Social Marketing "Experts" Don't Know Jack About Facebook, Twitter, and Their Kin
A recent Pew survey offers great insights into how U.S. adults use leading social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and -- yes -- even MySpace.
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Biz Stone Quits Twitter -- the Last Co-Founder to Go
Biz Stone is the last of Twitter's official founders to leave the company, as the three restart the old venture that launched Twitter.
Facebook Locks Down an Important Patent on Social Gift Giving
A new Facebook patent may make it difficult for competitors to let users buy and give gifts through their social networks.
Zynga: This Year's Zinger IPO, With Revenue, Profit and Hype
If Zynga has anywhere near the revenue and net income that various people claim, its IPO, reportedly to be filed tomorrow, will redefine market hysteria.
Google+ -- a Sign Google Is Running Scared
Google again tries to get its foot in the social networking door with Google+. But the company acts to protect its central products, becoming another Microsoft in the process.
Missed Opportunity: Why iPad Kids May Hop Onto the LeapFrog's LeapPad Tablet
The new age 4 and up tablet gives parents the one thing the iPad lacks: control.
Why E-Readers Are Growing Faster Than Tablets, and Why That's Bad for Apple
E-reader sales have taken off, making tablet adoption look slow in comparison. And that means content and software companies need to reexamine their strategies.
Microsoft Office 365 Shows How to Tank the Cloud Concept
In an attempt to protect Office from Google Apps competition, Microsoft again betrays its real interests and tries to tether people to desktops and charge too much, to boot.
Why Silicon Valley's Love Affair With Stock Options Is Hitting the Skids
Skype's owners may have screwed over execs to boost their profit from the Microsoft deal. Either way, the scheme may have just dealt a major blow to Silicon Valley's options culture.
Upgrade This! Software Egos Run Amok, Forcing the Rest of Us to Play Catchup
Mozilla said that it doesn't want to develop software to make corporations happy. Sadly, many companies targeting businesses effectively say the same thing through frequent updates.
LulzSec Disbands, but Don't Expect Lulls in Hacking [Update]
If executives think that the disbanding of the hacking group LulzSec means they can breath more easily, they had best reconsider. Hacking isn't about to slow down.
How to Successfully Run a Gray Market Business
Liquor, gambling, and other vices have murky laws. Absinthe manufacturer Jared Gurfein offers his business survival tips on BNET's The Live One show.
Google Kills off Two More Products: Health and PowerMeter
Google kills off two more products as it tries to find a balance among innovation, business models, and profitability.
New Cloud Problem: Botched Fed Raids
An FBI raid mistakenly took a group of servers at a hosting company that had nothing to do with the subpoena it had. Just another day in trying to make cloud computing work for businesses.
Google Antitrust: Easy To Charge, Hard To Prove
Regulators are lining up to target Google in antitrust investigations. Proving a case would be difficult, but Google could lose big even if it won in court.
FlyDubai co-pilot was likely lone wolf, Israeli investigators believe
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