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Getting around Google+: 25 tips and tricks for power users

Posted September 6, 2013 - 11:16 am

The last of JR Raphael's three-part how-to series includes advanced tips and tricks to help you take your Google+ experience to the next level.
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30 awesome Instagram accounts you need to follow

Posted August 5, 2013 - 3:18 pm

Make room in your feed for epic mountain vistas, adorable French bulldogs, and the famous San Francisco fog.
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Getting around Google+: A guide to the basics

Posted August 1, 2013 - 8:56 pm

In the two years it's been around, Google+ has both grown and changed. In the first of three "how-to" guides, we tell you how to get started.
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Construction company looks to the cloud for workforce scheduling

Posted July 29, 2013 - 11:14 am

Ledcor finds that a spreadsheet can't handle the complex 'chess game' of scheduling 800 technicians in the field, so it deploys a cloud-based workforce-management system.
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Why SaaS HR software is ready to take off

Posted July 9, 2013 - 11:07 am

On top of hardware savings, enterprises using SaaS HR say they spend less on support.
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Platform as a service heats up

Posted July 8, 2013 - 1:15 pm

It's still a tiny market, but it's growing as vendors consolidate and more users give PaaS a try.
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Big changes in store for the PaaS market

Posted July 8, 2013 - 12:48 pm

The platform-as-a-service market is likely to undergo a period of consolidation and change as big enterprise IT vendors and infrastructure-as-a-service vendors vie for a piece of the action.
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Twitter etiquette: The do's and don'ts of tweeting

Posted July 3, 2013 - 1:49 pm

Every so often you see a tweet that makes you cringe. Were you ever the one who wrote it?
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5 secrets to corporate social media success

Posted July 1, 2013 - 3:59 pm

You don't need a big budget to be successful with social media, according to Walmart's director of social strategy. Here are five steps your business can follow to reap the benefits.
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How to announce your job departure on social media

Posted June 26, 2013 - 9:10 pm

Don't leave your network in the dark when you leave a job. Here are the dos and don'ts for announcing a career change on LinkedIn and other social networking sites.
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Is Microsoft's Office 365 bet starting to pay off in enterprise adoption?

Posted June 12, 2013 - 2:29 pm

Microsoft's subscription-desktop hybrid application updated from the cloud may trigger wider Office 365 adoption in the enterprise, at least that's what the software giant is banking on with its new Office365 ProPlus offering.
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Exclusive research: IT commits to cloud computing

Posted June 4, 2013 - 12:40 pm

Cloud budgets are rising as IT confronts security and ROI challenges, according to the 2013 Cloud Computing Survey from IDG Enterprise (free download). (Insider: Registration required)
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10 top social media startups -- the final rankings

Posted May 31, 2013 - 2:44 pm

The votes are in. The final rankings also take into account the pedigree of the management team, VC funding, viability of the niche and the uniqueness of the product.
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The dark side of today's hottest tech trends

Posted May 28, 2013 - 1:49 pm

New technologies and new IT strategies are here to solve all your problems -- except the ones they create.
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Google's next act: Diversify and conquer

Posted May 20, 2013 - 9:09 pm

Center stage at this year's Google I/O was a company honing its vision for a future beyond search
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Squeezing savings from the cloud

Posted April 22, 2013 - 6:05 am

Calculating the real ROI of cloud apps requires the analysis of a lot of factors, and cutting corners on that process means you might not save money.
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10 hot social media startups to watch

Posted April 17, 2013 - 2:29 pm

We evaluated more than 40 social media startups and then turned to crowdsourcing for to narrow it down to the top 10.
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Social networking drives business processes at Pandora and Rosetta Stone

Posted March 27, 2013 - 11:22 am

Pandora and Rosetta Stone have embraced social business tools and the cloud to cut costs, increase productivity and improve collaboration. Learn how these two companies overcame security concerns, gained executive buy-in and more.
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5 things you'll like about Facebook's recent changes

Posted March 15, 2013 - 9:57 am

Facebook has been busy lately, unveiling Graph Search, a new News Feed and now a redesign of Timeline. The good news is that the changes are likely to improve the social network. Here's a look at the best features of Facebooks recent updates.
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5 tips for using social media in your job search

Posted March 13, 2013 - 9:56 am

LinkedIn may be the go-to place for many job seekers, but dont stop there. Here's a look at how you can use Facebook, Twitter and Google+--as well as some lesser-known social networks--to attract recruiters and land a job.
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The how-to guide for LinkedIn

Posted March 2, 2013 - 8:21 am

Our LinkedIn guide delivers expert advice on the site's features, step-by-step how-to instructions, details on its apps and proper LinkedIn etiquette. Also included: tips and tricks for your job search and company analysis.
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The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde: 'They can't take my soul'

Posted February 19, 2013 - 1:02 am

Peter Sunde was the poster boy for the file sharing movement, then he was sentenced to eight months prison and fined millions of dollars
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Highly regulated companies tiptoe into social media

Posted February 11, 2013 - 12:20 pm

Some healthcare providers, financial services firms and other companies in highly regulated industries are taking full advantage of social media, even though they're awash in rules. Here's how they do it.
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How gamification reshapes corporate training

Posted February 5, 2013 - 2:56 pm

If you have a hard time getting employees to attend corporate training, maybe you need to add a little fun.
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Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time

Posted January 19, 2013 - 8:03 am

DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style
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