Questions to ask when shopping for a social media platform
In a post on CITEworld published Wednesday, Ryan Faas makes a compelling argument that "every company needs a social media specialist." But what tools -- in addition to a social media policy -- does...
View ArticleBase your social media hires on ability, not age
Let's say you totally buy into the argument that every enterprise should employ a social media specialist. Now you're ready to go out and find your very own social media champion. So what do you look...
View ArticleDon't abandon HTML5 just because Mark Zuckerberg hates it
Mark Zuckerberg had harsh words for HTML5 today on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, saying that Facebook's big HTML5 bet was one of the worst strategic mistakes the company had ever made....
View ArticleWeekly roundup: shadow IT, Salesforce vs. Box, and iPhone 5 for CIOs
A roundup of our favorite consumerization stories from other publications, including a thoughtful piece from the Harvard Business Review on shadow IT.
View ArticleMarc Benioff: all software will eventually look like Facebook
Salesforce Chatter looks a lot like Facebook, and that's no accident. With more than 500 million users every day, Facebook is defining the look and feel of modern software for a whole generation,...
View ArticleTaking the idea of Facebook's social graph to the enterprise
The developers of TIBCO Software's tibbr enterprise social platform figured that organizations are like the social networks people have in their personal lives -- each one is unique. So TIBCO added an...
View ArticleDell switched its social platform and saw traffic grow 30% overnight
Computer maker Dell uses a social community platform to engage with and inform existing and potential customers. And while "selling" on Dell's TechCenter is prohibited, the social platform's growing...
View ArticleHow Facebook's new search tool could also help businesses
Facebook's new search tool, Graph Search, could help businesses target followers based on their interests.
View ArticleFrom Facebook to true internal collaboration at this 13,000-person company
With more than 13,000 employees around the globe, business analytics software and services giant SAS had plenty of internal talent and knowledge -- and no good way to bring it all together. So a...
View ArticleFacebook probably won't make its own phone, but it may want to remake your OS
Facebook's rumored mobile release will integrate the network into your Android phone in unprecedented ways.
View ArticleFacebook Home: Keeping Facebook in your face
Facebook did not announce a phone, or even a fork of Android, but rather a new piece of software called "Home" that will keep Facebook front and center on selected Android phones.
View ArticleWant more Facebook in your phone? HTC will be First
The first phone to run Facebook Home will be the new HTC First, coming out April 12.
View ArticleZuck: The News Feed was the inspiration for Facebook Home
In this video, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains the thinking behind Facebook Home.
View ArticleFacebook, Dropbox, and Google Apps helped this company quadruple sales
eaHelp is a fast-growing company that helps connect businesses with virtual assistants. Consumer technology like Dropbox, Google Apps, Twitter, and Facebook are critical to its expansion.
View ArticleParse CEO: Facebook buy won't change our approach
The social networking giant scooped up backend-as-a-service provider Parse.
View ArticleAsana makes its play for the big leagues
Asana, a cloud-based task management system, got a lot of advance hype in 2009, thanks to the pedigree of its founders: Dustin Moskovitz cofounded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and was its CTO, and...
View ArticleThe dumbest BYOD policy mistake a company can make
If your company lets employees bring their own devices for work purposes, you'd better have a formal BYOD policy -- one that understands employee privacy rights and employer access rights.
View ArticleGoogle Glass gets real with apps from Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and CNN
A bunch of new apps are out for Google Glass, but we're still waiting for truly unique applications.
View ArticleFacebook and Twitter rule the enterprise, too
Avanade surveyed business users and found that Facebook and Twitter are by far the most popular social collaboration tools used at work, despite all the business-focused offerings from traditional and...
View ArticleHooray for Quip: A fresh, cloud-centric take on the word processor
While some apps have been reinvented to match the phone and tablet platforms we're using them on, the venerable office productivity category has seen little true innovation. Until Quip. The startup,...
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