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By Geoff Spick
| Monday Aug 29, 2011
When your business, from a mom-and-pop outfit to a local store, starts using social media, things can be confusing as you move from a personal-use mindset to a sales, marketing or support style of use.
By Jason Harris
| Wednesday Aug 24, 2011
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:
- Facebook Alters Privacy Functionality
- ComScore: Social Media Site Traffic Up Sharply
- StumbleUpon Delivers Most Referral Traffic
- Location Wars: Facebookers Love Starbucks
By Jason Harris
| Wednesday Aug 17, 2011
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:
- President Obama Joins Foursquare
- Google Plus Now Used By Mainstream Population
- MI5 Searching Online For Riot Organizers
- LinkedIn Prioritizes Mobile With App Refresh
By Josette Rigsby
| Thursday Aug 11, 2011
Cloud-based storage and collaboration provider Box.net (news, site) is making no secret of the fact that their document management philosophy lovingly embraces the mobile device world. Today they've launched new native applications for Android and Blackberry Playbook tablets, and a web-based HTML5 version of their apps for any HTML5-compliant mobile browser. Here's a closer look.
By J. Angelo Racoma
| Monday Aug 8, 2011
As mobile platforms become more and more popular as tools for information sharing and social networking, businesses are also looking into the potentials of location-targeting in marketing and collaboration. Smartphones and tablet computers -- including the iPhone, iPad, Android devices and others -- can also take advantage of location-awareness, with which a new social networking application by BitFlx (news, site) lets users share videos that are time-bound and location-aware.
By Jason Harris
| Wednesday Jul 27, 2011
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:
- LinkedIn Launches Job Application Feature
- 71% of Online Americans Consume Online Video
- Colleges Using Social Networking With Great Effect
- Over Half of Americans Go Online Daily for News
By Marisa Peacock
| Wednesday Jul 20, 2011
We all know what it’s like when our eyes are bigger than our stomachs. When your ideas are bigger than your technology, it can feel similar. What was I thinking? How is this not a viable option? Great ideas are only as rewarding as the ability to execute them successfully and now thanks to ON24, they just got easier, too.
ON24 is a provider of webcasting and virtual event solutions. Today, it's released a widget architecture and a set of application widgets designed to increase engagement, activity and functionality within the virtual event environment.
By J. Angelo Racoma
| Monday Jul 18, 2011
Microsoft (news, site) has had a successful run with its Windows Mobile platform, particularly in the corporate setting, but then the iPhone and Android rose in popularity and Microsoft found the need to refresh its mobile strategy. Microsoft is banking on the new Windows Phone 7 platform to revitalize its hold on the mobile market, and the much-anticipated second-generation -- codenamed "Mango" -- is about to get its first handset, care of Fujitsu (news, site).
By Jason Harris
| Wednesday Jul 13, 2011
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:
- Google+ Gaining Ground: 10 Million Users Strong
- StumbleUpon Releases iPad App
- Apps Using Twitter Hits 1 Million
- LinkedIn Overtakes MySpace to Become Number 2 Social Network
By Marisa Peacock
| Wednesday Jul 6, 2011
Curated content just got more connected. Just as Google+ launches, Flipboard also rolled out a few new features, designed to enhance the way readers browse, search and share content.
By Sharon Fisher
| Tuesday Jul 5, 2011
As expected, online gaming vendor Zynga (news, site) has filed for its IPO, meaning we get another round of "It's another bubble!" "Is not!" "Is too!" articles from the financial press.
By Geoff Spick
| Friday Jun 24, 2011
Business social site LinkedIn (news, site) reckons it can make more money with targeted advertising based on whom you follow, but will users follow the plot?
By Jason Harris
| Wednesday Jun 22, 2011
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:
- BranchOut Grows: Proving Facebookers Desire Professional Networking
- SocialText Adds Social Interaction to Project Management Tools
- SlideShare Integrates Further with LinkedIn
- One in Five of All Grandparents Use Social Networks
By Jason Harris
| Wednesday Jun 15, 2011
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:
- Facebook Growth Slows in May
- GOP Debate Discussed Heavily Online
- Klout Now Ranks Influence on LinkedIn
- Instagram Gains 5 Million Users and 100 Million Photos
By Sharon Fisher
| Monday Jun 13, 2011
The parade of initial public offerings continues, with online music streaming provider Pandora and just-in-time merchandising provider CafePress joining the string of companies that have taken similar steps in the past month, ranging from LinkedIn to Zynga to Groupon.