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Gallery: Nokia N97 - your future netbook?

Nokia rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. by Andy Smith

Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Nokia N97, Nokia, Facebook, MySpace, smartphones, keyboards, Andy Smith

Image galleries 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

Security Lessons and Your Personal Firewall

There's an interesting dynamic I've been noticing and discussing a lot recently - people and companies are grappling with how to project some facets of their lives and information online while keeping other areas secret. As i suggested in my previous post, it...

Tags: Facebook, Firewall, Personal Firewall, Security, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-30

$873m judgment against spammer in Facebook case

Little likelihood of recovery but perhaps judgment will scare off spammers. by Richard Koman

Tags: Facebook, Spammer, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Twitter & Facebook: If not now, maybe later? [Video]

In this video, Sumi Das and I talk about the broken down talks between Facebook and Twitter and where a relationship between the two might be in the future. Both need to develop solid revenue models as they grow, which means this round may have simply been a victim of...

Tags: Facebook, Video, Twitter, Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Twitter to Facebook, thanks but no thanks

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Facebook's proposal to buy Twitter for $500 million in stock and why the microblogging service has decided to remain independent. Diaz explains that Twitter would like to develop a more thorough revenue plan before partnering up with the popular...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Diaz, Operational Accounting, Finance

Videos 2008-11-25

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

Twitter is smart to reject Facebook and go it alone

Talks between Facebook and Twitter have broken down, Kara Swisher reports in a post on the Boomtown blog today, and - on the surface - it looks like the dividing issue was money. (Isn't it always?) Facebook was offering $500 million in Facebook stock based on what what Twitter considered...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Web 2.0 security? What a mash

* Ryan Naraine is away on vacation. Guest editorial by Guillaume Lovet Ah, Web 2.0. Its endless composition of heterogeneous sources (aka "mash-up") possibilities, its social networking-oriented nature, its user-provided content... A Web adapted to today's powerful machines, linking people together in world...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, Codec, YouTube Inc., Video, Web 2.0, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-24

News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Facebook scores SEC exemption

Facebook has been granted an exemption by the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows the company to not comply with the same law that pushed Google into becoming a public company. The exemption, reported by Business Week today, was granted on October 14 and allows the company to continue to...

Tags: Facebook, Exemption, SEC, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Can Facebook do anything without raising a ruckus?

Facebook rolls out what appears to be a fine move: Verify applications are trustworthy and validate them. I could use the help given I don't download a lot of Facebook apps since a lot of them would be described as crap. But this seemingly straightforward effort has raised a ruckus...

Tags: Facebook, Pricing, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-18

JobBlogs: Facebook for business

I've been a little busy over the last few weeks, but it hasn't all been drinking and partying. I've been looking into JobBlogs, which has a highly innovative SaaS appliance, which blends together customer relation management and project management, with social media within business as a main selling point, into...

Tags: Facebook, Software-as-a-service, File Server, Workspace, File Servers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Team Management, Cloud Computing, Blogging, Storage Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Is Facebook the mobile web's killer app?

Active users of Facebook's various mobile products has grown from 5 million to 15 million since the beginning of the year, says the company. Handset maker and carriers are hoping to cash in on Facebook's popularity too. by Steve O'Hear

Tags: Web, Facebook, Mobile, Killer Application, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Steve O\'Hear, INQ, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Facebook: Will you go for its latest ad plan?

Facebook, which is reportedly being outhustled on ad sales by MySpace, is rolling out a new model to advertisers. The aim: Get you to interact with an ad. According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook introduced the ads in August and is now rolling it out to...

Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, MySpace, Advertiser, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-11

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

Maybe CRM for Facebook Does Make Sense :)

Maybe CRM for Facebook Does Make Sense :)Lazy JournalismThis article reeks yet again of anti-salesforce.com propaganda. (No I’m not an employee; check out my ZDNet user ID!)Consider some facts before posting this sort of drivel again.Facebook is the largest social media site in the world.In the United States, 85% of...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise software, Facebook, CRM

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

Maybe CRM for Facebook Does Make Sense :)

My friend and colleague Jim Shepherd of AMR set me straight this morning about what Salesforce.com is doing with Facebook, and I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't get it right the first time. According to Jim, when it comes to SFDC and Facebook, CRM actually stands for Child Relationship Management....

Tags: Facebook, Feature, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Election coverage sets Web record; Facebook releases data

Election coverage sets Web record; Facebook releases dataWow! I can say that it's history in the making!I'm an Obama supporter! :)RE: Election coverage sets Web record; Facebook releases dataVery interesting that Facebook made these public. I am waiting on Twitter to do the same thing since I think they did...

Tags: Channel management, Facebook, election coverage, Web

Discussion threads 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