Tian Xing : Swords of Destiny
vowe dot net (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
XING just sent me this email. Looks like they are trying to expand their network into the UK and Ireland. It's very much alive here in Germany, and according to their PR they have the highest number of paying members bar none. Signing up is easy. Though they don't ...
ZD Net Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
One theory: LinkedIn, the social network for "professionals", could actually be benefiting from the downturn. That's because the site's value proposition really kicks in for those that have or fear that they might about to lose their job.
What About Clients? (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
This week's The Economist: there are now 35 million members between LinkedIn and Xing. WAC? and some HMPC lawyers were early joiners. We're impressed with the set-up, but we still don't quite get it. We already have a network of...
The Future Place Blog (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
The Economist has an interesting article this week looking at social networks for businessmen, focusing on LinkedIn and Xing. The Economist points out that with the rise in executive redundancies, LinkedIn has seen a growth in people looking to improve the resumes (CVs). The article probably focuses a bit too much on just LinkedIn and Xing, but it is nevertheless...
Web Worker Daily (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
When it comes to truly professional “social” networks, there are far less than general interest and entertainment-oriented networks. Ryze is virtually dead. Xing is more global. The old standby is LinkedIn although it still struggles with its Web 2.0 features. Facebook is still trying to overcome it’s school focus in some professionals’ minds. Plaxo has [...]
TechCrunch UK (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
It’s interesting that Xing, the business social network which competes with LinkedIn has chosen now to launch a marketing campaign in the UK this week - probably something to do with the Adtech trade show on in London right now. There’ll be advertising on some 400 Xing billboards by major London Underground stations, ads in [...]
GottaBook (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
I’M PRETTY WELL CONNECTED (a Web 2.0 poem) By Gregory K. I’m pretty well connected: Facebook ’s got my face. I AIM and blog . Of course I vlog . Come see me at MySpace . I Flickr , and I Twitter . I wiki and Squidoo ! I’m Live . I Ning . I’m there on Xing . I’m really LinkedIn , too. I Hulu , and I Google . My YouTube channel’s hot. I share Goodreads , Have many feeds , And Digg and link a lot. Second...
openPR.com Newsfeed (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Hamburg, Germany, September 10, 2008 – XING AG (ISIN: DE000XNG888), operator of XING – the leading network for business contacts in Europe – has exceeded the 500,000 mark of Premium Members ... read more
NetGuido (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Social Network professional, Xing boosts Marketplace, his job area opened in May 2007. Under a pilot phase, a new rating system is being tested by 10,000 users selected, Xing said in a press release of 1 September 2008.
Softpedia - Latest Mac software (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Quickly converts vCard files from the XING business network to the OS X Address Book
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Hmm.. so has anyone else been getting annoyed with the fact that there's no easy way to communicate to all the people in your network on Ecademy, LinkedIn, Facebook, Xing, and any other social/business networking website that you're currently a member of, all at the same time?? I'm just peeved because there isn't a single easy way to email all my contacts off of all my social networks, all in one go.....
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Prelude: This is fiction. Any characters or persons mentioned below are fictional and similarities with real characters or companies are plain accidental. One day the general manager of XING Road Sign Ltd. Australia stumbled across XING, Germany's favourite social business network and decided to create an account and promote his business that way. A couple of months later some competitor informed...
Press Releases at Tecnalia's Blog! (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
This month, XING is inviting basic members along to its Happy Hour at http://happy-hour.xing.com. All those who upgrade to one month’s Premium Membership during Happy Hour will receive a second month for free. Membership is renewed for another three months after this period, and can be cancelled at any time. There will be numerous Happy Hours [...]
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 19/05/2008
Hamburg-based business social network Xing may have just 5.7 million users against LinkedIn's 21 million, but the site has plenty of grunt to front up on an acquisition trail that has seen it buy three European biz nets in the last 14 months. "We can spend at least 40 million euros (£31.9 million). We see in other European countries, we see opportunities in America, we see opportunities in a strategic...
Styledash (Free subscription) | 17/05/2008
Filed under: Designers Forget Facebook and Myspace (and Bebo and Linked in and Xing...) if you're a funky fashionista who wants to publicize your talent and break into the industry in a big way, you may find the best way forward is to apply for Project Runway sign up to the most fashion-forward social networking site on the net. FashionSpace has over 20,000 members in 120 countries, and could mean...
