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Scared Google To Launch Facebook Rival
Google, perhaps the only company with the clout and users to take on the seemingly unassailable Facebook, is reportedly working secretly on “Google Me”, a product that would go head-to-head with the social networking giant.
The founder of popular link-sharing site Digg, Kevin Rose, kicked off a round of feverish speculation this week by tweeting that [...]
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The Terrors of Twittering
The terrors of Twittering: growing up in the data mining minefield
Data mining is now one of the biggest minefields facing the young.
Party antics and extreme behaviour posted for fun now on Facebook and other social networking sites are set to become ghosts that haunt individuals when they try to get credit, homes or jobs as [...]
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Google TV: Screening Soon?
Google TV could be coming to a screen near you with the company putting finishing touches on technology that lets software developers build applications for televisions in much the same way as they do for smartphones.
Recent reports from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg indicate Google could be planning to introduce Android-based television software called [...]
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Thoughts On Flash
Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage.
Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and owned around 20% of the company for many years. The two companies worked closely together to [...]
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Australians Take To Mobile Internet
Nearly half of all Australian mobile phone users now own an internet-capable phone, but only a third accesses the web regularly on them, according to new research by The Nielsen Company.
Australians’ ownership of internet phones now sits at 43 per cent, with 29 per cent regularly using it to search, email, find maps and to [...]
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Social Media Reality Check (again)
Social media is hot.
It’s also one of the hottest refuges for scammers and BS artists.
I recently made the mistake of doing some pro bono work for a good cause run by amateurs. (Long story and a mistake I will never repeat.)
Throughout the process, I’ve been told I have to meet with this social marketing expert [...]
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Is Your LinkedIn Profile A Magnet For Cyber Criminals?
Executives must be careful about what they reveal on social networking sites such as LinkedIn or Facebook, with experts suggesting scammers are using this information to launch cyber attacks designed to steal confidential data.
The warning comes after it was revealed mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton were hit with cyber attacks last year during [...]
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Twitter Finally Allows Ads
Twitter finally allows ads – in the form of ‘promoted tweets’ at the top of search lists.
Twitter has bowed to pressure to allow advertising in a bid to turn the global communications phenomenon into a commercial cash cow.
Since its launch two and half years ago, the service that allows people to blog their lives in [...]
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eBay Buyer Sued For Defamation
eBay buyer sued for defamation after leaving negative feedback on auction site
The defamation case is one of the first of its kind.
An eBay buyer who left negative feedback for a seller after receiving a broken $44 (£30) clock has been hit by a $15,000 (£9,700) lawsuit for defamation.
Furious Michael Steadman wrote that Elliot Miller was [...]
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Six Secrets To YouTube Stardom
Google attracts two-thirds of worldwide searches.
Still, you can reap dividends from impressing the search giant’s closest rival, which happens to be neither Yahoo! nor Bing.
Its name is YouTube. In August 2008, YouTube outstripped Yahoo! for the first time in total US search queries, becoming the second-largest search giant, eclipsed only by its owner, Google (yes, [...]