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Article | 20/03/2013 Why smartphones are the rightful kings of social media
Part two of a two-part series. For a contrarian view, see "Why PCs, not smartphones, are best for social media sharing."
Article | 6/11/2012 11 winning alternatives to Windows 8's built-in apps
Windows 8 comes preloaded with plenty of apps for basic productivity and entertainment, but they're not necessarily the best you can do. We've already...
Article | 24/10/2012 Zuckerberg dazzles Wall Street with Q3 mobile progress
Facebook, which had been in the doghouse with Wall Street since it went public, wowed investors with its third-quarter report on Tuesday, in particula...
Article | 24/09/2011 How to prepare your business for Google+
Google+ just opened its doors to the world by enabling open signups and moving to the beta, testing phase. The nascent social network is still thin on...
Article | 7/08/2011 Video chatting for newbies
Video chat is all the rage these days, thanks to new services such as Google+ Hangouts and Skype/Facebook integrated video chat. Video chatting is a g...
Article | 21/06/2011 How to take a great Facebook profile picture
Recently, I saw something online that struck me as a little funny: Someone was advertising a service to take portraits for Facebook profile photos. Wh...
Article | 25/11/2010 The Golden Gobblers: Biggest tech turkeys of 2010
For the fourth year, I'm trotting out my nominations for the biggest turkeys of tech.
Article | 5/11/2010 First Look: Facebook Single Sign-on
Facebook is getting serious about on-the-go social networking with a suite of new features announced during the Facebook Mobile event on Wednesday.
Article | 22/09/2010 The five pros and cons of a Facebook phone
Is Facebook building a phone? The company won't say for sure, but for some the idea of a Facebook phone is social networking overkill. To social butte...
Article | 17/09/2010 Diaspora could open new social scene for business
The code was released to the public for a new social network designed to deliver the benefits of Facebook without the privacy concerns. The project--c...
Article | 13/09/2010 Things you might not know about Facebook
Facebook has been in the media spotlight this year over privacy concerns, thanks in part cases such as the horrific murder of Sydney teenager Nona Bel...
Article | 27/08/2010 Google's Realtime Search update does what Twitter won't
Searching for status updates is not Twitter's forte, so leave it to Google to make its own Realtime Search engine more powerful instead.
Article | 23/08/2010 Facebook Places vs. Foursquare: Who has the business edge?
Facebook's unveiling of Facebook Places is an obvious banshee cry to Foursquare and other location-based check-in services. As with those services, Fa...
Article | 21/08/2010 Can you trust Facebook Places?
Facebook, the company many people don't trust to protect their status updates and personal information, is now in the business of collecting location ...
Article | 20/08/2010 Facebook places will crush foursquare
One of the odd aspects of the Facebook event launching the new Facebook Places service was the participation, support, and partnership of competing lo...