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- 20 May 2013
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News: NewsGator brings Baker to Sydney as senior sales exec
Enterprise social networking software vendor, NewsGator Technologies, has promoted Steven Baker to the role of Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) senior sales executive.
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News: Ticketek and Carsales extend partnership with Hostworks
Ticketek and Carsales.com.au have announced that they will extend their hosting arrangements with Hostworks.
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News: This Internet Life: Amy's Baking Co. is a social media sensation
Running a business is tough, but when you lack people skills and common sense, it's even tougher. The Internet makes a business's inadequacies painfully obvious, as we learned this week. Here's a tip: Don't be a complete moron, and you'll probably be fine.
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News: Yahoo on Tumblr: We won't 'screw it up'
Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about US$1.1 billion, nearly all in cash.
- 17 May 2013
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News: Could a Tumblr deal fix Yahoo's square reputation?
Yahoo needs to prove its street cred to get in with the under-30 crowd, so the company is reportedly mulling a $1 billion bid for Tumblr, the social network where animated GIFs and all sub-genres of cats run amok.
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News: At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight
Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.
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News: Yahoo calls press conference amid Tumblr acquisition rumors
Yahoo has called a mystery press event in New York City on Monday afternoon, hot on the heels of rumors that it plans to buy Tumblr for US$1 billion.
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How-Tos: 9 social media mistakes your business must avoid
Social media has been a boon for businesses small and large, but it's also becoming a minefield for those unable to manage the increasing complexities of the run-and-gun nature of the beast. On a seemingly daily basis, we suffer through one "Twitter disaster" or another. It's becoming so commonplace that "Twitter disaster" really doesn't deserve to be in quotes.
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News: Google+ becomes an attractive network still without a niche
Google owns us, hook, line, and sinker. It manages our e-mail, calendar, and documents. We chat with friends on Gchat or Hangouts, watch videos on YouTube, find our way around with Google Maps, and many of us use Android smartphones and tablets.
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News: At Google I/O, Glass wearers say 'trust us'
Google is facing some tough questions from Congress over the privacy concerns raised by Glass, its fledgling augmented reality system for recording and receiving information on the fly. But on the ground at the company's I/O conference for developers, attendees are largely enthusiastic about the technology.
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News: Yahoo ups cool quotient with Twitter content
Terrorist attacks. Presidential elections. Celebrity deaths. When big news breaks, we turn to Twitter for up-to-the-second updates. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer knows that, which is why the Web company struck a partnership with Twitter to display newsy tweets on the site's homepage.
- 16 May 2013
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News: Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr try out social networking apps for Glass
While Google promotes its Glass head-mounted display as a new way for people to receive and document information on the fly, several social networking companies including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr now want a piece of the action, by offering social applications on the device.
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News: Hands on with Hangouts, Google's swipe at Facebook
Let's cut to the chase: Google's new Hangouts app is an over-the-top mobile messaging service in the vein of Whatsapp, Kik, and Facebook Messenger. Google is not reinventing the wheel here. But unlike its competitors, Hangouts offers group video chats. Therein lies the appeal.
- 15 May 2013
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News: Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices
Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from capabilities already supported in the Chrome desktop OS.
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News: Google knocks Facebook down a peg with Google+ overhaul
Google has struggled to win over Facebook users--and really, nearly everyone--with its social network, Google+. A completely redesigned Google+ launched on Wednesday at Google I/O with features that could make Google+ a more fierce Facebook competitor.
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News: Survey: Hong Kong CFOs skeptical about LinkedIn profiles
Hong Kong employers doubts the reliability of a job applicants' LinkedIn profiles, said Robert Half that released the results of a new survey on Monday.
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News: Pretend you're on the radio with Vobok, the Vine-ish social network for broadcasters
There's an art to producing the perfect six-second Vine or 140-character tweet. The constraints force you to be a creative editor. Now Vobok, a new free iOS and Android app, poses the same challenge for sound bites--you have 30 seconds of recording time, so make them count.
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News: Google improves interface, photos in Google+ social network
Google is adding 41 new features to its Google+ social network on Wednesday, including a richer interface that works better on mobile devices and some major enhancements to photo sharing.
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News: Google launches subscription music service
Google is rolling out a subscription music service that will bring users unlimited access to millions of songs in return for a monthly fee.
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News: Google says it has 900 million Android activations
Google's Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event began in San Francisco.
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