I haven't wrote about several social news items this week. I was caught up in client projects, and frankly some of these aren't big headlines, however they are interesting from a social media standpoint.

Social News from around the Net – Friday February 15, 2008

2009: The Year of enterprise social networks

"While some companies are trying to keep Facebook and MySpace out of the office, Research In Motion co-chief executive Jim Balsillie thinks that the social networking phenomenon is coming soon to an enterprise near you. “Once social networking becomes a B2B phenomenon–not unlike IM and texting–I believe every single social-networking user will want a data plan,” Balsillie said during a presentation at the GSMA Mobile World Congress." ZDnet

Plaxo, Bebo acquisition rumors run amok on the Web

"Who's going to buy Yahoo?" isn't the only big question in mergers and acquisitions this week. Over the past few days, rumors have circulated that social-networking site Bebo and contacts management site Plaxo are either in negotiations or already sold.' c|net

Nokia launches Ovi digital media, folds in Twango

"Nokia acquired media-sharing start-up Twango last year, and now it's finally doing something with it.Twango has been folded into Ovi, a new brand for Nokia's mobile Web services such as gaming, social networking, and mapping." c|net

Report: European Founders Fund invests in Facebook?

"The European Founders Fund, consisting of thirtysomething brothers Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer, has reportedly put out a "very brief press release" explaining that they have invested in the Palo Alto, Calif.-based social-networking site. An exact amount was not disclosed." c|net

MySpace to address Net safety at press conference

"MySpace.com has informed media that it will be making a "major announcement in regards to Internet safety" on Monday morning at a midtown New York hotel." c|net

Facebook tops one list of 'slow and inaccessible' social networks

"WatchMouse used its "Site Performance Index" (SPI) methodology to track the reliability and load time of the sites in question; this figure is computed by calculating the time needed to call up a site's home page and applying a penalty for each failed request." c|net

Conde Nast's Flip.com gets an extreme makeover

“It may be too soon to say Flip.com has completely flopped, but Conde Nast has indeed flipped its strategy.” c|net

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