Foursquare has expanded its recommendation capabilities by including suggestions from Facebook friends. The new feature aims for users to see more personal information about places they want to go. "The best recommendations often come ...
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Twitter is getting a new look and it's looking a lot like Facebook. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on Tuesday showed the site's redesign on the Today Show and talked about putting a new focus on user photos and profiles. Users will be able to ...
Two privacy watchdogs filed a joint letter with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday alleging Facebook may already be skirting an agreement to be more clear over how it handles user data. A partnership with a data collector called ...
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Fujitsu is readying a new pedometer for canines that stores and tracks their health data online. The device, which clips on to a dog’s collar, uses a motion sensor to track how much distance an animal has covered, then can upload ...
Attackers can abuse Facebook's phone search feature to find valid phone numbers and the names of their owners, according to security researchers. The attack is possible because Facebook doesn't limit the number of phone number searches ...
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Huffington Post columnist Gail Goodman recently published a story offering small business owners tips on how to use engagement marketing to publicize their business. Her newest book, Engagement Marketing: How Small Business Wins in a ...
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Google+ first went live at the end of June, 2011, Brandlective Communications began testing the social network almost immediately and within two weeks of its launch, the International Business Times had reported that the popularity rise of ...
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Fluid Inc, the creator of a leading on-demand visual merchandising suite and an award-winning digital agency, announced that outdoor technical apparel brand Wild Things has implemented Fluid’s market-leading product configuration ...
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Microsoft's $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer has been finalized, less than a month after the companies announced the cash deal. Yammer will become part of Microsoft's Office Division, which is led by its president, Kurt DelBene. Yammer ...
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Several big vendors including Red Hat, Oracle, Cloudera and Citrix have made announcements this week that show software support is on its way for 64-bit ARM hardware The companies all announced development plans for 64-bit ARM hardware. ...
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The future of fashion gets closer than ever with the latest invention from CuteCircuit in collaboration with Ballantine’s. Ballantine’s & Cutecircuit believe in the power of personal expression. They have created world very ...
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LinkedIn has announced three new updates to its mobile site and mobile app following stats showing that nearly a quarter of its users visit the service through these avenues, a 10% increase from a year ago. The updates include real-time ...
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Facebook's announcement that it now has more than a billion active users shows the resiliency of the social networking platform, analysts say. "It's a platform that has survived and grown despite its privacy issues, usability issues and ...
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Just having logged its one billionth user, Facebook now is looking forward to its biggest money-making strategy: mobile. However, that won't be an easy task for the social networking company. While figuring out how to make money off of ...
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A buggy update released Friday by security vendor McAfee for its consumer and enterprise antivirus products, left the computers of its customers unprotected and, in some cases, unable to access the Internet. The incident affected both ...
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