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Five tips to make your Facebook Timeline amazing

Facebook Timeline currently is rolling out to all users worldwide, and--whether you like it or not--the new default profile layout will be hitting your Facebook account in the coming weeks.

By Ian Paul | 10 February, 2012 01:59

Tags: social networking, opera, microsoft internet explorer, Internet-based applications and services, internet, firefox, Facebook, chrome
Obama 2012 campaign playlist revealed courtesy of Spotify

Depending on your taste in music and tolerance for others’ tastes, President Barack Obama’s latest social media move – sharing his 2012 campaign playlist via streaming music website Spotify – might be a case of over-sharing: Ricky Martin, REO Speedwagon and James Taylor all made the cut.

By Bob Brown | 10 February, 2012 06:27

Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, twitter, Spotify playlist, Spotify, software, social media, Obama Twitter, Obama Spotify, Obama Facebook, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, collaboration, applications
Oracle buying Taleo for $US1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP

Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close.

By Chris Kanaracus | 10 February, 2012 00:28

Tags: Taleo, SuccessFactors, software, sap, oracle, mergers and acquisitions, Internet-based applications and services, internet, HR, cloud computing, business issues, applications
Dassault Systèmes buys personal analytics site Netvibes

3D design software company Dassault Systèmes has acquired Netvibes, a website that allows the creation of personalized dashboards combining social network updates, news alerts and RSS feeds, the companies announced Thursday.

By Peter Sayer | 09 February, 2012 23:29

Tags: software, social media, search engines, Product lifecycle management, Netvibes, mergers and acquisitions, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Dassault Systèmes, business issues, applications, analytics
EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data.

By Grant Gross | 09 February, 2012 09:28

Tags: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, social networking, security, search engines, privacy, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Civil lawsuits

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Should I protect my tweets?

When I signed up for a Twitter account in the summer of 2009 I spent some time thinking about whether or not I should protect my tweets. As a novice Twitter user, I had to decide whether the benefits of protecting my tweets outweighed the drawbacks. Looking back, I do not regret my decision to protect my tweets, and I'll tell you why.

By Phil Shapiro | 23 February, 2011 09:14

Tags: twitter, social networking, LinkedIn, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, Consumer Advice
Stop Facebook from cluttering your inbox

There's a fine line between awesome and annoying. Take Facebook: Most of the time, it's great, but a few things about the service drive me crazy.

By Rick Broida | 02 February, 2011 04:02

Tags: software, social networks, social media, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, e-mail, applications
Gmail Tips: Five great e-mail timesavers

If you're one of Gmail's 193 million users worldwide, you probably rely on the service -- and its add-ons -- every day. Popular among users for its customization features, Google constantly adds to its arsenal of Labs and brings new features mainstream to simplify processes and save users time.

By Kristin Burnham | 25 January, 2011 07:36

Tags: mail, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google
How Quora could help your business

Question-and-answer sites like Yahoo Answers may offer a quick way to ask questions and get answers, but they tend to be plagued by wisecracks, poor spelling, and generally low quality. On the other hand, a new site targeting this niche, Quora, is going to great lengths to keep quality high.

By Katherine Noyes | 21 January, 2011 12:00

Tags: Yahoo, Web-based Applications, social networks, productivity, Internet-based applications and services, internet
Facebook social inbox: What you need to know about messages

Back in November 2010, Facebook announced plans for a "social inbox" -- a space that would serve as a hub for all communications that people use online or via mobile phones, ranging from text messages and chat messages to e-mail messages, too.

By Kristin Burnham | 12 January, 2011 10:25

Tags: social networking, mail, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook

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Guide: How to bulletproof your website

'Tis the season to begin ramping up online shopping activity, and for retailers that means doing all they can to ensure their websites are up, highly available and able to handle peak capacity. Looming in many IT managers' minds is the cautionary tale of Target, whose website crashed twice after it was inundated by an unprecedented number of online shoppers when the retailer began selling clothing and accessories from high-end Italian fashion company Missoni.

By Esther Shein | 29 November, 2011 03:32

Tags: Target, security, it management, Internet-based applications and services, internet, cloud computing
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: Web-based Applications, social networks, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google, Facebook
What cloud computing means for the real world

There are more than a few critics of cloud computing, even at PCWorld; I'm probably one of them. But I've been turning over in my mind different perspectives on the cloud. I've tried to set aside the views of the IT executive, who seems to dominate the debate.

By Keir Thomas | 05 February, 2011 11:53

Tags: Web-based Applications, security, online security, network security, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google, firewalls, cloud computing
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: social networks, social media, News Corp., MySpace, Internet-based applications and services, internet
Wikipedia celebrates a decade of edit wars, controversy and Internet dominance

Wikipedia and its users are planning more than 300 celebration events across six continents for the 10th anniversary of the free, online encyclopedia that has become an Internet juggernaut by spreading access to information with a model that lets anyone edit its articles.

By Jon Brodkin | 11 January, 2011 23:25

Tags: wikipedia, web 2.0, unified communications, software, social media, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google, collaboration, applications

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