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Social first-quarter 2013: analysis and outlook

Posted by Stowe Boyd, Thursday, April 11, 2013

Social business technologies remain in the foreground of discussions about business transformation, but the events of the first quarter of 2013 raised as many questions as they answered, or more. Read more »

Social fourth-quarter 2012 analysis

Posted by David Card, Monday, January 21, 2013

Social business software went both vertical and horizontal, Adobe and Behance built in community, and Facebook tested new revenue streams. Read more »

Social third-quarter 2012: analysis and outlook

Posted by David Card, Thursday, October 18, 2012

B2B technology offerings in support of marketing and collaboration will soon steal all the social tech attention. Read more »

Social second-quarter 2012: analysis and outlook

Posted by David Card, Thursday, July 19, 2012

Facebook’s IPO failed to pop while Microsoft innovated social search and social-enterprise M&A abounded. Read more »

NewNet Q1: Advertising, commerce and discovery dominate

Posted by David Card, Thursday, April 19, 2012

Facebook finally listened to advertisers’ demands, and Pinterest emerged as a force in content discovery. Read more »

NewNet Q4: Platform mania and social commerce shakeout

Posted by David Card, Thursday, January 19, 2012

Simplicity leads to the speediest deployment for those wishing to cash in on new platforms, discovery and distribution, and social commerce. Read more »

NewNet Q3: Facebook remakes headlines in social media

Posted by David Card, Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Facebook grabbed the lead back from Google+, and competition between the two intensified. Read more »

NewNet Q2: Google closes the quarter with a bang

Posted by David Card, Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The real headline-grabbers in the second quarter were the newly unveiled Google+ and the return of digital music to the technology spotlight. Read more »

NewNet Q1: Content Farms and Niche Networks on the Rise