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Facebook's new Want button deepens e-commerce inroads
In a further move that signals Facebook is expanding its commercial focus, new Want and Collect buttons will let you make a Wishlist of things to buy.
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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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Friend request: Facebook looking to buddy up with top devs in Asia-Pacific
If you've got the skills, Facebook wants to promote you among its top hundred social media & app developers in the world -- but only if you make the cut.
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Google Music set to let you share your song purchases with friends?
In a surprise spin on what its online music competitors are offering, it's reported that Google Music will soon offer music sharing as part of its song purchase scheme.
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One week in social networking: Google+ opens up, Facebook seals in
It's been less than a week since Google+ cast off its invite-only shackles and announced it was opening its doors to everybody. But then Facebook went and shifted the goal posts.
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Got Facebook? HTC's betting yes with ChaCha and Salsa
HTC is taking Facebook integration to another level with its new ChaCha and Salsa handsets launching on Vodafone next week.
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Search gets friendly: Bing vs Google in the quest for social context
Overnight Bing announced deeper Facebook integration via new "Like" button tie-ins, and with Google rolling out its own "+1" features, the social search race is heating up.
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Facebook continues to flip the bird at Australia
Facebook sent a rep to speak to the Australian government last week, but the social networking giant says it's not sure it would be helpful to have local personnel here.
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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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Federal Police denies Facebook crackdown
The Australian Federal Police has denied reports that it was seeking to block minors from creating tribute pages on Facebook to friends who have passed away in an untimely manner.
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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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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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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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