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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:58
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Yomego Social
Yup, you read that right – we are officially 10 weeks old! To mark this momentous occasion we have a bumper edition packed with all of this week’s hot-to-trot social news including the story the tech world has been waiting years for – Facebook's IPO! Enjoy!You know what’s cool? 100 billion dollarsAfter years of postulation and rumours, Facebook finally announced its formal stock market floatation this week. Few can doubt the sheer global power of the company as it approaches a record-setting $100 billion valuation.
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27
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Yomego Social
This week, Bayern Munich’s ‘new signing’ missed the target, while Tumblr’s David Karp netted in front of record crowds. McDonalds scored an own goal on the same platform that launched a censored version for China. All in all, it was a pretty busy week in social, and we’ve got it covered in our weekly serving of Social Soup.Social-BowlSuper Bowl XLVI organisers have realised the power of social media and the help it can provide in dealing with the madness that comes with managing the world’s biggest annual sporting event, by creating a 2800-sqaure-foot command centre in downtown Indianapolis.
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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00
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Yomego Social
It’s been a very contentious week in social, with a number of major sites blacking out for 24 hours on Wednesday to campaign as a protest against SOPA, the controversial anti-piracy legislation being considered by the US Congress. But it’s not all doom and gloom, with Facebook getting a Brazilian, Google outing its new tilt and roll Maps game and the gap between search and social becoming that bit smaller.Shiver Me Timbers!So, SOPA (or the Stop Online Piracy Act to you and I) stole the headlines this week, with critics saying that it’s the proverbial sledgehammer to crack a nut.
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