Does your company allow linkedin at the office?

With the vast number of social networks and the potential for wasted time, many companies resort to a flat "no social networks" policy, but does your company make an exception for linkedin?

Tech Crunch Reports Massive Growth for GroupMe

SOURCE: Tech Crunch

TechCrunch reports today that start-up GroupMe is helping micro-networks send 1 million texts a day.  Read the full article by Erick Schonfeld: GroupMe Is Now Sending One Million Texts Every Day

Egyptian's social revolution went to texting when their government shut off Facebook, Twitter, then the internet.  Keep it off the road, but texting could just change the way your company communicates and GroupMe is making it possible, for free.

Compare Electronic Mailbox Services: Zumbox vs Volly

		ZumBox	Volly
status		live	beta, not ready for consumers
user accounts		Every physical address	Anyone
user cost		free	free
setup		physical mail varification	opt-in
selling points		electronic mail box and filing system	secure digital delivery system
junk mail		only varified mailers	only varified mailers
marketing mail		yes	yes
Payment Program		No	Yes, ACH or Credit Card
monitoring		TRUSTe and VeriSign	TRUSTe and VeriSign
Compliance		PCI, HIPAA and BITS	PCI, HIPAA and BITS
security		requires physical mail confirmation	only approved businesses and services
widget		desktop alerts	no
app		no	no
funding		Venture Captial, including Michael Eisner, the former CEO of Walt Disney and Rick Braddock, the former CEO of Priceline.com	pitney bowes
Launch		Dec-08	Jan-11
Benefits		no risk of fraudulent communications spoofing your app	convenience
API		Yes	Not yet (planned api and developer community)
Lawsuit		Win	Loss
mobile		mobile.zumbox.com	TBD
storage		upload up to 500 docs/month	TBD