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Social networks in the quest for jobs
News Although job seekers now using social networks to look for work, they would do better through traditional means, according to a recruiter.
Tags: Networking, Web services, Business development/management, IT Professional, Survey, Singapore, social networking, Facebook, Human Resources, job
iPhone apps will challenge Google's mobile search
Insight commentary Google's biggest challenge in mobile search is not other search engines or platforms--it is iPhone apps, says TechRepublic's Jason Hiner.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, App, Mobile, Smart Phone, ABI Research, Google Inc., Search Engine, mobile search
How cloud computing will change business
News IBM, Qualcomm, Nokia and other majors, along with startups, are preparing to cash in on new technology. Not that it will be easy.
Tags: Cloud computing, IBM Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Sales, Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, network, industry, PC
Mozilla's crowdsourcing mystique
News For-profit companies such as Google and LinkedIn, strain to copy the Firefox Web browser maker's model of relying on volunteer developers.
Tags: Linux, Directory services, Web browsers, Employee communications, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Web services, Analyst reports, Outsourcing, Google Inc., Web Browser
UK SMBs come over all a-Twitter
News Small and midsize businesses send around 3 million posts or "tweets" daily, and some 700,000 firms now use the service, new research shows.
Tags: Web sites, Internet advertising, Internet, O2 Plc., Twitter, Supplier, Small And Medium Business, Small Business, social networking, Facebook
LinkedIn cuts 10 percent of its workforce
News Business-focused social-networking site cuts 36 jobs to focus on revenue-producing areas a month after raising US$22 million in additional funding.
Tags: Web 2.0, Layoffs, Workforce, McGraw-Hill Companies, billionaire, layoff, Facebook, File-sharing, job, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Of Facebookers and the Facebook-nots
Blogs Strange things tend to happen during a recession. A recent report by Economist Intelligence Unit (Global Economic Outloo...
Tags: Movie, Women, LinkedIn, economist, Recession, Social Networking, sales, Network, Facebook, Content-Disposition
LinkedIn traffic grows
News With the economy in a tailspin, the business-networking site has seen a sharp jump in traffic in recent months, TechCrunch reports.
Tags: Layoffs, Forecasting, market research company, layoff, Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc., TechCrunch, job, LinkedIn, Layoffs
Senior execs turn to social networks for job hunting
News Professional social-networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo are rivaling executive online job boards as a tool for senior executives wanting to progress their careers and find out about new jobs
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Executive recruiting, Plaxo Inc., job board, social networking, Silicon.com, Facebook, career, job
Xobni raises cash from Cisco
News Funds to be used for product improvements, delivery of paid enterprise app.
Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Antivirus software, E-mail clients, Company Blog, Cisco Systems Inc., Xobni, US$4.1, Plug-in, Spokesperson, e-mail
Apple working on ARM-based CPUs for iPhone
News It was already pretty clear that Apple planned to grow its own chips for future versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch, but a little more clarity never hurts.
Tags: Mobile processors, Smart phones, Mac OS, 3G (Third Generation), ARM, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, CPU, social networking, processor
LinkedIn unveils new search platform
News The business social-networking site says it examined more than a billion search queries executed by members to create new productivity tools.
Tags: Search, Domain names, HR policies and procedures, spell checker, Workforce, Tool, Platform, Amazon.com Inc., e-mail, product manager
LinkedIn looking for a suitor, maybe
News There is speculation that a big name prospective buyer is looking to acquire business social network LinkedIn.
Tags: Networking, Acquisitions, Plaxo Inc., Digg, social networking, Newsday, co-founder, board meeting, network, LinkedIn
Yahoo offers SearchMonkey experiments
News It is now easier for programmers who want to gussy up Yahoo search results to get their ideas into circulation.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Search, Programming languages, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Local, Zagat, CitySearch, SearchMonkey, phone, Search Result
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News Companies should not ban staff from using social applications such as Facebook and MySpace because of concerns about how they might be used.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Internet, Open Source, Gartner Inc., social networking, Silicon.com, Facebook, network, marketing
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