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Facebook Reveals Free Antivirus Marketplace
Facebook has teamed up with security players to offer its users free downloads of anti-malware software and blacklists
Dropbox Adds Collaboration Feature
A new linking capability allows non-Dropbox users to view documents and files in a browser without signing in
Telcos Are Best Placed To Provide Enterprise App Stores
Will businesses really want the operators to manage their enterprise app stores? HP's Tim Marsden thinks so
Google Drive 5GB Dropbox Rival To Land Next Week?
Apple Mac, iPhone, Windows and Android versions on the way for Google's Dropbox rival, say sources
Facebook Generously Lets Users Download Their Own Data
Users will now be able to access data about IP addresses, previous names and friend requests
Google+ Revamp Aimed At Facebook
Google+ changes are introduced, but some question the 170 million users claim
Citrix Extends Social Collaboration With Podio Purchase
Citrix is acquiring Danish company Podio in order to enhance its social collaboration cloud service for SMBs
Facebook Buys Instagram Over Protests Of Some Users
Facebook is to pay £630m for Instagram, though some of the photo-sharing app's 30 million users have complained that the social network is 'for old people'
Facebook Countersues Yahoo Over Patents
Facebook has hit back at Yahoo's lawsuit and filed its own countersuit, accusing it of infringing ten patents
Facebook Shaping Secret Social Search Engine
Facebook is reportedly developing an improved social search engine as it gears up for its forthcoming IPO
Facebook Heads For $5bn May IPO
Private trades are closed, as Mark Zuckerberg plans to float Facebook in May
Avaya Cloud Brings UC And Video Collaboration For All
The Collaborative Cloud framework makes it easier for businesses to access unified communications technology
Jive’s Gamified Intranet Makes Businesses More Social
Jive uses "gamification", the use of game-design techniques and mechanics, to make enterprise intranets more interesting
Zuckerberg Visits China As Facebook Releases Harvard Emails
Holiday visit while Facebook is active on several fronts
Friends Reunited Relaunches As Nostalgia Site
Owner Brightsolid wants users memories as the veteran social network re-emerges
Facebook Condemns Employers Asking For Job Seekers’ Passwords
Facebook is officially pushing back against employers who want job applicants to disclose their Facebook passwords
SMBs Turn To Social Media And Internet For Marketing
Small businesses are increasingly using social media and the Internet to drive their marketing
Facebook Bolsters Legal Defences By Purchasing 750 IBM Patents
Pre-IPO Facebook has bought 750 patents from IBM to better defend against Yahoo's lawsuit
Moxie Spaces Integrates Customer Service And Enterprise Social Network
The Spaces cloud service not only networks employees with contractors and partners, but also brings in customer service
Google Set To Pull Plug On Wave
Google Wave is still going in read-only mode, but the collaboration tool will finally be shut down in April
Adobe Kicks Off Digital Marketing Summit With Digital Marketing Suite Additions
Restructured Adobe launches its Digital Marketing Summit 2012 with social marketing, personalisation and predictive marketing tools
Microsoft Outlook 15 Being Revamped For Social World
Microsoft is reportedly revamping its Outlook calendar and integrating social networking and Hotmail into the email manager
Avaya Pays £147m To Acquire Radvision
Avaya has ended months of speculation and finally purchased Radvision, adding video collaboration to its UC offerings
Avaya Rumoured To Be Moving In To Close Radvision Acquisition
Networking vendor Avaya is close to buying Radvision, adding video collaboration to its UC offerings, according to reports
AnyMeeting Simplifies Web Meetings With Free Access For Anyone
AnyMeeting Now offers all-comers a free meeting-on-demand service, though ad-supported, at any time of day
Cisco’s WebEx Recieves Cheeky $1 Bid From SalesCrunch
SalesCrunch is seeking to acquire Cisco's WebEx business - with an unsolicited offer of just $1
Twitter Acquires Posterous For Blogging Boost
Twitter makes yet another acquisition, this time in the blogging space.
Twitter Used By Malware Developers, Symantec Warns
Symantec has warned that Twitter is being increasingly used to dupe users into clicking on malware
Email Mountains Contain Gold, Says Attachment Inventor
There's gold in our heaps of emails, says Nathaniel Borenstein, who delivered the email attachment 20 years ago today