http://blog.rapleaf.com Latest News and Updates Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At Rapleaf, our greatest assets are our people – they make it possible for us to do the things we do at the pace we do.  We believe in working with the best talent, and take great steps to hire the cream of the crop. A recent review of our hiring ... http://blog.rapleaf.com/stats-on-rapleaf-hiring/ Facebook is not only one of the largest communities online, it’s also one of the most cosmopolitan.  Wouldn’t it be interesting to see what the most common names are on a social network with such vast reach?  We thought so too, so one of our engineers spent a few hours ... http://blog.rapleaf.com/rapleaf-study-most-common-first-last-and-full-names-on-facebook/ Rapleaf was mentioned in yesterday’s BusinessWeek article discussing the resources companies are pouring  into studying the social graph as they begin to recognize the value of online friendships. Just a few years ago, the primary business value of friends was for our personal use, including identifying new business opportunities, getting introduced ... http://blog.rapleaf.com/rapleaf-social-graph-research-and-online-friendships-in-latest-businessweek/ A recent study on 2.8 million basketball, baseball, and hockey fans across social network offered some insight on demographic differences between fans online.  For example, despite being fewer in number, hockey fans tend to be the most gender-balanced and also the best-connected. Here are some highlights from the study: Women fans have ... http://blog.rapleaf.com/rapleaf-case-study-sports-fans-are-friendly-and-women-love-hockey/ Yesterday, Rapleaf and Sun Microsystems sponsored the first symposium dedicated to exploring the social graph and its impact on future businesses and consumers. Over one hundred of the top thought leaders, executives, and experts on the social graph attended the all-day event at Sun Microsystem's Menlo Park campus to discuss ... http://blog.rapleaf.comblog.rapleaf.com/category/rapleaf-updates/ Rapleaf recently-published a study analyzing social network usage of over 9 million users in 13 swing states. Results of the study revealed discrepancies in demographic and social network preferences between the states' online citizens. The following are some of the study's key findings: Top social networks with significant presence in the swing ... http://blog.rapleaf.com/rapleaf-study-on-social-network-users-in-swing-states-myspace-is-the-melting-pot-of-social-networks-hi5-is-favored-in-new-mexico/