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These days “Social Networking” is, to put it mildly, en vogue. Everybody wants to somehow do something with social networking. Of course, I am also member of OpenBC as well as LinkedIn. But still, I was always missing the more crucial usage of social networks, i.e. the usage for Knowledge Management. Here comes a company promising to solve that problem - finally.

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A while ago (in 1999 to be correct) I had various ideas for new business models on the net. Among them there was something code-named “Freelance.com”. Of course, it had nothing to do with any of those freelancer websites.

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These days, the most successful sites are those that understand that the Web isn’t merely a delivery channel for their product, but a larger ecosystem in which they play a part.

[...] Any business model that relies on customers never discovering your competitors is built on a shaky foundation indeed (via Want to Keep Customers? Set Them Free - BusinessWeek).

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Google’s triumvirate — co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt — hold overwhelming voting power through a two-tier voting structure. Page and Brin hold around 28.8 percent and 28.7 percent, respectively, of Class B voting shares, giving them majority control of Google (via Latest Business News and Financial Information | Reuters.com).

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Yahoo introduced two new features April 11, one being Yahoo Maps, which uses satellite imagery and appears to compete directly with offerings from Google and Microsoft (eWeek: Yahoo Satellite Maps Feature Takes Off)

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