An update for Exchange Server 2013 delivers a number of fixes, including a backup restoration solution
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Small Businesses Lack Integrated Digital Strategy
Small and medium sized businesses need to improve their digital strategies warns IBM survey
Twitter Boosts User Protection With ‘Forward Security’ Encryption Enhancements
Twitter says it wants others to follow in its footsteps, with measures to prevent snooping
Facebook Suing Alleged Bieber Sex Spammer
Social network files complaint about alleged mass spam campaign
Yahoo To Encrypt All Traffic And Products By Early 2014
Following the NSA scandal, CEO Marissa Mayer is taking decisive measures and introducing SSL across the board
Harlem Globetrotters Can’t Score With Facebook Direct Marketing
Basketball showmen say they aren't getting any action on Facebook when it comes to direct marketing efforts
Twitter Signs Up 56 British Organisations To Its Emergency Alerts Programme
Users who want to receive emergency notifications via Twitter have to register with relevant accounts
Snapchat Refused A $3 Billion Offer From Facebook – Report
Young CEO Evan Spiegel wants to grow the value of the company even further
Cisco Pushes H.264 Video Codec Toward Standardisation
Industry observers applauded Cisco's move to essentially open source H.264, but Google said it will continue to support the rival VP8 codec
Facebook Sales Jump 60 Percent Thanks To Mobile Ads
Facebook is beginning to reap serious financial returns from its growing mobile advertising business
Logitech Goes Mobile With Speakerphone
Logitech's Mobile Speakerphone P710e works with notebooks, tablets and smartphones to make it easier to set up a conference call while on the go
YouTube Looks For User Votes In Music Awards
The YouTube Music Awards will feature winners chosen by fans, in a live broadcast scheduled for 3 November
Facebook Could Face Investigation In Ireland Over PRISM Data
A group of Austrian law students demands action from the Irish privacy watchdog
Google Plus Hangouts For iOS Gets Free Phone Calls
Google+ Hangouts iOS users can now make free phone calls to any phone in the USA and Canada
IP Expo: Mimecast Wants To Transform Email Into Interactive Data Archive
Orlando Scott-Cowley from Mimecast talks about the future of enterprise information access
Wikipedia Bans 250 Users Paid For Edits
Wikipedia infuriated by mass sockpuppetry
NSA ‘Hacked Mexican Presidential Communications’
NSA hacked into email accounts of former Mexican president, fresh Snowden leaks show
Twitter Discusses Monetisation Plans, Ahead Of IPO
Twitter will increase the money it derives from sponsored tweets as part of its business objectives
Yahoo Adding Email Encryption After NSA Address Book Surveillance Revealed
Latest leaks suggest NSA grabbed 444,743 email address books from Yahoo in a single day
Facebook To Axe Search-by-Name Opt-Out Feature
Facebook is to change a privacy setting that allows users to opt-out of first or last name searches
Microsoft Adds Outlook.com-Inspired Email App To Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 is to include a mobile-friendly, touch-enabled email application with closer Outlook.com integration
Twitter IPO Papers Show Plenty Of Red Ink
Twitter files its IPO papers that show the micro-blogging service has yet to make a profit
iOS 7.0.2 Users Complain of iMessage Disruption
Apple is apparently working on a fix to iMessage glitch
Facebook Graph Search Now Includes All Public Posts
Users can dive deeper into all public posts on the social network
Facebook Moves To Euston
The social network will be headquartered alongside Twitter
Google’s Chat Service Redirected Messages To Random Contacts
Users complain about privacy, as their Google Hangouts and Google Talk messages reach wrong recipients
Twitter To Warn Users About Emergencies, Natural Disasters
New Twitter Alerts feature allows government agencies and NGOs to contact users directly
Google Blames Gmail Outage On “Dual Network Failure”
Two network outages at the same time caused the problem
China Eases Internet Restrictions To Allow Facebook In Shanghai
China is opening up access to the likes of Facebook and Twitter in an area of Shanghai, whilst allowing foreign firms to compete against state-owned giants
Gmail Outage Hits Up To 212 Million Users
Google has restored service to Gmail after an outage of several hours, affecting nearly one-third of all Gmail messages