Federal Government establishes taskforce to fund Web 2.0 tools
The Federal Government has established a Web 2.0 taskforce that will investigate how it can help improve activity and engagement with citizens on the internet.
View ArticleSocial networking advertising spending set to fall
Social media might be one of the hottest sectors of the online world, but it's clear that the battle to monetise social networking is still raging.
View ArticleTwitter expands executive board and looks for CFO
Social media giant Twitter is reportedly expanding its executive board and is on the search for a chief financial officer, days after chief executive Biz Stone said the company is looking to finally...
View ArticleRussian investor Digital Sky Technologies wants more Facebook shares
Digital Sky Technologies, the Russian investment company which recently put US$200 million into social networking giant Facebook, has offered to buy another US$100 million worth of stock from current...
View ArticleAustralian privacy commissioner warns Facebook over user information
The Australian privacy commissioner is investigating a report on alleged privacy breaches by social networking site Facebook, after her Canadian counterpart accused the site of keeping users'...
View ArticleTwitter and Facebook suffer cyber attacks
Cyber-attackers managed to bring down micro-blogging giant Twitter overnight, with hackers also causing problems for social networking giant Facebook.'
View ArticleFacebook acquires content aggregator FriendFeed
Social networking giant Facebook has acquired social media feed FriendFeed, an online service that allows users to update several different social profiles at one time.
View ArticleAustralian developer threatened by Twitter over application
An Australian software developer living in New York has been told by Twitter to shut down a third-party Twitter application he created, and give control over the application's website domain to the...
View ArticleFacebook sued over privacy violations
Social networking giant Facebook is being sued by five of its users in a civil lawsuit, with the group claiming the site violated California privacy laws and misled its members about how their personal...
View ArticleTwitter to launch paid analytics tools and business applications by end of year
Social networking giant Twitter caused a stir over the weekend, with a company executive announcing the site will introduce paid services by the year's end.
View ArticleGmail down for two hours, experts urge business users to have a plan B
Google's free Gmail service suffered an outage overnight for the second time in a year, leaving millions of individuals and businesses unable to access their email accounts.
View ArticleFacebook to investigate “selling” of friends by uSocial
Social media site Facebook says it is launching an investigation into an Australian marketing company's plans to "sell" Facebook followers to clients and has warned that users who participate could be...
View ArticleTwitter deal to provide Google with real-time tweets could impact SEO strategies
A prospective deal between Google and Twitter that would see posts from the social networking giant published in a search results feed would change the way SMEs approach search engine optimisation and...
View ArticleTwitter deal to provide Google with real-time tweets could impact SEO strategies
A prospective deal between Google and Twitter that would see posts from the social networking giant published in a search results feed would change the way SMEs approach search engine optimisation and...
View ArticleFacebook users targeted as hackers launch new Trojan virus attack
Facebook users are being targeted in a new Trojan attack designed to give hackers full control of a user's computer, a security firm has warned.
View ArticleFacebook sends uSocial cease and desist warning
Social networking service uSocial has agreed to stop selling groups of Facebook "friends" to clients after it was given a cease and desist notice by the social network.
View ArticleIs Facebook preparing for an IPO?
Social networking giant Facebook has reportedly created a dual-class share structure giving chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg more control over the company, leading some analysts to believe...
View ArticleTwitter reveals top search trends
Businesses should pay attention to the most popular search topics on Twitter in order to take advantage of their popularity and gain traffic, an industry expert has said.
View ArticleFacebook users warned to remove phone numbers, addresses from profiles after...
Facebook has come under fire for a new policy that allows third-party application developers to gain access to users’ addresses and phone numbers, with one security firm warning users to remove that...
View ArticleFacebook raises $US1.5 billion - but says it has nothing to spend it on right...
Facebook has completed a $US1.5 billion capital raising that values the company at a staggering $50 billion, but the social networking leader has also revealed it’s not sure what it’s going to do with...
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