You could be using analytics software with your Twitter account in the next 3-6 months. That is what Twitter’s director of corporate development, Mike Brown, said at the CITE Conference. Brown stated that Twitter will be trying to appeal more to businesses by offering more competitor analysis [...]
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Skype Beta Now on Windows Phone
Windows Phone users now access to the online audio/video messaging service known as Skype. A beta version is now available for download from the Marketplace app store. This version of the application will allow users to make free audio and video calls to other Skype users. Calls can be made over 3G[...]
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January 27th, 2012 - 3:14 pm § in Industry News, Social Media
Country-Specific Blocking for Twitter
Twitter announced Thursday that they will remove tweets from users’ feeds in specific countries while keeping them visible elsewhere. The change was made in an effort to comply with local limits on expression in some foreign countries. If Twitter does remove a tweet, users in the country in[...]
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Phishing on Facebook Chat
Facebook is once again under attack by a phishing scam under the guise of Facebook Security. Comprised accounts have their profile pictures changed to the Facebook logo and change their names to a variation of “Facebook Security”. The attackers then send out a chat message to all of t[...]
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Mysterious Hack Floods Facebook
Facebook user feeds are turning up several images of pornography, graphic violence and animal abuse. This has been occuring over the past few days and the source of this account hacking is still a mystery. Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant with Sophos, wrote about this on his blog: “[...]
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The 200 millionth Piece of Cloud-Based Malware
Collective Intelligence (CI) has just processed its 200 millionth malware file. CI, an internet security engine created by Panda Security’s malware research laboratory automatically detects, analyzes and classifies more than 73,000 new malware strains that appear every day, including viruses,[...]
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Google Now Reads Comments
Websites that use Javascript and AJAX, like Facebook, can now have their dynamic content picked up by Google. Specifically, Google can now read comments from users on their Facebook accounts. Matt Cutts of Google confirmed this Tuesday when he wrote the following on his Twitter account: “Googl[...]
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October 11th, 2011 - 5:59 pm § in Industry News, Social Media
Slow Corporate Embrace for Social Media
According to an IBM survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) around the world, over half of the respondents confessed that their companies are not yet ready to handle social media. However, 82% said they would increase their focus on social media over the next 3-5 years. Many stated that this woul[...]
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Business Version of Google+ in Development
A trial run will begin next week with selected businesses to test a business version of Google+, the latest social media tool currently in beta testing. Google previously stated that companies would not be allowed to participate in the Google+ Beta because it was intended for personal social medi[...]
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June 30th, 2011 - 6:35 pm § in Industry News, Social Media
Google Releases Beta for Google+
Google’s latest development in social media is Google+. According to the project site, Google+ will contain several innovative features such as Circles (allowing users to split their friends into group like family and work), Hangouts (webcam chat with multiple people) and Sparks (a method for[...]
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