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- Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?
- Technology CEOs worth their paychecks are going to use this economic downturn to revamp business models and position for the so-called post recession era. It sounds rather obvious, but why don't all CEOs follow this playbook? We've heard the mantra repeatedly: Reload in a downturn. And a...
- Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, CEO, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Nokia N97 announced; QWERTY keyboard and touch on a Nseries device
- Nokia World 2008 is taking place this week in Barcelona, Spain and the event kicked off with the keynote announcing the Nokia N97 multimedia computer. The Nokia N97 brings a QWERTY keyboard and touch screen to the Nseries or you could say it brings a phone and S60 to the...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Nokia World 2008, Home Screen, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Social Networking, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Facebook Connect: The masses and the fishbowl
- Facebook Connect, a service that allows someone to log on to Facebook from third party sites, is set to expand from its May launch. Reading the conversation this morning on Techmeme familiar storyline emerges. Facebook's Connect vs. the Open Social alliance between Google, MySpace and a bunch...
- Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Top social networking sites in Brazil in September 2008
- Social Networking Sites Audience, 000 Minutes per Visitor Visits per Visitor Total Internet : Total Audience 26,221 1,608.1 47.5 Orkut 20,752 496.1 28.3 Yahoo! Geocities 3,916 2.8 1.8 SONICO.COM 2,978 10.1 2.7 MINGLEBOX.COM 1,677 1.6 2.4 FOTOLOG.COM 1,606...
- Tags: Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Social networking penetration in Latin America in September 2008
- Country Sep-2007 Sep-2008 Point Change Latin America 78.0 87.2 9.3 Brazil 76.0 85.3 9.3 Chile 74.0 80.1 6.1 Colombia 69.9 79.6 9.7 Argentina 70.4 77.1 6.7 Venezuela 69.1 77.1 8.0 Mexico 67.3 73.0 5.7 ...
- Tags: Network, ComScore Networks Inc., Latin America, Penetration, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- SOCIAL NETWORKING: THE PROS, THE CONS AND THE SOLUTION
- In recent years, social networking sites have permeated society and there is little doubt that they are here to stay. Today's employees expect to be allowed to visit these sites at work. This whitepaper explores how you can to keep your organization and employees safe, while also providing a flexible...
- Tags: Network, Marshal Ltd, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion
- White papers 2008-11-28
- Social networking penetration by country in September 2008
- Country Sep-2007 Sep-2008 Point Change Canada 83.9 86.5 2.6 Brazil 76.0 85.3 9.3 United Kingdom 78.7 78.4 -0.3 Mexico 67.3 73.0 5.7 Spain 63.9 70.7 6.8 United States 65.8 70.2 4.5 Australia 56.5 67.5 11.1 ...
- Tags: Network, Federation, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer
- Major news sources are reporting that Facebook has won a $873 million dollar judgement against a Canadian spammer. What this means for spam on social networks is not clear, however. Adam Guerbuez of Montreal, CA, had a judgement of $873 million dropped on him by a...
- Tags: Facebook, Judgement, Spammer, E-mail World, E-mail, Spam, Social Networking, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Microsoft gives Windows Live a social networking makeover
- Microsoft have announced a major overhaul of its Windows Live service that, similar to Yahoo's ‘Open Strategy', rewires the company's suite of consumer web-based products to turn them into one interconnected social network. Although Microsoft would rather you didn't use that word. by Steve O'Hear
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear, Web, Mobile
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Social network for CEOs – best practices
- The Best & Worst of Business Networks Yesterday, I spoke with Ken Ross, the serial entrepreneur who has launched several successful software firms (e.g., Ross Systems, Pillar). Ken's a really nice fellow and someone whose company and counsel I value. I called Ken...
- Tags: Network, Best Practice, CEO, Ken, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Spoke resorts to fear tactics, loses credibility
- Other companies, especially Web 2.0 and social networking companies, can learn a valuable lesson from Spoke's antics. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Web 2.0, Social Networking, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio, Job, E-mail
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Solar activism meets social networking
- Aside from green tech, I regularly write about practical business applications for Web 2.0 technologies and services. (Yes, there are remarkably many.) So I was quite interested to notice that a grassroots community solar organization that I wrote about last month, One Block Off the Grid, was snapped up this...
- Tags: Network, California, Activism, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- 63% of men visit social networking sites
- Break Media looked at top activities by males online, which include visiting social networking sites (63%), playing video games (60%), playing computer games (51%), forwarding links to online video (31%), reading blogs (31%), shopping (30%), commenting on online content (28%), and uploading photos to the Web (23%). Interestingly, the findings...
- Tags: Network, Video, Social Networking, Corporate Communications, Games, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, NB, Video Game
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- With Glue, AdaptiveBlue frees us from the tyranny of the site
- Glue from AdaptiveBlue has been out since late last month, and various sites have provided reviews of this useful little tool. See, for example, Dan Farber, Chris Morrison, Sarah Perez, and Jennifer Zaino. I am not going to write another review. I would, however, recommend that you...
- Tags: Network, Site, Semantic Web, Social Networking, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- ExpertCEO for the lonely CEO . . .
- It can get very lonely at the top and that's why ExpertCEO was created, to let CEOs know that they aren't alone -- it just feels that way sometimes. The site recently emerged from private beta with 600 members and is growing at a fast clip...
- Tags: Mr., CEO, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Communications, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Social Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Sales, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Koobface Facebook worm still spreading
- Originally spreading since July, the Koobface worm remains active according to a recent security alert issued by Websense : "The email reveals that infected user accounts are being used to post messages to Facebook friends lists. The content was an enticing message with a link that used a Facebook...
- Tags: Social Networking, Facebook, Malware, Worm, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- A fraud ring or social networking - it's the same thing
- Silicon.com sat down with SAS's CEO in Las Vegas this week to find out his thoughts on cloud computing, succession planning and the iPhone. SAS is unique among tech heavyweights for its private ownership - the business intelligence BI company has been run for more than 30 years by...
- Tags: Social Networking, Succession Planning, Apple iPhone, Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Analytics, Credit Card, SAS Institute, Fraud, CEO, M&A Money, Financial Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Finance, Investment, Jo Best, Silicon.com, SAS, cloud computing, succession planning, iPhone, Jim Goodnight, Jo Best, Silicon.com
- News items 2008-11-07
- New and updated S60 apps include Friend View social application and RoadSync 4.0
- I keep going back to placing my AT&T SIM into the Nokia E71 because it is such a powerful and slick smartphone. In the last couple of days a few new and updated applications were released for S60 that I just added myself and wanted to share with you all....
- Tags: Application, Nokia Corp., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Flash Memory, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller, HTML, S60, Flixwagon, Social Networking, Web Site Development, Microsoft Office, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Office Suites, Software
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- MI6 searching for the next generation
- Whilst walking the streets of London, with half a baguette in one hand and a coffee in the other, I am no more than 10 feet away from someone who tells people you're no more than 10 feet away from a rat. I call them civil servants personally, wandering around...
- Tags: Facebook, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Social Networking, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Web 2.0 Summit: Focus on solving problems, not overnight fortunes
- updated: In opening remarks at the Web 2.0 Summit 2008 in San Francisco, Tim O'Reilly took a moment to highlight the bright side of a stormy economic outlook. Sure, there's been some chatter about the demise of the startup world, how economic forces will impact the venture capital world and,...
- Tags: Web, Tim O'Reilly, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Channel Management, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
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- If the cost of building and managing a robust technology infrastructure is prohibitive for your small or mid-sized business (SMB), managed hosting may be worth another look. For help determining whether a managed or dedicated hosting solution makes sense for your business, read this informative blog post by Josh Hoskins.
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