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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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Instagram sets focus to Android with new sign-up page revealed
Smash hit iOS photo-sharing app Instagram is finally turning its lens towards Android, with a new sign-up page the preliminary step towards likely bi-polar app store domination.
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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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Useful meets Social: crowdsourcer Yelp launches in Australia today
In partnership with Sensis, 'online urban city guide' Yelp is opening up shop in Australia today -- and it wants you to spill the beans on local business experiences.
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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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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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Facial recognition: why trashing London might not have been such a hot idea after all
In an era of facial recognition technology and social-networking-empowered citizen law enforcement, London's rioters stand to be identified more easily than ever.
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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 launches free DevFest AU developer workshops in Sydney
Kicking off on June 28th, the free five-day DevFest offers Aussie developers week of deep-diving Googly goodness on Google Apps, Chome, Wave, Maps and more.
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Turnoffs include Windows users? Cupidtino is for you
Tired of Mac-vs-PC arguments with your significant other? A new dating Website is for Mac lovers only.
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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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