LinkedIn revenue up 105% in fourth quarter 2011
LinkedIn announced its earnings today, with revenue making an impressive jump up 105 percent, beating street estimates.
The company is a business-centric social network that aims to connect people for networking, job opportunities, resources, and more. In May of 2011, the company completed its initial public offering, to a good reception, but then leveled out in the third quarter. LinkedIn’s revenue topped at $167.7 million in the fourth quarter, 67 percent of which was revenue … Continue Reading
Forrester: Nearly 50% of businesses now issuing Macs, 27% support the iPad
The myth that Macs aren’t welcome in the enterprise appears to be finally dying out, according to new research from Forrester. The company reports that almost 50 percent of businesses in North America and Western Europe now issue Mac computers.
While the focus of many “Apple in the enterprise” headlines focus on iPad business adoption, Mac computers are seeing surprisingly strong adoption numbers too.
Forrester’s new report, titled “Apple Infiltrates The Enterprise And Reshapes The … Continue Reading
Google+ introduces pages for businesses and brands
Google+ has finally introduced features for businesses and brands.
The long-awaited Google+ pages (sound familiar, Facebook?) will let non-individual entities reach out to consumers.
“After all, behind every page (or storefront, or four-door sedan) is a passionate group of individuals, and we think you should able to connect with them too,” writes Google SVP Vic Gundotra on the company blog.
For companies and brands, pages will integrate +1 recommendations and also allow brands to be … Continue Reading
Tianji kickstarts professional social networking in China
The Internet is different in China, says Derek Ling, founder of Tianji, the country’s largest business social network.
Internet use is driven largely by young people in search of entertainment content, and the concept of doing business with strangers is completely foreign to the culture, so the startup had some real hurdles to cross. However, with 8 million users, Tianji, which means “worldly connection” in Mandarin, is seeing the idea catch on with the Internet’s … Continue Reading
Vroom! eBike maker Brammo raises $28 million
Electric motorcycle maker Brammo has raised $28 million in a new funding round led by Polaris Industries, the company announced today.
The money will help Brammo solidify its position in the market against electric bike rivals such as Zero Motorcylces, and to reach new customers. Brammo also produces and distributes the Brammo Digital Drivetrain, and the Brammo Power battery back, which can be used by manufacturers in their vehicles.
“We are excited to add … Continue Reading
Daily deals found to cost more than regular services in new report
Think twice before buying that daily deals voucher; a little research might yield a much lower price than that “bargain” through an online service like Groupon.
According to a new report, Groupon’s supposedly discounted offers — especially for local services such as maid service, home repair or house painting — can be just as expensive as hiring a local laborer yourself.
Thumbtack is an online marketplace for local services, a sort of well-designed and narrowed-down … Continue Reading
DoubleDutch’s HYVE app suite aims to improve enterprise-level productivity
DoubleDutch, a startup that produces enterprise mobile applications, announced the release of its new HYVE suite of enterprise apps at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference today.
The company designed the suite to improve worker productivity and make it easier to collaborate across multiple lines of business. (Check out the video embedded below for a demo.)
HYVE’s seven enterprise apps ditch the text-based notification approach and focus instead on a “check-in” logging gesture that allows users to … Continue Reading
Umair Haque on the tech industry's "thin value problem"
Umair Haque thinks that Silicon Valley is in a competency trap. “The things that made it successful yesterday are exactly the things that prevent it from becoming successful tomorrow”.
Haque is the Director of the Havas Media Lab, blogs in the Harvard Business Review and just published a book called the “The New Capitalist Manifesto: Driving a Disruptively Better Business” (Harvard Business Press, 2011). In the book, he sets out his ideas on how capitalism, … Continue Reading
Google Voice co-founder leaves for Google Ventures to do it all again
Craig Walker, a co-founder of Google Voice developer GrandCentral, has left the company to join Google Ventures as entrepreneur-in-residence and begin working on his next company.
The other co-founder of Google Voice, Vincent Paquet, will take the helm and lead the Google Voice project after Walker’s departure, Google Ventures partner David Krane confirmed to VentureBeat.
“We’re thrilled that Craig Walker will be (Google Venture’s) first EiR — he’s precisely the kind of passionate, talented, and … Continue Reading
Mac enterprise sales grow 50 percent in Q2
Growth of Apple’s Mac computer sales to enterprises soundly crushed that in the overall market in the second quarter of 2010, rising 50 from a year ago compared to 16 percent growth across the entire market.
The fastest growth was in sales to government organizations, which grew 201 percent year-over-year for the second quarter, followed by 103 percent growth in very large businesses, according to Fortune’s report on a research note from Needham & Company … Continue Reading
Bank of America invests in mobile banking platform maker mFoundry
Growth of Apple’s Mac computer sales to enterprises soundly crushed that in the overall market in the second quarter of 2010, rising 50 from a year ago compared to 16 percent growth across the entire market.
The fastest growth was in sales to government organizations, which grew 201 percent year-over-year for the second quarter, followed by 103 percent growth in very large businesses, according to Fortune’s report on a research note from Needham & Company … Continue Reading
