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  • 24 March 2012

  • News: Facebook Tips to Make Password Privacy Issue a Non-issue

    Facebook is in the middle of another hubbub over companies asking prospective employees for their login information for the social networking site as part of the hiring process, but you can make the obvious privacy concern a non-issue by being careful.

  • 23 March 2012

  • News: Tech job seekers less likely to be asked for social-media passwords

    There's been a good amount of talk recently about employers asking for the login information of job applicants. So, should those in the tech world expect the question to be asked the next time they're in an interview?

  • News: Facebook and Senator Fire Back at Password Snooping Employers

    Password snooping employers demanding access to Facebook accounts got an earful from Facebook Friday when it issued a harsh statement condemning the practice. Erin Egan, Facebook's chief privacy officer, wrote on a company blog: "We don’t think employers should be asking prospective employees to provide their passwords because we don’t think it’s right the thing to do."

  • News: Facebook warns employers not to ask job applicants for log-in credentials

    Facebook on Friday warned employers about trying to gain inappropriate access to Facebook accounts to check out private information about potential employees, citing possible legal liability.

  • News: Dutch judge: companies can lay off employees over Facebook insults

    Employees who heavily insult their employers on social networks can be fired because messages on social media are at least semi public and can be easily replicated throughout the internet, a judge in the Netherlands ruled this week.

  • News: Facebook reportedly buys IBM patents

    Facebook has reportedly acquired patents from IBM, a move that could help it shore up defenses against new patent infringement lawsuits ahead of its IPO.

  • 22 March 2012

  • News: Facebook rolls out high-resolution photo display, full-screen viewer

    Facebook now automatically displays shared photos at their highest possible resolution for users on a desktop and offers a full-screen viewing option, the company announced Thursday.

  • News: Facebook Smart Lists Tool Silences News Feed Noise

    Back in September Facebook deployed Smart Lists, a feature that automatically groups your friends into lists such as work, school, family, city and acquaintances.

  • News: Despite changes, Facebook still violates EU privacy laws, German officials say

    Two German privacy watchdogs are not satisfied with Facebook's new privacy guidelines, saying that users get more duties instead of more rights, and that the social network still violates German and European privacy laws.

  • News: Consumers 'bored' with Apple and Facebook

    A report in Marketing Magazine states that British consumers are “suffering from fatigue when it comes to technology brands such as Apple and Facebook”.

  • 20 March 2012

  • News: Mitt Romney holds Google+ Hangout

    Just as voters in Illinois are heading to the polls to cast their votes in the Republican primary today, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is participating in a Google+ hangout.

  • 16 March 2012

  • News: Social networking websites may face government regulation

    Facebook, MySpace and Bebo are in the firing line from Cyber Safety Committee deputy chair, Alex Hawke, saying that Australian children younger than 13 use their websites despite the current 13+ age restriction.

  • News: Beijing's real name rules for microblogging sites goes into effect

    New regulations requiring China's Twitter-like microblogging sites to only allow posts from verified users have been met with reluctance from some of the nation's Internet users as the rules went into effect on Friday.

  • 15 March 2012

  • News: Public safety sees opportunity, pitfalls in social media

    Law enforcement agencies are looking for ways to mine social media to look for threats, but those speaking at a conference on Wednesday suggested that an equally important issue might be trying to control authorities who are causing problems by their use of Twitter, Facebook and other such applications.

  • News: Google Adds Google Docs Integration to Google+ Hangouts

    Google is letting you get a little work done while socializing online with a new feature that integrates Google Docs into Hangouts, the popular video chat feature available on Google+, the search giant's social network. The new Hangouts feature lets you add an existing document to your Google Docs list or upload a new document from your desktop. You can also switch between multiple documents, and Google says you can collaborate on multiple documents at once, all while using Google+ video chat. Google Docs in Hangouts was originally launched in September as an experimental feature, but is now available by default to all users.

  • 14 March 2012

  • News: Former Google exec rips new, more social Google

    A former Google executive has said the company is so focused on advertising and its increasing rivalry with Facebook that the search company is going off track.

  • 13 March 2012

  • News: Startup offers to buy Cisco's WebEx for $1

    A collaboration startup is offering to buy Cisco's WebEx conferencing platform for $1 and 15% equity in the acquirer.

  • News: Facebook Announces New Timeline Apps at SXSW

    Since making its Open Graph applications platform available two months ago, Facebook Timeline apps have grown in a big way: Today at the SXSW conference, the social networking company announced that nearly 3,000 Timeline apps are now available.

  • News: Yahoo Sues Facebook, Alleging Patent Infringement

    Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming that the social networking giant is infringing on 10 patents.

  • 12 March 2012

  • News: Consumerization of IT: The Social Networking Problem

    Social tools debuting at the enterprise level face many pitfalls that can derail even the best laid plans. A few IT leaders speaking at the Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise Conference and Expo in San Francisco last week revealed some of these social danger zones.

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