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Why social media in the workplace is not the enemy: business benefits of staff usage
Social media has a sullied reputation in the workplace, often viewed as a notorious time-waster. But could Twitter and Facebook actually be good for staff as well as brands?
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Oh dear: which Australian CIOs DIDN'T buy an iPad?
When we started snooping into which CIOs had bought an iPad, we expected a few had. What we didn't expect was that nearly every single one we contacted had joined the hype wave.
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Google revamps search index with ‘Cafffeine’
New Web indexing system provides faster and more accurate results from a richer spread of sources, but will reshuffle search rankings for many sites…
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Microsoft’s new spin on social networking
Microsoft’s research hothouse FUSE Lab cooks up Spindex – a Web-based app to aggregate Twitter and Facebook updates plus RSS feeds into a single streamlined screen.
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Oh dear: Microsoft Twitterer doesn’t know who’s who
You have to hand it to whoever was running Microsoft Australia's official twitter account today during its big Office launch...
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Watch Kevin Rudd announcing NBN plan details
From 1:45PM today, Kevin Rudd will be announcing the full details of the national broadband network -- and you can watch live. (Now concluded)
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Telstra to give away HTC Desire to ‘social media’ reviewers
Want the oh-so-desirable HTC Desire but wary of Telstra’s $779 up-front price tag? The carrier is giving away 25 of the Android smartphones in a new ‘social review’ program.
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Windows Live Messenger 2010 gets social, runs on iPhone but not XP
The next version of Microsoft’s instant messaging app, part of ‘Wave 4’ of the Windows Live services, evolves into “a companion for your social networks” but unfriends XP.
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‘BlackBerry 6’ OS set for release in Q3
RIM’s sexed-up smartphone OS will sport a slick new UI with revamped apps, Webkit browser, multiple home screens and RSS feeds. Plus: get ready for ‘Super Apps’.
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Nokia dials up new ‘social networking’ phones
The trend towards enhanced ‘feature phones’ built around messaging and social networking continues with Nokia’s new C-series handsets.
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Microsoft reveals new Kin ‘social networking’ smartphones
The pair of Windows-powered QWERTY phones replaces the Hiptop series for Twittering tweens and Facebook fiends, and will run on Vodafone’s 3G network.
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RIM releases home-grown Twitter app for BlackBerry
RIM’s Twitter app for your BlackBerry is now available in public beta, with support for ‘push tweets’ just like push emails.
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Sony Ericsson Android-powered Xperia X10 to launch this month on all networks
The first Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson hits Australia later this month on Optus, Telstra, Vodafone and Three, on contract and outright sale.
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Microsoft to reveal new Hiptop smartphones next week
The next-gen Hiptop will sport a slick UI inspired by Windows Phone 7 and take aim at the twittering tweens, teens and twentysomething social networking set.
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Dear Mark, in Australia we love “the Facebook”
Dear Mark, I hope you are well and not worrying too much about those little incidents on the Facebook in the early days.
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