Yammer’s new HQ, Aaron Swartz Investigation, and Pentagon’s Twitter Love: the Social 6 for 1/15/13

Busy Monday for you? I’m sure. In case you didn’t have time to browse the Web enough, rest assured it was a busy day all around the Internet yesterday, with more news coming out about Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, Yammer’s impressive new digs, and my announcing that we’d start to dole out bite-sized chunks of Going… Continue reading Yammer’s new HQ, Aaron Swartz Investigation, and Pentagon’s Twitter Love: the Social 6 for 1/15/13

Yammer, Data Visualization, and the Facebook Stock Rally Top the Social 6 for 11/15/12

You know the drill by now: I share what you guys clicked on, shared, and retweeted the most yesterday, which was actually a doozy of a day. I especially recommend #2, though I’m admittedly a bit biased since I’m an entrepreneur worried about his health. Here’s your Social 6: #6: Social media overwhelming some SMBs (BizReport)… Continue reading Yammer, Data Visualization, and the Facebook Stock Rally Top the Social 6 for 11/15/12

5 Reasons Why Microsoft Acquiring Yammer is Kind of a Big Deal

Business software firm Yammer Inc. (often described as “Facebook for Business”) has agreed to sell itself to Microsoft for a reported $1.2 billion. This is a pretty big deal, and I’m predicting will turn out to be a major coup for Microsoft. Here are some reasons why you should be paying attention to this deal,… Continue reading 5 Reasons Why Microsoft Acquiring Yammer is Kind of a Big Deal