A new survey from Panda Security found small to midsized businesses are embracing sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube even as they deal with security and privacy risks. – Social networking has its upside, but a new poll by Panda Security shows it
is also introducing its share of risks to small to midsized businesses (SMBs)
in the United States.
In the July survey, researchers discovered nearly 33 percent of participants
had experienced
a malware infection from s…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that while there won’t be a big Google Me social network, the search engine sure would like to get its hands on Facebook data. Analysts mull this approach. – Google CEO Eric Schmidt raised eyebrows by saying Google is
adding social Web services in layers as opposed to a singular social network to
challenge Facebook’s fortress.
Several signs earlier this spring pointed to a major
assault on Facebook. Rumors of a social network effort, called Google Me…
comScore said U.S. Web users in August spent 41.1 million minutes on Facebook compared to 39.8 million minutes on all of Google’s Websites. Facebook’s rise requires a social network answer from Google. – For most watchers of the
Internet sector, the increasing belief that Web surfers are spending more time
on Facebook than they are on Google is a piece of well-worn trivia.
comScore said U.S. Web users in
August spent 41.1 million minutes on Facebook compared to 39.8 million minutes
on all of…
A recap of a week of IT security news that included talk of acquisitions by CA Technologies and 3M as well as security moves by Facebook and Twitter. – Acquisitions, social network security and Google privacy were among the top
items on the menu in IT security news this past week.
CA Technologies started
the week off by announcing plans to purchase Arcot systems for its fraud
prevention technology. Arcot develops software-based digital signatu…
In its 11-plus years of operating, Google has rarely been shy about snapping up companies where it sees a need. Google has acquired DoubleClick for display advertising and the wealth of ad data the company holds, Postini for cloud-based e-mail security and, of course, the prized YouTube video-sharing Website. Then the economy tanked and Google’s shopping spree dried up; the company acquired no companies from October 2008 until August 2009, when it bid for On2 Technologies. Since that time, the company has pursued and snapped up more than 20 companies and counting in search, social networking, gaming, advertising, cloud collaboration and a few miscellaneous acquisitions. The key theme here is Google’s increase in social-oriented purchases. Expect buys such as Slide, Jambool, Angstro and SocialDeck to bolster Google’s Social Me network to fight Facebook. Scores.org has whipped up a helpful infographic to put the purchases in perspective. In the slide show, eWEEK runs through the deals here. – …
An NPD Group report finds the power of social networking sites like Facebook is impacting online gaming culture–20 percent of social networkers have played a game through a social networking site. – According to Social Network Gaming, the most recent report from the IT market research company The NPD Group, 20 percent of the U.S. population ages six and older reported having played a game on a social network in the past three months. his equates to 56.8 million U.S. consumers, which the compa…
Use of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter by Web users ages 50 and older almost doubled from a year ago, according to Pew Research. Many seniors use social sites to reconnect with people from their past and for medical issue support. – Spurred by the promise of reconnecting with people from the past and medical
issue support, use of social network Websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and
Twitter by Web users ages 50 and older almost doubled from a year ago.
Pew Research said some 42 percent of 2,252 Internet users 50 and older
…
Chicago-based startup Sprout Social offers midmarket companies a social networking management solutions that manages Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other accounts. – Social relationship management services specialist Sprout Social announced
the launch of its SRM platform, which offers the tools that businesses might
need to effectively manage a multinetwork social media presence within a single
user interface to bolster online brand marketing and promotions. …
It’s been six years since Facebook was born, expanding from the student body at Harvard University to a worldwide social network with 500 million members. Along the way, its popularity drew attention from that ever-present, unwanted group that follows the rest of us& cyber-scammers. The recent "Dislike" button scam is far from the end; it is just another example of how attackers follow the user community. With that in mind, eWEEK is highlighting some of the ways attackers have used and abused the most popular social networks of our day. In no particular order, here are our top social network-based attacks and security issues of the year and what you should be on the lookout for. – …
There is a fundamental paradigm shift taking place as people attempt to deal with information overload. As people sift through the vast array of news around them, they are moving away from placing their trust solely in traditional media and are migrating toward social media content created by online communities such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. To gain a competitive edge, Knowledge Center contributor Tim Pacileo explains how you can incorporate social networking into your overall business strategy. – Businesses of all sizes are asking how they can tap into social networking to reach the large and influential audiences that power this new form of media. Businesses need to better understand social networking and its benefits, as well as its potential detriments. Just as quickly as positive news ca…
Gartner Research analyst Jeffrey Mann Aug. 18 conducted a Webinar on the enterprise social software market, at which he said Microsoft has made significant improvements to its business social software capabilities in SharePoint 2010. This refreshed enterprise collaboration suite blends search, social software and content management in a way that Gartner believes makes it a solid rival to IBM, Jive and others in the market for workplace social software. Mann also covers the EFSS (externally facing social software) and social CRM segments. In this slide show, eWEEK walks through Mann’s points. – …
Google could use Google accounts, Gmail, Google Buzz and several other Google Apps as the basis for its social network. Throw Slide and Zynga in the mix, and Google has something to keep users engaged. – Google’s purchase of social application maker Slide and $100 million investment in online gaming provider Zynga provide a
window into the company’s social network strategy.
The search engine clearly feels, as Facebook and MySpace did before it, that
people want to use social widgets and play game…
Intel Scoop will feature social scientists such as anthropologists and pscychologists from Intel on a thoughtful discussion about the relationship between technology and stress – how technology can elevate but also alleviate stress at the same time. Follow and join the discussion here.
In a new social recommendation beta from Amazon and Facebook, when Amazon users click on the recommendations link from their Amazon home page, they can opt to connect the social network with Amazon to enhance the shopping experience. – It’s just a small button on Amazon users’ recommendation Web pages, but the
e-commerce giant’s integration with Facebook Connect could light the torch for
a major social shopping shift.
Beginning this week, when Amazon users click on the recommendations link
from their Amazon home page, they see…
Technology job board Dice is making it easier to put your professional social-networking profiles directly before companies and hiring managers, and on terms you control, with the Dice Talent Network. – One of the major technology job
boards aims to help you connect more easily with recruiters, hiring managers
and companies, on your terms.
The Dice Talent Network extends the profile
capabilities on the Dice.com site, offering more customizable control and
allowing users to more easily expand…
Lockheed Martin, the nation’s largest defense contractor, has launched a new open-source project for enterprise social networking called Eureka Streams. The company is inviting developers to give the technology a whirl. – Lockheed Martin, the nation’s
largest defense contractor, has launched a new open-source project for
enterprise social networking called Eureka
Streams.
The Eureka Streams technology, which looks and behaves much like existing commercial
social networking software, is aimed at helping what Lock…
Facebook celebrated hitting the 500 million user mark on July 21 by launching a new consumer application called Facebook Stories. Stories is a Web app like everything else Facebook, so users needn’t download it. Simply go to this Website to read the stories users have submitted to Facebook describing how the social network has affected their lives. In some cases, such as where a high school student struck up a petition to save a theater, Facebook has been used to affect positive changes. Here is a tour of Facebook Stories, which includes some 200 stories out of the gate and allows users to view them by location around the world or theme. Users may also like and share the stories with their Facebook friends. – …
