(Source: http://www.computerworlduk.com )Forrester recently received a flurry of inquiries concerning social network access inside enterprises. Many firms are reluctant to deny their employees’ access to social networking sites but at the same time are worried about consequences such as malware threat, data loss, and the loss of productivity. More specifically, risks associated with social networking come in [...]
LONDON (Source Google)— Doctors in Britain were warned Wednesday not to respond to sexual advances from patients made through social networking sites such as Facebook, as such contacts could breach their ethical duties. The Medical Defence Union (MDU), which provides legal advice and assistance to medics, said it was aware of several cases where patients propositioned [...]
One of the interesting things to come out of his just concluded townhall meeting in Shanghai was US President Barack Obama’s admission: “I have never used Twitter”. Obama casually divulged this while answering a question about the Great Firewall of China in this historic town meeting between the US president and Chinese students, which was livestreamed [...]
(Source: mediapost.com ) Last week, I got a lot of grief for saying that “The Widget is Dead,” so this should be interesting: I am willing to bet it won’t be long until Facebook, and other social networking “applications” join widgets in the marketer’s “toolkit graveyard.” Why? Because using Facebook Connect offers marketers more flexibility [...]
(Source : betternetworker.com) If you look at Search Engine Optimization (SEO), the idea is to improve your Search Engine rankings by doing certain things to your website, or by trying to build links. A couple years ago, a lot of the social media networks were passing what we call “Page Rank.” You could go in and [...]
(Source : Cent News) YouTube might still reign supreme in online video, but the big surprise coming out of Nielsen’s VideoCensus release on Thursday is that Facebook is now the world’s third most popular place to view video online. According to Nielsen’s latest VideoCensus numbers, which look at the number of video views in October, YouTube [...]
(Source searchenginejournal.com)When Facebook announced the Fan pages, there were a number of mixed reviews. Some where hailing it and its integration to the new advertising platform and some hated it – claiming it was turning Facebook into Myspace. Whatever your stance is, here are 6 reasons you need to make a Facebook page for your [...]
(Source telegraph.co.uk)Police deemed that 36-year-old Shannon Jackson violated a protection order – similar to a restraining order – by using the site’s feature to attract the attention of another user. The order previously obtained by the woman who received the poke banned Jackson from “telephoning, contacting or [...]
(Source nytimes.com)Back in January 2008, Facebook was available in one language: English. That’s when the company introduced a new translation tool that allowed its members to do the hard work of translating the site into their native languages. As a result, Facebook is now available in 65 languages, and a majority of its users are [...]