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Facebook Acquires AOL Patents From Microsoft (paidContent)
Facebook announced today that it will pay $550 million to Microsoft for the right to 650 patents and patent applications. Microsoft acquired those patents and hundreds of others in a deal with AOL earlier this month. The New York Times / Bits The deal allows Facebook to bulk up its intellectual property portfolio ahead of the social networking company’s initial public offering, expected next month, and it is a further sign of the growing importance of stockpiling patents in the arsenal of any big technology company. AllFacebook Facebook is currently embroiled in a controversial patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Yahoo in March. Meanwhile, last September, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft joined forces to challenge Facebook on the online display advertising revenue front. PandoDaily Another thing is astounding about this story: The ever-bumbling AOL has actually done something smarter than Yahoo, the purple dinosaur. AOL sold and licensed its patents for a cash injection of more than $1 billion. Yahoo wanted money too, but it chose to use its patents to extort that kind of cash out of Facebook via a conveniently timed lawsuit — with zero attempt at negotiations before hand. Read more
Yelp Shares Up 30% This Week… But Nobody’s Sure Why
If you’ve been following some of the recent social media and Internet IPOs, you know that while most of them have been having a good run in the last few months, things weren’t rosy through 2011. Stocks like Groupon and Pandora were not able to maintain upwards trajectories, while stocks like Zynga actually spent a lot of time underneath their IPO price. LinkedIn stood out as having doubled its IPO price, but even they dropped from their high of $110 to around $90.
So with all that, people are wondering why Yelp, which has spent a lot of time hovering in the mid twenties after a reasonably successful IPO, has rocketed this week by 30% over a few days to $30 a share.
The New Restaurant Critic Is You [Infographic]
There was a time when a foodie had only the local newspaper restaurant reviews as an aide to navigating himself towards the nearest quality eaterie. Along came the web, and search, and finally social, and now the world of dining on recommendation has been completely transformed. It’s not difficult to find recommendations from a whole host of people nowadays — be they everyday folks, restaurant critics or your own Facebook friends. A new infographic takes a look at how in reality, the most important new restaurant critic is actually you.
Yelp IPO Is Off To a Good Start
Since Yelp (YELP) made its New York Stock Exchange debut Friday morning, the local business review site has exceeded analysts’ expectations.
A Brief History of Yelp [Infographic]
Sitting in a Japanese restaurant near Palo Alto after a meeting, I couldn’t help notice they had the Yelp logo printed on the menu. ”Top 10 in Palo Alto,” it said under the big red logo. This was 3 years ago, and it was the moment I knew Yelp was growing at an astounding pace. That said, I also knew they’d have tons of competitors.
So how have they done so far? The folks over at Statista have put together a brief history of Yelp to help measure it out.
Twitter: Where People Go to Complain About Other Social Networks
It’s no wonder that people turn to Twitter for tech support. In the heat of a frustrating moment, it is much easier to fire off a quick question on Twitter than to wait on hold for an operator. But how effective is the microblogging site as a customer service tool? Here’s how Spotify, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Yelp handled some tough customers.
IPO Market Roundup: 10 Social Media Sector Companies to Watch
It doesn’t matter that we’re coming up on the end of Q4. There’s A LOT happening in the social media IPO market right now! Check out these 10 companies:
This Week on the mediabistro.com Job Board: Dailymotion, Yelp, Total Beauty
This week, Dailymotion is hiring a new senior editor, and Yelp is looking for a part-time community manager for New Jersey. As we told you on Wednesday, RDA International is looking for a social media strategist, and Total Beauty is on the hunt for a social interactive marketing manager. Get all the details on these jobs and more below, and find additional social media gigs on mediabistro.com.
Would You Be a Good Community Manager at Yelp?
If you want to find out the inside scoop on that new restaurant that opened up down the street or are wondering if your that neighborhood is worth moving to, Yelp is the ultimate resource. However, it’s also a great place for which to work.
Here’s the thing: with so many users, reviews and comments, Yelp is almost always looking for a community manager in one city or another. This is good news for all of you job seekers out there. Read more
