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Study: Facebook relies on good design to retain users

What is Facebook's secret to keeping the world's largest user base content? Sticking to well-proven software design principles, one study has concluded.

By Joab Jackson | 10 May, 2012 07:12

Tags: software, social networking, social media, Languages and standards, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, application development

Location-based services: Are they there yet?

Mobile users are more connected to the Internet than ever. As of December 2011, ComScore estimated that there are 97.9 million smartphone users in the US - nearly a third of the total population.

By Brian Proffitt | 03 May, 2012 23:28

Tags: yelp, Web 2.0 and Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, GPS, Google, Facebook, consumer electronics, ComScore

Mobile apps: The IT pro's new power tools

Think the mobile revolution is all about word games and social networking apps? Think again. Heavy-duty apps for IT pros have arrived on mobile platforms and they're quickly changing the face of IT systems management.

By Robert L. Scheier | 12 March, 2012 21:07

Tags: Android, applications, Blackberry, Data Center, hardware systems, iOS, iPad, iPhone, it management, it strategy, mobile, mobile apps, Mobile OSes, mobile technology, Mobile Tools, smartphones, software, tablets, tech support, Telecommunication

The industrial robot revolution

One small step for man, a giant leap for robot-kind.

By Sandra Gittlen | 20 February, 2012 22:25

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, health care, industry verticals, manufacturing, NASA, robots

Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012

ORLANDO -- The technology that makes up many of the systems in the ITworld today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says.

By Michael Cooney | 19 October, 2011 04:41

Tags: cloud computing, Facebook, Gartner, hardware systems, infrastructure management, internet, management, networking, security, tablets, wireless, youtube

How to prepare your business for Google+

Google+ just opened its doors to the world by enabling open signups and moving to the beta, testing phase. The nascent social network is still thin on features and ways for businesses to properly use it, but its minimalist approach has gained Google+ millions of users in a very short period.

By Angela West | 24 September, 2011 23:59

Tags: Facebook, Google, internet, Internet-based applications and services, social networks, Web-based Applications

Video chatting for newbies

Video chat is all the rage these days, thanks to new services such as Google+ Hangouts and Skype/Facebook integrated video chat. Video chatting is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends--seeing loved ones' faces on a computer screen is almost like actually being there.

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 07 August, 2011 10:45

Tags: camcorders, consumer electronics, Digital camcorders, Facebook, Google, video chat

Curtains for MySpace?

Things just keep getting worse for MySpace. The former social networking hub recently announced it would cut nearly half of its global workforce as part of a restructuring effort.   As many as five hundred MySpace employees worldwide will soon be looking for work as the site continues to redefine itself from a social network to an entertainment content site with social networking features.

By Ian Paul | 13 January, 2011 01:28

Tags: internet, Internet-based applications and services, MySpace, News Corp., social media, social networks

Will Twitter ads tweak tweeters?

Now that Twitter has begun to display ads--pardon me, Promoted Tweets--in users' search results, the big question is how millions of loyal Twitter fans will respond. Reaction on the micro-blogging site has been muted thus far--more questions than commentary, actually--and it's apparent that most users haven't seen the new ads yet.

By Jeff Bertolucci | 14 April, 2010 08:37

Tags: online advertising, social networking, twitter

Social networks, criminal networks?

One of Italy's 100 most wanted criminals was arrested in Isola Capo Rizzuto on Tuesday, thanks to his love of Facebook.

By Sarah Jacobsson | 20 March, 2010 09:08

Tags: social networking

19 freebies for smart Web browsing, social networking

Make the most of your browser.

By Adam Pash and Rick Broida | 02 March, 2010 02:39

Tags: social networking, web browsers

Does Facebook's newsfeed patent threaten social media?

Facebook has been awarded a patent for "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network."

By Ian Paul | 27 February, 2010 05:29

Tags: Facebook, social media

10 Mac tweeters not to miss

Who knew that "140 characters or less" could change the way people interact?

By Michael deAgonia | 27 February, 2010 07:02

Tags: Mac, twitter

The truth about Twitter's 50 million daily tweets

For a service focused on brevity, Twitter sure is generating an awful lot of in-depth discussion these days.

By JR Raphael | 24 February, 2010 10:21

Tags: social networking, twitter

After numerous shake-ups, is MySpace dying?

It's almost hard to believe, but MySpace used to be the most popular social networking site in the world.

By Brennon Slattery | 24 February, 2010 05:01

Tags: MySpace, social networking

Watch Facebook friends without a browser in Fishbowl

The experimental Fishbowl for Facebook application connects you with all your Facebook data without a browser. Its layout differs somewhat from what you'd get on the Web page, but it's otherwise pretty similar.

By Erik Larkin | 02 January, 2010 12:58

Tags: Facebook, social networking

Twitter's top trending topics of 2009

Did you know that Twitter users are a bunch of Super Bowl cheering, American Idol watching, Google Wave using music lovers? That's according to Twitter's top trending topics list for 2009, anyway. Twitter recently released the list, which details the topics that people were talking about this year, in messages of 140 characters or less, of course.

By Ian Paul | 17 December, 2009 04:41

Tags: twitter

Why privacy concerns are ruining Facebook

Facebook was built as a powerful social connector, allowing users to befriend others with similar interests, locations, schools, and more.

By Brennon Slattery | 03 December, 2009 04:02

Tags: Facebook, privacy, social networking

Facebook invasion: Beware of new 'smart' worm

Hot on the heels of a reported hijacking of hundreds of Facebook groups, a new variation on an old worm is crawling its way into the social network's walls.

By JR Raphael | 12 November, 2009 10:32

Tags: Facebook, security, social networking

Miley Cyrus quits Twitter, world ends

In what's certain to become the most devastating news your 8-year-old daughter has heard in her short life, Miley Cyrus has ... gasp! ... quit Twitter. Details on the pop star's last-minute ditch are scarce, but celebrity blogs are scrambling to fill in the blanks, seating most of the blame with Cyrus' male love interest. Or something.

By Brennon Slattery | 10 October, 2009 03:42

Tags: social networking, twitter

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