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BlackBerry Curve 9360 rounds the bend

BlackBerry Curve 9360 rounds the bend

...new BlackBerry Curve smartphones... offer a significant performance upgrade with [a] mobile social experience for the millions of feature phone users in the market, as... Read more

23 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Microsoft tiptoes into social networks with So.cl

...Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, its foray into social networking, although it says its initiative is not designed to be a... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Steven Musil

Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short

...with more details on cookies and targeted ads. Image credit: Facebook The social-networking company has added "more examples and detailed explanations" to help members... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

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

Facebook dialling up plans for own phone, sources say

...its development, according to a report in The New York Times. The social-networking company has hired more than six "former Apple software and hardware... Read more

28 May, 2012 by Michelle Meyers
Facebook takes wraps off App Center

Facebook takes wraps off App Center

...ongoing money, especially on mobile devices. But now Facebook, which has a social-networking platform but not an operating system of its own, has figured... Read more

10 May, 2012 by Rafe Needleman
Gmail gets closer integration with Google+

Gmail gets closer integration with Google+

...entails a bunch of changes that make Gmail "completely interactive" with the social network. The updates include being able to view, comment on, and +1... Read more

9 May, 2012 by Dara Kerr

Facebook, Google: Welcome to the new feudalism

...for use of the services. It's like a feudal system: the social-networking companies are sustained by the data flooding into them, and gain... Read more

10 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

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

EU puts Google straight on 'right to be forgotten'

...pure hosting platforms, but it will definitely apply to search engines and social networks, the European Commission has said in response to concerns raised by... Read more

22 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Teens drive jump in internet use on phones

...Facebook integration at a cheaper price than a fully fledged smartphone. While social networks such as Facebook have become more popular across all age groups... Read more

31 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Ofcom: UK is 'addicted' to smartphones

...Social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are spurring smartphone adoption in... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Ben Woods
Facebook messages integrate in '<endeca_term>social</endeca_term> inbox

Facebook messages integrate in 'social inbox

...the wraps off Facebook's latest innovation, a 'seamless messaging' system.. The social-networking site's new version of messaging is built to work with... Read more

16 November, 2010 by Staff
Google+ <endeca_term>social</endeca_term> network in pictures

Google+ social network in pictures

...including chat, video and photos.It aims to segment a user's social network into more closely defined groups, called Circles, based on shared interests... Read more

30 June, 2011 by James Martin

Social CRM: Four steps to a successful strategy

...to buy. But according to Laurence Buchanan, UK head of CRM and social CRM for management consultancy Capgemini, social CRM turns things on their head... Read more

17 June, 2010 by Cath Everett

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