Friday, May 13, 2011
Facebook admits running anti-Google campaign Social network admits to hiring PR firm to pitch stories about Google's privacy practices. Both Facebook and the PR firm, Burson-Marsteller, admitted Thursday to trying to get journalists and bloggers to write negative articles about Google's privacy practices
Thursday, May 05, 2011
U.S. senator critical of rumored Facebook-Baidu tie-up Senator Dick Durbin is worried a deal between Facebook and Chinese search engine Baidu could endanger free speech. In recent months, the Web has been abuzz with reports that Facebook is gearing up to launch a site for China by partnering with the country's largest search engine, Baidu
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Actiance adds Facebook control for all devices Application lets administrators monitor and archive comments posted to Facebook fan, group and personal pages regardless of the device used
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Facebook open sources its data centre blueprint The social networking giant reveals how it's designing data centres and why large IT shops should follow the plan. An Intel server executive says the move is equivalent to Facebook showing companies how to build a Toyota Prius
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Novell's Vibe social networking suite debuts Now in global general availability, the enterprise suite has a variety of social networking features similar to those offered by Facebook and Twitter
Monday, March 28, 2011
Integrating Social Media Is Hard to Do Why social media is not in CRM systems
Monday, March 14, 2011
Gmail disruption in China could signal tighter control Analysts and microbloggers report difficulties accessing Gmail in China
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Android developers get ‘Fast Start’ from Black Duck Open source application development and management is necessary when it comes to compliance, thinks one analyst. What the new software and service bundle offers
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Facebook security heightens as e-mail spam drops DEMO vendor Websense unveils Facebook security product. A Cisco executive says spammers are moving away from mass e-mail attacks to targeted ones using social networks
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Facebook buys messaging vendor Beluga The mobile messaging vendor’s application allows users to communicate in private groups after creating “pods” to which contacts are invited
Friday, February 18, 2011
The Social CIO: Who owns the social strategy?
Our company has decided it needs to develop a social media strategy to attract more customers and Im not sure how much I want to be involved, given my workload. How much do CIOs need to...
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Steve Jobs to meet President Obama A meeting between Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, and Eric Schmidt will take place in San Francisco on Feb. 24
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Facebook blackout in Algeria There are mixed reports as to whether the Internet has been shut down in Algeria or not 
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Canadian companies converge at South by Southwest The Maple Leaf Lounge will be the place for Canadian companies to mix and mingle at the music, film and interactive conference in Texas. The goal is to promote Canadian companies with innovation among media and technology 
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
HTC adds Facebook phones, updates existing models MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: The company has also added some new features and an S to the name of its Incredible, Desire and Wildfire smart phones. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent a video message to HTC's news conference to say users can expect deeper Facebook integration in the future
Thursday, February 10, 2011
CWC THIS WEEK: Wind's future; which Zuckerberg's best? VIDEO The Federal Court puts Wind Mobile's future in question; HP tries to bridge tablet and desktop; is Mark Zuckerberg stepping up as the face of the tech industry?
Thursday, February 10, 2011
University professor creates Facebook-like traffic site A University of Toronto professor has helped create a new social media platform to deal with traffic congestion problems
Friday, February 04, 2011
BLOGOSPHERE: Zuckerberg's SNL appearance The Facebook founder shared the stage with the actor who played him in The Social Network. Some in the blogosphere are calling it a PR coup
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Facebook unveils security tools after Zuckerberg hack The two don’t appear to be connected, but they’re being connected online. The first new security measure involves expanding the use of HTTPS -- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure -- beyond password exchange
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Yahoo IPv6 upgrade could shut out one million users A tiny percentage of Web users could face connectivity problems when sites upgrade their protocols. In Yahoo's case, that could translate into a huge number
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Global test of IPv6 welcomed by Canadian expert The first world trial of the new Internet communications protocol will take place in June. A research network administrator who keeps an eye on the technology says its good news 
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
IT World Canada job board reaches 150,000 views New site features helped drive a milestone month in December 
Monday, January 03, 2011
SharePoint 2010: Four big-name social networking rivals Here's a rundown of the four biggest-name competitors that hope SharePoint is the wrong direction for enterprises, at least for social networking: IBM Lotus Connections, Cisco Quad, Salesforce Chatter, Google Buzz
Monday, January 03, 2011
Social media should be a 2011 tech priority: experts As tempting as it may be to block employee access to social networks and social media sites, it's not a long-term play. It's time for the IT department to wake up
Thursday, December 23, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: September 2010 This month Research In Motion made it clear there would be a Canadian entry in the tablet computer race, we found how spooky spooks can be and how smart Cambridge, Ont. is