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Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Analyst house Gartner says social networking sites are starting to attract a broader...

Tags: gartner, marketing, traffic, retailers

[02 May 2008]

Cool tech gets down with the kids

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics At Gartner's co-located mobile & wireless and enterprise & networking conferences in...

Tags: ipod, apple, virtual worlds

[23 Apr 2008]

Facebook for BlackBerry racks up a million hits

News Cheat Sheets  Cheat Sheet: Google Android  Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV  Cheat Sheet: Galileo  Video Cheat Sheet: Femtocells Speaking at the world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress - back in February...

Tags: facebook, blackberry, rim

[02 Apr 2008]

Web 2.0 'imperative' for business

News Cheat Sheets  Web 2.0  Mash-ups Web 2.0 tools, encompassing second-generation web applications such as social-networking sites and blogs, aim to facilitate information-sharing and collaboration among users.

Tags: oracle, social networking, web 2.0, facilitate

[27 Mar 2008]

BlackBerry backs the social networking 'revolution'

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics  Encryption The secret of the BlackBerry's success is security, according to RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie - but social networking is its future.

Tags: mobile, social networking, security, blackberry

[13 Feb 2008]

BBC gets savvy with web 2.0 kids

News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups The BBC is keen to stress My CBBC is not a social networking site in the traditional sense in that there is no potential for any private or unmoderated interaction between users.

Tags: bbc, children, content, web 2.0

[29 Jan 2008]

BBC beds down with MySpaceTV

News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups BBC Worldwide has clubbed together with MySpace to bring new and archived content to the social networking site's new video platform, MySpace TV. Selected BBC content will be available to subscribers to the...

Tags: bbc, on demand, content, online

[24 Jan 2008]

ICI takes the plunge with WLAN

Case Study Cheat Sheets ¦ Mobile location-based services ¦ FMC ¦ 3G The global paint and chemical manufacturer has been putting the WLAN in place with wireless networking specialists Aruba Networks since the end of last year, and the network has...

Tags: remote access, security, aruba, wireless

[10 Oct 2007]

Social network sites scuttled by shipping business

News Bust through tech jargon with silicon.com's Cheat Sheets. But with the increased popularity of social networking sites, chatrooms and online shopping, the company has been forced to monitor and curtail staff browsing activities.

Tags: internet usage, social networking, myspace, facebook

[21 Sep 2007]

Employers crack down on Facebook "addicts"

Employers crack down on Facebook "addicts"

News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups Employers are being forced to crack down on staff accessing social networking website Facebook at work because of the high levels of usage, security risks and the drain on corporate network bandwidth.

Tags: social networking, facebook, cio jury

[31 Aug 2007]

Facebook banned by half of employers

News Cheat Sheets  Web 2.0  Mash-ups Half of businesses are restricting employees' access to social networking site Facebook, due to concerns about productivity and security. Cluley added it is difficult to tell when people are using a...

Tags: security, sophos, social networking, facebook

[21 Aug 2007]

Web watchdog warns of social network perils

News Cheat Sheets  Web 2.0  Mash-ups The European watchdog for web and information security, Enisa, has warned of the dangers of social networking sites. Academics and industry experts discussed the risks of using social networking...

Tags: information, risk, social networking, enisa

[17 Aug 2007]

Mobile tracking services get parental thumbs-up

News Cheat Sheets  Mobile location-based services  FMC  3G In addition, just over one-quarter (26 per cent) of mobile users aged 18 to 24 said they would be interested in mobile social networking apps based on the location of...

Tags: jupiterresearch, tracking, mobile, lbs

[09 Aug 2007]

MySpace vs Facebook: The race is on...

News Cheat Sheets  Web 2.0  Mash-ups Bob Ivins, executive VP of international markets at ComScore, said the figures show social networking is not a fad but is "being woven into the very fabric of the global internet".

Tags: users, growth, myspace, social networking

[01 Aug 2007]

London 2012 embraces web 2.0 and green IT

News Cheat Sheets  Web 2.0  Mash-ups The London 2012 Olympic Games organisers are exploring energy-saving green IT initiatives and embracing web 2.0 technologies such as social networking for the event.

Tags: olympic games, atos origin, london 2012

[01 Aug 2007]

HMV adopts lean digital business strategy

News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups The retailer will also beef up its transactional websites with the ability to download music, made possible by a deal with EMI, and with social networking features slated for the end of 2007.

Tags: waterstones, hmv, social networking, online

[28 Jun 2007]

'Digital bubbles' and virtual reality - our world in five years

News Cheat Sheets ¦ Social networking Social networking will move from the computer to the street while an "augmented reality" will become part of our lives over the next few years. Pearson said social networking is an important development at the...

Tags: future, bt, virtual world, social networking

[26 Jun 2007]

Durham college betters campus life with wireless

Case Study Cheat Sheets  Mobile location-based services  FMC  3G Ian Walton, New College's director of finance and corporate services, said the convergence of voice, data and CCTV onto a single network - carried out by networking...

Tags: network, ip, wireless, education

[26 Jun 2007]

Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?

Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?

Comment Find out all about Chip and PIN, Itil, wi-fi and more in our Cheat Sheets. Firstly, they are assuming all innovation comes from the top - and the little people at the bottom of an organisation can't be trusted, won't come up with any ideas and...

Tags: facebook

[14 Jun 2007]

Young entrepreneurs winning out with web skills

News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups Hildreth emphasised the importance of networking. A new generation of young entrepreneurs is causing a stir by using the internet to get ahead in business. Adam Hildreth, young entrepreneur and CEO of...

Tags: entrepreneur, business, internet, skills

[23 May 2007]

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