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  Cisco takes its lumps, keeps developing video meeting tools

  Cisco Systems owned up to some miscalculations in its video collaboration strategy but showed off some promising future capabilities in a briefing with media this week.

  By Stephen Lawson | 25 May, 2012 23:31

  Tags: video, Telephony/conferencing, Internet-based applications and services, internet, networking, Cisco Systems

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  Quickbooks Online outage leaves some customers in sour mood

  Intuit's Quickbooks Online service suffered an outage this week that left "a small subset" of customers unable to access their data, but the company says the problems with the on-demand accounting software have now been fixed.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 25 May, 2012 17:12

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, cloud computing, internet, Financial / tax, applications, software, Intuit

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  Sony brings streaming music service to the iPhone

  Sony on Friday released an iPhone app to access its streaming Music Unlimited service, part of its efforts to expand its online platforms to devices from rival manufacturers.

  By Jay Alabaster | 25 May, 2012 07:37

  Tags: sony, Internet-based applications and services, internet, consumer electronics

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  China's Sina Weibo targeting Japanese advertisers

  One of China's top Twitter-like sites, Sina Weibo, is working to attract Japanese companies to advertise on its platform by helping the firms open and use accounts on the microblogging service.

  By Michael Kan | 25 May, 2012 05:42

  Tags: social networking, social media, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Sina

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  Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

  Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

  By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 18:56

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

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  Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

  IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

  By Michael Cooney | 24 May, 2012 13:33

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

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  Google to offer mapping and other software in Syria

  Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa, and its Chrome browser, it said Wednesday.

  By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 07:46

  Tags: Regulation, Internet-based applications and services, internet, government, Google

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  Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

  The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

  By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 05:35

  Tags: antitrust, e-commerce, Internet-based applications and services, internet, legal, Department of Justice, Apple

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  Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue

  Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced Wednesday.

  By Joab Jackson | 23 May, 2012 15:20

  Tags: mergers and acquisitions, business issues, social media, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Vitrue, oracle

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  Facebook to settle class-action suit over Sponsored Stories

  Facebook is to settle a class-action lawsuit in California that accused it of appropriating its users' likenesses for its Sponsored Stories advertising feature, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

  By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 10:47

  Tags: social networking, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, Civil lawsuits

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  Microsoft takes Bing Streetside offline in Germany after privacy complaints

  Microsoft has taken its Google Street View-like service Bing Streetside offline in Germany after German citizens expressed their worries about how Microsoft handles requests for blurring of images, the company said on Tuesday.

  By Loek Essers | 23 May, 2012 10:31

  Tags: Streetside Street View, Maps, Internet-based applications and services, privacy, security, search engines, internet, Microsoft, Google

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  Facebook stock slumps for third day

  In its third day of trading, Facebook's stock is still in a slump, taking the shine off the frenzy that led up to the company's initial public offering (IPO) last week.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 May, 2012 05:55

  Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Groupon, Financial IT, Facebook, business issues

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  Facebook vs Google: By the numbers

  With the world's largest social networking website, Facebook, going public it is quite obvious that comparisons with Google will crop up. We have collated some figures and here is a list of numbers comparing the two giants.

  By Ershad K. | 22 May, 2012 23:32

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

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  Supreme Court lets stand $675,000 fine for music downloads

  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the petition of Joel Tenenbaum, a former doctoral student at Boston University who faces a fine of US$675,000 for illegally downloading 30 songs.

  By Cameron Scott | 22 May, 2012 07:08

  Tags: Warner Bros. Records, UMG Recordings, Sony BMG, Music and audio, Joel Tenenbaum, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Atlantic Records, Arista Records

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  Upcoming Salesforce.com release adds real-time chat capabilities

  Salesforce.com, which has placed ample emphasis on its Chatter social networking application, will actually begin providing real-time chat functionality as part of an imminent upgrade to its family of cloud-based software, according to a company document.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 22 May, 2012 05:27

  Tags: software, salesforce.com, Internet-based applications and services, internet, customer relationship management, cloud computing, applications