Viadeo Acquires Dutch Tech Company Soocial
Viadeo is pleased to announce that we have acquired Dutch start-up Soocial. Founded in 2007, Soocial specializes in contact management and universal contact synchronization. As part of the acquisition, Soocial’s development staff will be joining Viadeo to work towards improving overall user experience on the Viadeo network. The acquisition will allow Viadeo to integrate Soocial’s best features to support our members to manage, organize, back up and easily and safely share their address books. The features will allow members to […]
This Week’s Essential Reads
Once again, we’re back with our collection of five blog posts we really enjoyed this week to share with you. Have a read and tell us what you think! 1. 5 Tips for Creating Shareable Blog Content by Amy Porterfield from Social Media Examiner If you have a personal or business blog that is need of a bit of makeover, the advice in the post could be just what you need! An important point that stuck with us to remember […]
What’s the Deal with Augmented Reality?
Imagine you’re on holiday. It’s the evening and you’re exhausted after a long day of sight-seeing. You’re wandering the streets searching for the perfect restaurant for a well-deserved relaxing meal. The problem is, you’re a little lost and don’t know where to find a suitable restaurant. Now imagine that you take out your phone, and the buildings around you appear on your screen. With one click, you can see all of the nearest restaurants, read their reviews and see what […]
5 Cool Photo Editing Apps for iPhone
Combining photography and social Sharing photographs with contacts on social networks is nothing new. Ever since the likes of MySpace and then Facebook exploded in popularity, sharing photos with our networks has become a main feature of many social networks. However, the emergence of niche photo-sharing networking websites over the last five years has led to a focus on taking high-quality and digitally edited photographs and sharing them on a more photography-focussed networks. Niche networks like Instagram, Tumblr, Path and […]
How I Met Your Mother 2.0
How I Met Your Mother, one of CBS’s most famous shows, is currently in its seventh season. Two weeks ago, an episode called “Mystery vs. History” caught my attention. It was about the love life of Ted – the main character – and his habit of checking out his dates online before meeting them in order to find things to help him behave and talk in a way that will help him seduce them! In this episode, he promises not to […]
This Week’s Roundup of Must-Read Articles
We’re back with another batch of our favourite blog posts we read this week. If you’re looking for some food for thought this weekend, take half an hour to feast your eyes on our top five reads from the past week and tell us what you think! 1. “How to Master the Art of Exceptional Blog Titles” by Pamela Vaughan from the Hubspot Blog We really enjoyed this post, which shares 6 valuable characteristics of awesome blog titles. If you or your […]
Viadeo Growth in Emerging Markets [Infographic]
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We’ve experienced rapid growth over the past year with a particular focus on the emerging markets. Tianji, Viadeo’s Chinese network, has just reached over 8 million members in a market which has massive growth potential (for an interesting viewpoint on Viadeo’s strategy in China take a look at this article posted yesterday on The Next Web). Internally we’re growing as well. We’ve reached over 310 staff this year with big plans for next year. One of our recent hires is Gilles Nembe […]
Backstage at Techcrunch Disrupt Beijing
By Shanshan, English PR Manager at Tianji, the number 1 professional social network in China (A Viadeo company). The event that Crunched & Disrupted me – The TC Disrupt Beijing experience by a PR new-bird First of all, I have to confess – I am totally new! Just joined Tianji a week before Techcrunch Disrupt Beijing, and this huge event just hit me like a storm as I began working at Tianji! As dear Karen Serfaty put it, “Shanshan, you are […]
Our Five Favourite Finds of the Week
This Friday, we’re bringing you a collection of our favourite five blog posts we read this week that we want to share with you. From wireless payments to social recruiting to online identity, check out our chosen shares from this week and let us know what you think! 1. “Your Next Credit Card Is Your Last” by Kit Eaton from The Fast Company First on the list is an original piece on the future of shopping, buying and wireless payments. It’s a […]
Access the power of your professional network in Salesforce
The Viadeo app for Salesforce is now available on the AppExchange. This means you can now access Viadeo features from within Salesforce to enhance your CRM experience. What are the benefits? Integrating the Viadeo app will enable you to identify network connections to potential leads, research prospects and companies on Viadeo and keep up to date with your network news all from within Salesforce. Use your network connections and your first or second-level connections to find the perfect match within […]
