Before introducing you to Blendapps, you must first understand what a mashup is (if you don’t already); a mashup is basically some sort of software or technological hybrid, where two platforms or concepts are combined in a way that is …
It isn’t – or shouldn’t be – just about providing opportunities to socialise. Creating the network is not in itself the end product. Whether we’re talking about an employer or an interest group, the objective is to get people working …
The answer to this question depends to a great extent on what sort of organisation is asking it. First, take a network for staff only – call it an Internal Private Social Network. The benefits to the organisation, which in …
Not all social networks are online, but the ones Blendapps helps you make are – and online is not a uniformly safe place to be. There are three options: stay off-line; go online and take a chance; or go online …
It’s 2015. The world has changed and it isn’t going back to where it was. Not using social networking means not reaching the levels that may be possible. But that doesn’t mean: join Facebook and forget it. What Blendapps does …
Most Not For Profit (NFP) organisations find social media positive in creating awareness, attracting new members and engaging those members they already have. However, NFPs also say that there are barriers between them and what they want to achieve. One …
Relating social networking only to things that happen outside the workplace ignores one of the commonest uses of social networking: an extension of the “watercooler” conversation to people who can’t stop by the same watercooler as others and chat because …
One of the four names that most people mention when asked for examples of social networking is Google+ (the others are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn). Google made three attempts before Google+ to get into social networking and it is a …
When we hear the expression “social networking” it’s easy to think of a very limited number of names – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The reality is that there are many social networks, some wide-ranging and some with limited numbers of …
