Lithium acquires Keibi to help monitor its corporate social networks
Given the market, this deal makes sense: Corporate social network builder Lithium Technologies has acquired social content-filtering service Keibi Technologies for an undisclosed amount.
Lithium, to be clear, builds consumer-facing social networks for major brands. These are not corporate intranets, these are sites that come with… Continue Reading
Former Yahoo executive takes CEO job at Bunchball
In the past few years, Bunchball has figured out how to get consumers more engaged in web sites by making them as addictive as video games. Now it has recruited a former Yahoo executive to move on its game plan.
Peter Daboll, former chief of insights… Continue Reading
LiveWorld launches LiveBar, a way to add community to every web site
Big companies aren’t always that good at creating engaging online communities for their customers. LiveWorld hopes there’s a market in handling that task. And now it is releasing LiveBar, which is a way to overlay bare bones social networking functions on any web page within… Continue Reading
Lithium scores money to grow corporate social networks
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Lithium Technologies, which builds and operates social networks for enterprises, has raised $12 million in venture capital today.
The company’s clients include Dell, AT&T, Sony PlayStation, Univision, and PayPal — all businesses with large user communities and heavy customer service and product support needs. Lithium’s community… Continue Reading