The social-oriented interface looks seriously tricked out with faces (hopefully of people the user knows) moving in and out in three dimensions -- usability is an open question, but at least it's pretty to stare at, which is really what a good phone's all about anyway, right?
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And with its business focus, LinkedIn is different in many ways from most of the consumer-oriented social web start-ups today.
Today LinkedIn has more than 3, 000 employees focused on building a highly integrated, compelling, value-oriented social network which meets the needs of business professionals and employers.
Then there is Ping, its quietly retired music-oriented social network.
If you are an active user of business-oriented social networking tools, you may often get requests directly from interested parties and customers who come across you online or at some event.
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But Dennis Fong, CEO of gaming-oriented social site Raptr, told CNN he thinks the social sharing feature built in to the PS4 is exactly what next-generation devices should be doing.
Kevin Systrom was passionate about photography and wanted to create a new, social-media-oriented way for people to exchange photos with friends and family.
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They are social phenomena: addictive, fad-oriented and often short-lived, they can also be unequalled in size.
He has shifted his Social Democrats towards a more market-oriented, business-friendly centre, closer to the liberals' own position.
Therefore, those sectors must be re-oriented to serve "the social interest".
Sites that are heavily oriented around a tech and social media audience no doubt dominate the list, but as are news organizations, like the Times, which break news, she adds.
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Social networking is vital to the youth-oriented organization, which connects women from across the country.
This situation requires a new approach to research that is integrated, international, solutions-oriented and policy relevant, combining social, environmental and economic factors, across all domains of research as well as local knowledge systems.
Following the ruling, the number of politically oriented groups seeking tax exempt status as social welfare organizations under section 501 (c) (4) of the federal tax code increased greatly at a time when the federal government, including the IRS, was dealing with austerity measures that reduced or stagnated personnel and resources.
After the ruling, the number of politically oriented groups seeking tax exempt status as social welfare organizations under section 501 (c) (4) of the federal tax code increased greatly at a time when the federal government including the IRS was dealing with austerity measures that reduced or stagnated personnel and resources.
Research has shown that employees who score highly on emotional and social intelligence tests are more likely to display customer-oriented and empathetic behaviors.
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There is a need for a new approach to research that is inter-disciplinary, solutions oriented and policy relevant, with a stronger social science component.
It is the only intergovernmental programme that aims to apply social science research to development issues, encouraging policy-oriented-research to face current global challenges, and bridging the gaps between researchers, civil society and policy-makers in order to allow them to work together, whilst respecting the individual role and place of each actor.
Thus, these sectors must be oriented to the development of rights and to the social interest.
The question of determining the appropriate corporate legal structure for socially-oriented businesses is a common issue facing many other Ashoka Fellows and social entrepreneurs in general.
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