Google has confirmed the purchase of productivity firm QuickOffice and instant messaging business Meebo. QuickOffice has become a well-known name in the mobile space, offering a word processor, spreadsheet and other productivity tools for ...
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Microsoft has announced plans to acquire enterprise social networking firm Yammer for$1.2bn in cash. Yammer will join the Microsoft Office division,led by division president Kurt DelBene,and the team will continue to report to current ...
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The company told Instagram fans it has no intention of selling photos after its new terms and conditions sparked outrage among users yesterday. The photo-sharing service saw many of its users threaten to delete their accounts after it ...
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Think you need another social network? Well, Microsoft thinks you do. That's why the software company on Thursday opened up the doors to Socl, a new social network. Socl, which is pronounced Social, quietly launched in May. Coming out ...
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Calling Google+ the "fastest growing network thingy ever," a company executive said Thursday that the number of Google+ active users has jumped to 135 million, a 35% increase in its user base in three months. Vic Gundotra, a senior vice ...
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Facebook opened an engineering centre in London today, its first outside the US. The London hub, launched by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, will focus on building Facebook mobile and platform products. "There are 7,000 ...
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LOS ANGELES, CA, November 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SnapCuts , the innovative social video messaging company that allows users to "snap" together video clips, add a personalized text message, and then share their creations via social ...
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Privacy campaign group Europe vs. Facebook has threatened to take the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to court if it is not satisfied with the DPC's final responses to its 22 complaints about Facebook's privacy policies, and appealed for ...
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Facebook met fresh criticism today after filings showed it paid just 2.6m in tax on profits of over 800m. The US-based company operates in numerous countries around the globe, but puts all of its transactions outside of its home territory ...
Samsung unveils ChatON 2.0 which provides easy instant messaging and group chatting in multiple formats—images, video, voice, contacts—to make communication simple, intuitive and fun. Now available in over 200 countries in more ...
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New startup is creating a place for all startups from all around the world. MARTIN, SLOVAKIA, July 24, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- We are living in the world of startups, where hundreds of new companies are formed every day. They are ...
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As online marketing has grown, new statistics reveal that consumers are becoming more intelligent regarding comparing prices online. Internet Solution Source explains why it is essential for marketers to respond to these consumer trends. ...
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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister evidently tripped on the social network's privacy settings,landing in the midst of a debate yesterday about"online etiquette". Randi Zuckerberg,who launched a Silicon Valley themed online ...
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IT security budgets are not being used to provide defence technology in some of the areas the enterprise is most likely to need it in, a study has revealed. About 33% of hacker forum discussions are about training and tutorials for data ...
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Barclays bank has adopted Salesforce’s enterprise social networking tool, Chatter, to help sales teams keep closer contact with their customers. At the roll-out, during this week’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, ...
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