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BlackBerry Curve 9360 rounds the bend

BlackBerry Curve 9360 rounds the bend

...RIM are flying ahead of the pack when it comes to making social media more accessible."BlackBerry 7 also brings an updated version of the... Read more

23 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Report: Scammers shift from spam to social media

...Scammers and spammers have changed tack and are now moving to social media to look for better victims, according to Symantec's first-quarter... Read more

1 May, 2012 by Michael Lee

RIM helps police inquiries into London riots

...In Motion has promised to help police looking into the use of social media to co-ordinate riots in London at the weekend. RIM has... Read more

8 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Facebook, Google: Welcome to the new feudalism

As more and more people spend time on Facebook and Google, the services are gaining an unprecedented amount of user data and becoming like feudal lords from the Middle Ages Read more

10 September, 2011 by Jack Clark
Facebook, Twitter: Is <endeca_term>social media</endeca_term> out of control at work

Facebook, Twitter: Is social media out of control at work

...When handled properly, social media in the workplace can benefit staff and employers. Unfortunately, it also... Read more

10 August, 2010 by Alan Calder

Salesforce buys Radian6 for social-media monitoring tech

...Salesforce.com on Wednesday said it acquired Radian6, a social-media monitoring service, for $326m in cash and stock. The $326m (£202m... Read more

31 March, 2011 by Larry Dignan

SMEs: Social media is 'not useful

...although a significant number of small and medium-sized enterprises are using social-media sites, over half of those that do remain unconvinced of their... Read more

15 October, 2010 by Shelley Portet

Google buys social-media app maker Slide

...Google has confirmed its acquisition of Slide, a social-media company that was founded by PayPal veteran Max Levchin and had... Read more

10 August, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy

Social CRM: Four steps to a successful strategy

...the creative idea, not the execution." Don't confuse social CRM with social media(Image credit: Shutterstock) However, long-term planning is equally important. This... Read more

17 June, 2010 by Cath Everett

IBM builds Connections with social-analytics push

...tools and services designed to better measure returns on the use of social media and networking tools by enterprises. The software part of the equation... Read more

16 January, 2012 by Larry Dignan

MPs: Rioting should not lead to Twitter blocks

...home affairs select committee said in a report on Monday (PDF). Nevertheless, social media was also used by the police for intelligence purposes and to... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

OccupyLSX wires up tech for St Paul's protest

...see how the group is using technology to share its message over social media and to keep participants engaged. The Occupy protest initially attempted to... Read more

21 October, 2011 by Ben Woods

What's making UK marketing chiefs feel inadequate? Coping with unstructured data

...cent - of UK and Ireland CMOs plan to increase their use of social media in future. The same proportion also plans to ramp up their... Read more

11 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Salesforce eyes SMEs with Assistly buy

...said it would integrate Assistly with its Service Cloud platform. Assistly integrates social media streams into helpdesk applications. The deal was valued at $50m (£32m... Read more

22 September, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Think before you tweet: Social media libel cases have doubled

...the message hard to ever remove from the site entirely. And, as social media becomes increasingly part of the mainstream media landscape, companies and individuals... Read more

28 August, 2011 by Jo Best

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UnderINK

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