S'pore offers certification for social marketing
Singapore company provides training and certification course designed to teach companies how to use social media sites as marketing platforms.
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Google Chrome 4.0 graduates to beta status
There's no Mac OS X or Linux version yet, and extensions are disabled, but a significant new version of Chrome is heading to a broader audience.
Find more stories in: Web browsers, Web sites, Google Inc., Security, Web Page, Web sites, Web Browser, Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, performance
Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games
In Chris DeWolfe's new venture, sources say, he'll attempt to snowball a bunch of social online games properties and pit himself against industry leader Mark Pincus of Zynga.
Find more stories in: Games, Facebook, MySpace, Rupert Murdoch, CEO, Online Game, News Corp., entertainment, TechCrunch, private equity
Gartner: Loosen up on social networks, security
IT research firm tells its clients total lock-down on social networks and security is not only impossible, it's a bad idea. Industry must move "from control to greater autonomy".
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Private-sale shopping sites are hot
Saddled with unsold merchandise amid the recession, makers of luxury goods are selling their wares through members-only shopping sites.
Find more stories in: Business plans, Business development/management, E-business, Business, Business plans, Shopping Site, GSI Commerce Inc., home furnishing, Vente-Privee.com, Site
Slow site? Yahoo open-sources an app for that
Sure, rivals could profit from Yahoo's release of Traffic Server as open-source software. But overall, Yahoo bets it'll gain more than it loses by giving it away.
Find more stories in: Web sites, Web servers, Yahoo! Inc., Open Source, Google Inc., Apache Software Foundation, Traffic Server, Microsoft Corp., software, Web sites
Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'
When it comes to the tricky balance between providing comprehensive information and freaking people out, Google says it tries to stay on the good side of the "creepy line".
Find more stories in: Privacy, Google Inc., U.S. Government, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Internet search, Eric Schmidt, satellite, advisor
Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored data
A new page off user's Google Account settings lets them review all the data the company has stored regarding that account, and make changes or delete data.
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Facebook: We're going after scammy ads, too
The social network reinforced in its developer blog that it's taking an active stance against the companies that have been getting bad press recently for deceptive advertising.
Find more stories in: Internet advertising, Facebook, Social Networking, Ad Network, compliance, application company, Burger King Corp., Internet advertising, advertisement, network
How will you use Google Wave?
Google's Wave collaboration platform is already attracting attention from businesses, according to one of the key architects of the service.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Google Inc., SAP AG, TechEd, software, Web 2.0, Vienna, IM, decision-making, collaboration
Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
Registration for .sg domain names based on Chinese characters to be accepted from Nov. 23, according to Singapore's national registrar.
Find more stories in: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property
Near-final Thunderbird 3 due next week
Coming in the next version of Mozilla's e-mail software: easier setup, better search, a tabbed interface, and if all goes to plan, a richer world of add-ons.
Find more stories in: Web browsers, E-mail servers, Google Inc., E-mail servers, software, Web Browser, Web browsers, Mozilla Thunderbird, Messaging, Mozilla Corp.
Google offers JavaScript programming tools
In a new step to make the Web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code.
Find more stories in: Open source, Cloud computing, Google Inc., compiler, software, Cloud computing, Web Browser, Internet Search Advertising, Tool, Open source
Yahoo CEO eyes Asia, mobile for growth
Internet company sees strong potential to expand its footprint via Asian markets as well as mobile platform, says Yahoo head Carol Bartz.
Find more stories in: Search, Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Yahoo! Inc., advertisement, CEO, U.S., mobile, Asia, Singapore
Asia's search hits record high in September
Search queries in region clocks 38.6 billion last month, compared to 33 billion last year, with Google leading way as preferred search site, study shows.
Find more stories in: Search, Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Search, Web sites, Asia-Pacific, Australia, South Korea
Net pioneer GeoCities finally laid to rest
With Yahoo's closure of GeoCities, Internet community bids farewell to one of earliest Web startups, but several efforts underway to save its content.
Find more stories in: Web sites, GeoCities, Yahoo! Inc., Web sites, Portal, dot-com, Hollywood, Internet, Web Site, WWW
Skype legal settlement clears path for expansion
Skype's change of ownership will allow company to return its focus to implementing new features and finding new ways to make money.
Find more stories in: Lawsuits, VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Founder, Marc Andreessen, Joost, Lawsuits, Joltid, Andreessen Horowitz, Acquisition
'Not all jobs created equal' for social sites
Nature of business and sensitivity of corporate data key in deciding whether to block social networking sites at work, say industry watchers.
Find more stories in: Network security, Security Management, Security, Business security, Social Networking, Business security, U.S., job, Network security, International Data Corp.
Yahoo settles pay-per-click fraud suit
As part of a class-action settlement, Yahoo plans to create a new ad distribution option that will give advertisers more control over where ads purchased through Yahoo appear.
Find more stories in: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Web browsers, Internet advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Advertiser, Pay-per-click Advertising, advertisement, Web sites
Facebook woos developers with a roadmap
The social-networking company unveils what it's up to in the next three to six months so that developers can plan to add new things to their apps.
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