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Microsoft, Yahoo! talks: In the "off-again" phase
News Microsoft will deliver an API that Facebook can use to integrate both Microsoft's web search and its paid search results into the social-networking site. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo! [25 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Mobile social networking is also popular with many gadget-owning Brits, the survey conducted by ICM Research and the London School of Economics (LSE) for mobile operator Vodafone has found. More than 45 per cent of mobile users access websites... [17 Jul 2008]
BA launches iPhone app for frequent flyers
News BA said the app is available to download for free from Apple's app store via iTunes, along with hundreds of other third-party iPhone apps - from productivity tools to games and social networking apps. [11 Jul 2008]
Businesses ignoring social networking potential?
News Businesses need to be more aware of the potential benefits and risks of social networking, according to analysts. Gartner found that social networking websites, instant messaging email, chat and file sharing are attracting significant levels of... [10 Jul 2008]
Get a Lively life, with Google avatars
News Users can also embed their Lively area into a blog or, using Google widgets, on MySpace and Facebook social networking sites. Google has unveiled an online 3D social arena called Lively, the internet giant's take on Second Life. [09 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News Multi-component threats are…becoming more sophisticated and adding more and more components for a snowball effect," adding that malware writers are also tapping on "higher-profile vehicles, such as blogs and social-networking sites". [02 Jul 2008]
High-speed uplink coming to T-Mobile
News T-Mobile UK chief executive Jim Hyde said on Monday that the operator was addressing "the growing passion for sharing photos and videos on social-networking sites". T-Mobile will today turn on its fast uplink mobile broadband service, claiming it... [01 Jul 2008]
Battle of the social networks: Facebook outpaces MySpace
News New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace in worldwide unique visitors for the first time. [24 Jun 2008]
Facebook is "educational", says US uni
News Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher from the University's College of Education and Human Development, said in a statement: "What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st... [23 Jun 2008]
LinkedIn hits billion-dollar valuation
News LinkedIn is more profitable than most of the social-networking fray. Business-networking site LinkedIn announced on Tuesday evening it had netted $53m in a Series D funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures and with participation from existing... [18 Jun 2008]
Prisoners to gain IT skills
News The academy is a public/private partnership between HM Prison Service (HMPS) and construction company Bovis Lend Lease, networking giant Cisco and network cabling company Panduit. Wandsworth prison already offers various training options to... [11 Jun 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News Over the past year ENISA has also compiled a study on a European Information Sharing and Alert System to inform the public and SMEs about online threats, vulnerabilities and attacks, as well as putting together a report on the risks of social... [27 May 2008]
Cloud computing: Ready to experiment with
News Swaminathan added that companies should try to embrace external applications such as those on social-networking sites: "It's a stupid idea to block out mash-ups and social-networking apps. "Cloud computing" is now mature enough for CIOs to... [23 May 2008]
Mothercare web sales boom
News During the same period, the retailer launched Gurgle.com, a social networking and information site for parents. Online sales at Mothercare rose by more than 78 per cent over the last financial year, hitting £85.5m. [22 May 2008]
'Hyperconnected' world grabs mobile over wallet
News Through the survey, Nortel - the US' biggest maker of telephone gear - was looking to find out how many workers around the world can be defined as "hyperconnected", or as those who have fully embraced multiple devices like mobile phones and... [14 May 2008]
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