Social darling Digg dug its own grave by ignoring users, says Chris Preimesberger
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Digg Sold to Betaworks For Only $500,000
News sharing site sold for a fraction of its estimated peak value
VMware Zimbra Beta Lays Down MS Exchange Challenge
VMware has unveiled a new beta of its Zimbra enterprise email server, which now includes a range of corporate comm offerings
Google+ iPad App Gets Major Update
"Full iPad support" comes to Google social network iOS application
Oracle Beefs Up Social Networking With Involver Deal
Oracle has made another social networking acquisition, this time purchasing marketing specialist Involver
Kickstarter UK Coming Soon
Kickstarter UK will arrive soon, a tweet from the crowdfunding organisation reveals
Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client Sidelined
Future development of the open source email client will be cut back, as Mozilla concentrates on its browser and phone OS
IT Life: Ten Years Of Email Code
Neil Murray, co-founder and CTO of Mimecast, says software patents are wrong
Linkedin Drops Twitter Feeds As Partnerships Dies
A LinkedIn and Twitter partnership comes to an end as the latter looks to get a grip on the developer ecosystem
‘Horrific’ Twitter Abuse Facing Clampdown
The boss of Twitter has promised to clampdown on the 'horrific' problem of online trolling, bullying and abuse
Sophos Highlights Security Risk After Facebook Email Change
Facebook's decision to make the @facebook.com address the default email address is a security risk, warns Sophos
Facebook Defaults To Facebook Email Addresses
Users of the social network now have @facebook.com address listed by default
Microsoft Buys Social Network Yammer For £763m
Microsoft has confirmed plans to purchase enterprise social networking site Yammer for $1.2 billion
Menshn Security Vulnerabilities Exposed
Users say Louise Mensch's "on topic" Twitter rival is a security nightmare
Louise Mensch’s Twitter-Like Menshn Opens In UK
Louise Mensch's social network launches in the UK to cover England's Euro2012 failure
Facebook Gives Users More Control Over Sponsored Ad Data
Users will be able to opt out from the "holy grail" of advertising
Twitter Denies Hackers Caused Fail
UGNazi hackers claimed responsibilty for an outage, Twitter denied it
TechWeekEurope Plugs Into Google Currents
Google's magazine feed Currents, now plays host to TechWeekEurope
LinkedIn Better Than The Pub For Business, TechWeekEurope Readers Say
LinkedIn is more popular than Facebook for business, but many don't believe any social network is suitable
LeWeb 2012 (Video): Kraft Gobbling Up Google+ Groupies
We talk with Kraft's Bonin Bough about the company's love of Google+ and what tech it is looking at exploiting in the coming years
Tory MP Louise Mensch Creates Twitter Rival
Menshn aims to provide more organised discussion and a real-time forum for politics
IBM Leads In Social Software For Business, Study Finds
IBM for the third straight year has been named as the number one seller of social business software
LeWeb 2012: Branson Backs $10m Codecademy Financing
Codecademy announces $10m of funding, as Branson looks to expand his investment in tech start-ups
Facebook Acquires Face.com Recognition Technology
Social network set to bring the technology that powers its tag suggestions feature in-house
Yahoo Pinches Google Exec For Revenue Boost
Google exec Michael Barret is given the job of boosting revenues at Yahoo
Stephen Fry’s “Baby” Start-Up Shuts Down
Comment service Pushnote has ceased operation
BBC And Guardian’s .Crazy gTLD Gambles
For two news outlets with plenty of financial troubles, BBC and the Guardian are taking big risks with their gTLD applications, Tom Brewster argues
Report: Microsoft To Acquire Social Network Yammer
Reports say Microsoft will acquire the 'Facebook of the workplace' for $1.2 billion
Police Crack Down On Internet Paedophiles
A report claims there is a link between viewing indecent images of children and real-life abuse
Facebook Ads Work, Claims Research
Facebook and comScore say the social network is capable of marketing miracles