So why would they, and their users, need Facebook to add a social layer atop it?
Adding a social layer on an existing application or rebadging existing software is the flavor of the moment.
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But whereas many workplaces are now seeing a social layer being applied, this peer community has requested a professional counselling layer.
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The TV and the internet screens were converging, he said, and a social layer was being added to TV shows through Twitter and chat forums.
In essence, Patch has added a social layer on top of its 800-plus community websites, allowing users to form groups and consume content via interest-specific feeds.
During an interview Thursday morning at the Business Insider Ignition conference, BI editor in chief Henry Blodget complained about the unwanted consequences of adding a social layer to news.
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For Amazon, Goodreads provides a social layer for books.
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In a bid to remain competitive, and retain its dominant position, it also unveiled the new Oracle Social Network, which adds a social layer on top of the new Oracle Fusion applications.
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We are holding to a pattern of no installations on a individual local machine to experience our version of multitasking and a integrated social management layer.
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TubeRank is built upon an algorithm that ranks videos according to their conversation triggers and communities of interest, which is then guided by a layer of social data, including share and sentiment data, that is connected to each video.
Ultimately, FoodMood helps reveal a hidden layer of digital and social data that pushes the boundaries of awareness and understanding of our surroundings one step further.
The social layer is not necessarily going to be a collaborative environment.
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Startup Piazza, a free student question and answer service, is providing the social layer for the test case.
While social search is undoubtedly powerful and a step in the right direction, the need for this added layer of credibility in search is even more important, returning results from the true experts at that topic.
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