SocialMedia

Libel And The Social Media Is A Corporate Issue

On the Internet, everybody can hear you scream - or belch or break wind - because nothing is erased, not…

13 years ago

Study: Enterprises Blacklist Facebook, Angry Birds

Facebook, Angry Birds and web browsers topped the list of applications blacklisted or monitored by companies looking to control mobile…

13 years ago

Facebook Timeline Makeover For Pages Offers Better Ad Canvas

Facebook's Timeline user interface has been applied to its Pages promotional palettes for organisations and brands

13 years ago

Facebook Announces Premium Advertising Tools

Brands given Timeline-formatted pages, mobile ads and Reach Generator in pre-IPO effort to raise revenue

13 years ago

Google Pushes Out Its Privacy Policy Changes Despite Regulatory Disdain

Google is going ahead with privacy policy changes today despite pleas from European Union and US officials

13 years ago

Facebook Denies Spying On Android Users’ SMS Texts

The social network giant accuses The Sunday Times of misunderstanding its Android app's SMS functionality

13 years ago

Yahoo Threatens Patent Lawsuit Against Facebook

Yahoo says Facebook infringed between 10 and 20 of its patents

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Facebook Pushes Mobile Web Standards Effort

Facebook and more than 30 other companies are to back the Core Mobile Web Platform Community Group

13 years ago

Facebook To Tackle Open Source Storage Hardware

Social networking site plans to build own storage hardware to handle growing number of user uploads

13 years ago

Most Councils Now Allow Employees To Access Social Media

Almost all councils in the UK permit some form of access to social media, a Socitm survey has revealed

13 years ago

Google Set To Beat Facebook On Ad Sales

Google and Facebook are battling it out over the US display advertising market, with the search engine set to take…

13 years ago

Microsoft Bing Allows Users To Link Their Names To Web Pages

Microsoft's Bing, which still trails Google Search. has added a feature to let a user to associate pages from around…

13 years ago

Apple Confirms It Will Build Data Centre In Oregon

The Oregon facility will be neighbours with Facebook and Google, but source of electricity might be a problem

13 years ago

Delegation Aims To Pull Silicon Valley Data Centres To Sweden

Officials from Sweden are on a mission to lure Californian data to the cooler, greener Nordic environment

13 years ago

Nordics Launch A United Cold Front On Data Centres

As data centre energy comes under pressure, putting your data on ice could be a good option, says Peter Judge

13 years ago

Social Messaging Apps Cost Mobile Operators £8.8bn in SMS Revenues

Services such as BlackBerry Messenger, WhatsApp and Facebook are costing networks dear says Ovum

13 years ago

Russian Search Engine Yandex Beats Google To Social Search Deal With Twitter

Twitter has partnered with Yandex, the Russian search engine, to improve its social search function

13 years ago

High Court Ruling Permits Court Summons Via Facebook

UK judge sets precedent by allowing high court legal claims to be served through social networking site

13 years ago

British Student Jailed For Eight Months After Facebook Hack

Glenn Mangham imprisoned despite claiming he just wanted to help Facebook by pointing out vulnerabilities

13 years ago

American Express Cardmembers Get Early Access To Twitter Ad Platform

The first 10,000 American Express small business merchants to register will get vouchers to test Twitter's new ad platform

13 years ago

Google+ Sees Sharp Rise In Unique Visitors

Google's social network had 20 million unique visitors in December, or nearly half that of Twitter, highlighting its rapid growth

13 years ago

Yahoo Chairman Bostock Steps Down Amid Board Shakeup

Roy Bostock and three other board member announce their departure as part of an unheaval intended to restore shareholders' faith

13 years ago

Alfresco Enterprise 4 Adds Free Public Cloud Support

Open source enterprise content management can reach out into the cloud very easily, says Alfresco

13 years ago

Google’s Existential Threat Mirrors Microsoft’s ‘Tidal Wave’ Warning

Google is facing a similar threat from Facebook that Microsoft faced with the Internet and, later, from Google itself, says…

13 years ago

Google Topples Cisco To Top Greenpeace’s Cool IT Leaderboard

Google has dethroned Cisco in the environmental NGO's fifth edition of its environmental awareness, green leaderboard

13 years ago

Supreme Court Twitter Policy Changed Under Pressure From ICO

Thanks to Information Commissioner's Office, you can now send Freedom of Information requests to the court in 140 characters or…

13 years ago

Facebook And Google Remove ‘Offensive’ Material From Indian Sites

Indian court orders 21 major internet firms to prevent 'anti-religious' or 'anti-social' content from appearing on their sites

13 years ago

Facebook IPO Exposes Hacking And Spamming Business Risks

Facebook identified hacking and spam as ongoing issues to comply with US regulations on disclosing IPO-related security issues

13 years ago

Facebook Will Join Apple And Google’s League With Its IPO

Facebook's $5 billion initial public offering could give the social network a market capitalisation akin to Silicon Valley's two other…

13 years ago