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Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:40:24 +0000

Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps Coordinate and Chrome OS devices.

YouTube Trends Map tells you what North Dakota's watching

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:34:50 +0000

According to YouTube, most of the country can't wait for season six of True Blood to begin.

6 tips to build your social media strategy

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:30:44 +0000

IT executives and social media experts share their top six tips for selecting the social media platforms that will provide the greatest return on your investment of time and resources.

San Francisco adds social networking element to emergency, disaster planning

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:55:58 +0000

The nation's tech hub plans to partner with social networks to help residents prepare for the worst.

Downdetector.com scours Twittersphere to detect service outages faster

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 01:44:58 +0000

A Dutch startup has launched a service that studies data from social networks to quickly identify online service outages -- sometimes, it says, before the service providers know about the outages themselves.

Why (and how) to take LinkedIn seriously

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:52:27 +0000

You're missing out if you're not using this social network to benefit your business.

Don't freak out, but the government records and stores every phone call and email

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:43:51 +0000

Is the government recording and listening to your every phone call and probing every email for dangerous ideas? Probably--if certain insiders are to be believed. According to one former FBI agent, the US government may indeed keep a massive database where all domestic communications are recorded and stored.

How Facebook aims to reinvent hardware

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:39:17 +0000

The company's Open Compute Project aims to provide an open source platform for building infrastructure of the future.

EU network operators say bandwidth-hungry services should not compete for spectrum

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:31:38 +0000

Europe's telecoms network operators on Tuesday said that bandwidth-hungry services like UHDTV (ultra high definition television) and 3DTV should be distributed via cable or satellite instead of competing with other services for spectrum.

Skype extends coverage of Manager administration tool

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:45:24 +0000

Skype's Web-based management tool Manager for businesses is now available in over 170 countries and for all subscriptions, allowing companies to centrally control their usage of the service.

China's Baidu expands online video business with $370 million acquisition

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:35:10 +0000

China's largest search engine Baidu is getting closer to becoming the country's largest online video provider with a new US$370 million acquisition.

Yahoo recruiting iOS developers to 'radically improve' Flickr

IDGNS staff — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:46:14 +0000

Yahoo's Flickr mobile app may be getting a completely new look in the months to come, as the company seeks to hire multiple iOS engineers to "radically improve" the photo-sharing site's app and attract new users, the company said in a recent job notice.

Clearwire lays out its case for a Sprint buyout

IDGNS staff — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:47:38 +0000

Sprint Nextel's network partner Clearwire hasn't been able to find any other big wholesale customers nor sell any of its spectrum, so selling out to Sprint is the only real option for its shareholders, the company said Monday.

Facebook on a mobile roll

IDGNS staff — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:15:16 +0000

Facebook last week cited mobile growth as a major contributor to its first-quarter increase in sales and profits.

How to add video, images to your LinkedIn profile

IDGNS staff — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:28:36 +0000

LinkedIn's newest feature lets you showcase your professional achievements by uploading presentations, documents, images and video to your profile. Here are step-by-step instructions for improving your LinkedIn brand.