of common interest.

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Socialtext New Tool: Like a Private Twitter for Enterprises
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Socialtext New Tool: Like a Private Twitter for Enterprises
Palo Alto-based social software company Socialtext released Socialtext Signals for enterprise users to have an internal Twitter-like activity stream, to send out updates on the status of projects, documents and other work-related actions
Microsoft app blends desktop and Azure cloud infrastructure
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Microsoft app blends desktop and Azure cloud infrastructure
Social Desktop, a new proof-of-concept application from Microsoft Research, integrates elements from Windows OS and the company's Windows Azure cloud structure and enables users to share files from their desktop on the Web
SAP connects with LinkedIn
Thursday, October 23, 2008
SAP connects with LinkedIn
While there are obvious parallels between the corporate software firm and LinkedIn's business-oriented social networking site, it's still unclear what SAP has in mind with the investment
News Briefs
Thursday, March 15, 2007
News Briefs
Cisco gets social; ex-emc exec is new mcafee ceo; and, Sc turns down ebbers appeal...
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