http://blog.daype.com The latest about classified ads: industry news, social media, research data, market trends, start-ups, partnerships, web tips etc. Compiled by Daype Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:55:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.daype.com/articles/can-there-ever-really-be-privacy-in-the-cloud.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/can-there-ever-really-be-privacy-in-the-cloud.html#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:35:48 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9625 It’s a great time to be a cloud consumer. Now you can access all of your digital information – when and wherever you want – across a variety of cloud compatible gadgets (iPad, Kindle, etc.). You can store your music collection in iCloud, you can share work and personal documents over Box.net, and you can do your expenses on Expensify — the list only goes on.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/can-there-ever-really-be-privacy-in-the-cloud.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/reaching-out-investors-your-local-market.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/reaching-out-investors-your-local-market.html#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:15:05 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9599 http://blog.daype.com/articles/reaching-out-investors-your-local-market.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/search-engine-market-share-from-comscore.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/search-engine-market-share-from-comscore.html#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:45:15 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9596 http://blog.daype.com/articles/search-engine-market-share-from-comscore.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/jobless-resort-online-posts-find-work.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/jobless-resort-online-posts-find-work.html#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:35:50 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9560 Craigslist, a network of online communities that offers free classified advertisements, is a portal into the misery of people who are struggling to find jobs. Posts from people who are desperate for work read like Haiku poems that detail hard times and fear. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/jobless-resort-online-posts-find-work.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/thank-steve-jobs-for.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/thank-steve-jobs-for.html#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:25:56 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9550 After what many would call a brilliant career, Apple's Steve Jobs said late last night that he would step down as CEO. Though he will stay on as Chairman and still hold sway over the company, much of Apple's day-to-day operations will fall to his successor Tim Cook. In his resignation letter, Jobs said that Apple has its best days ahead. While that may be true, now seems like as good a time as any to give credit where credit due.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/thank-steve-jobs-for.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/king-of-classifieds-gives-dalhousie.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/king-of-classifieds-gives-dalhousie.html#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:15:44 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9517 He was the King of Classifieds, an Ontario man who became a multimillionaire by publishing ads for used cars and goods around the world.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/king-of-classifieds-gives-dalhousie.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/mystery-steve-jobs-public-giving.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/mystery-steve-jobs-public-giving.html#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:40:57 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9377 Steve Jobs is a genius. He is an innovator. A visionary. He is perhaps the most beloved billionaire in the world. Surprisingly, there is one thing that Mr. Jobs is not, at least not yet: a prominent philanthropist.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/mystery-steve-jobs-public-giving.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/jobs-departure-ceo-apple-extraordinary-era.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/jobs-departure-ceo-apple-extraordinary-era.html#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:00:09 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9299 Steve Jobs’s resignation as chief executive officer of Apple is the end of an extraordinary era, not just for Apple, but for the global technology industry in general. Jobs is a historic business figure whose impact was deeply felt far beyond the company’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, and who was widely emulated at other companies.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/jobs-departure-ceo-apple-extraordinary-era.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/finding-student-who-wasnt-lost-social-media.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/finding-student-who-wasnt-lost-social-media.html#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:08 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9232 Something interesting happened to Jacob Boehm and his family, but it isn't what the media's suggesting. In case you missed this story: Boehm is a 22-year-old Stanford student who spent the summer performing with his school choir in Japan.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/finding-student-who-wasnt-lost-social-media.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/online-ads-take-dimension-social-media.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/online-ads-take-dimension-social-media.html#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:10:33 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9221 SOUTHEAST ASIAN customers are highly influenced by advertisements on sites such as Facebook and companies should strive to engage users of social networks in brand promotions, measurement firm Nielsen said.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/online-ads-take-dimension-social-media.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/big-business-scared-social-media-malware.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/big-business-scared-social-media-malware.html#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:54:29 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9217 http://blog.daype.com/articles/big-business-scared-social-media-malware.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/how-land-job-at-meetup.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/how-land-job-at-meetup.html#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:15:06 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9211 A Meetup happens every 13 seconds, and there are over 90,000 Meetup Groups for more than 9 million members. As Meetups become more popular and widespread, the Meetup team continues to grow. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/how-land-job-at-meetup.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/take-steps-to-avoid-becoming-fraud-victim.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/take-steps-to-avoid-becoming-fraud-victim.html#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:30:15 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9176 http://blog.daype.com/articles/take-steps-to-avoid-becoming-fraud-victim.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/steps-take-you-fear-job-layoff.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/steps-take-you-fear-job-layoff.html#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:20:20 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9157 If you notice warning signs at your company that clearly say, “Somebody’s going to be leaving here on short notice,” don't wait until you’re handed a pink slip to start thinking about your next career move.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/steps-take-you-fear-job-layoff.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/google-panda-update-what-why-who-and-what-next.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/google-panda-update-what-why-who-and-what-next.html#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:30:42 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9144 If you asked anyone involved with search engine marketing what they feel has been the biggest SEO news to date in 2011, the Google Panda update would no doubt top most lists. It has, as usual, sparked a lot of debate and quite a few headaches along the way.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/google-panda-update-what-why-who-and-what-next.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/online-privacy-tools-working.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/online-privacy-tools-working.html#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:45:17 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9113 SAN JOSE, Calif. - A new study by Stanford University researchers has found many online advertising companies continue to follow people’s Web activity even after users believe they have opted out of tracking.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/online-privacy-tools-working.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/caught-in-a-web-of-mistakes.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/caught-in-a-web-of-mistakes.html#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:45:34 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9119 http://blog.daype.com/articles/caught-in-a-web-of-mistakes.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/optimize-your-linkedin-profile-for-the-job-hunt.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/optimize-your-linkedin-profile-for-the-job-hunt.html#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:00:09 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8947 Dan Finnigan is CEO of Jobvite, a SaaS platform for the social web that companies use to find and hire people. You can follow him on Twitter at @DanFinnigan and read his blog - the Jobvite Blog. About 120 million people now use LinkedIn, and 1 million more join every week. But how many users have a professional profile that’s actually attracting interest from hiring companies? Research my company has conducted shows that 87% of companies use LinkedIn for recruiting, so it’s a good bet that your next employer will look for talent there.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/optimize-your-linkedin-profile-for-the-job-hunt.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/social-faceoff-facebook-twitter-google.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/social-faceoff-facebook-twitter-google.html#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:30:46 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8931 In the war for social media supremacy, Facebook is king, but Twitter is a major player and Google is making both companies nervous with Google+. All three can’t be winners, though - most people simply don’t have enough hours in the day to use three different social networks.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/social-faceoff-facebook-twitter-google.html/feed 1 http://blog.daype.com/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-angel-investing.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-angel-investing.html#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:50:58 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8857 A few weeks ago, I was invited to give a keynote speech at La Red Innova in Madrid. La Red Innova is the premier Spanish and Latin American tech conference. As I have given a few keynotes on entrepreneurship, OLX, my 9 business selection criteria and the travails of running global businesses in the past, they asked me to speak about my angel investing strategy.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-angel-investing.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/defining-social-commerce-tale-three-conversations.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/defining-social-commerce-tale-three-conversations.html#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:30:55 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8842 Everyone, especially Wall Street, is standing up to salute social commerce. Look at the IPO pipeline - LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga, Living Social. But despite all this attention, the definition of social commerce is fuzzy at best. How do we know if these companies will win, if we can't even agree on what it is?]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/defining-social-commerce-tale-three-conversations.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/investment-values-twitter.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/investment-values-twitter.html#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:55:55 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8810 While Twitter isn’t rushing to go public like some of its larger peers, the microblogging service has no problem luring deep-pocketed investors. Twitter is in the process of raising $400 million in a deal that values the company at $8 billion, according to two people briefed on the matter.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/investment-values-twitter.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/story-linkedins-stunning-success.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/story-linkedins-stunning-success.html#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:00:07 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8750 A month after its IPO, LinkedIn has a $7 billion market cap. We spoke to Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn's executive chairman and principal founder, as well as two former long-time executives to learn the story of how a company founded amidst the rubble of the 1990s bust managed that feat. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/story-linkedins-stunning-success.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/why-content-king.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/why-content-king.html#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:45:54 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8744 Netflix famously engenders fierce loyalty from its ever-growing customer base. This year, it even beat out reigning champion Apple, among 528 other brands, in Brand Keys’ annual survey of customer loyalty. In more-rarefied circles, however, the company provokes equally intense but quite different emotional reactions.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/why-content-king.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/comcast-bringing-skype-tv.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/comcast-bringing-skype-tv.html#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:15:57 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8741 Soon you might be heading to the television to take a call instead of the phone. Comcast has partnered with Skype, a video-calling service that was recently purchased by Microsoft, to offer the service for TVs sometime next year.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/comcast-bringing-skype-tv.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/apple-sounds-the-pc-death-knell.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/apple-sounds-the-pc-death-knell.html#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:45:00 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8698 If Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, gets his way, the PC could be on its last legs. For over two years now, Mr. Jobs and other Apple executives have been pushing the concept of a “post-PC era” where most people no longer have, or need, traditional computers and instead engage with the digital world though iPhones, iPods and iPads. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/apple-sounds-the-pc-death-knell.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/top-vc-firms-according-to-investorrank.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/top-vc-firms-according-to-investorrank.html#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 14:45:11 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8614 Any seasoned investor knows that past performance is not indicative of future returns. That is as true with public stocks as it is with venture capital firms. But if someone were to ask you to rank the top VC firms today based on their probability of success, how would you do it? Remember, looking at past returns won’t help you.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/top-vc-firms-according-to-investorrank.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/garage-sales-becoming-necessity-for-many-struggling-homeowners.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/garage-sales-becoming-necessity-for-many-struggling-homeowners.html#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 06:20:44 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8524 Garage sales, which surged when the economy tanked in 2008, continue to boom as people look for extra cash to put toward their monthly bills and $3.80-a-gallon gasoline.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/garage-sales-becoming-necessity-for-many-struggling-homeowners.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/post-pc-era-real-but-mean-what-you-think.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/post-pc-era-real-but-mean-what-you-think.html#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 09:35:09 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8496 Computing is changing. The news last week showed that loud and clear, as Microsoft bet big on Skype’s voice and video technology and Google announced partnerships with Samsung and Acer to build laptops running its Chrome operating system. These developments point to a future where computing form factors, interfaces, and operating systems diversify beyond even what we have today. The “Post-PC Era” is underway, but its definition is not self-evident. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/post-pc-era-real-but-mean-what-you-think.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/microsoft-buying-skype.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/microsoft-buying-skype.html#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 11:30:55 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8414 Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 billion, in an all cash deal. The deal closed a few hours ago. The Wall Street Journal confirmed the news after we had first reported it yesterday. The announcement is likely to come out later today or tomorrow morning, according to several reports. Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft is said to be a big champion of the deal, the largest in the history of the company. Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates will host a press conference in a few hours. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/microsoft-buying-skype.html/feed 0