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Bluenog mixes secure enterprise wiki maker

Toolset targets non tech employees

Facebook to revamp privacy settings

To enable users control the information shared on the site

Blue Coat appliance spots Spotify use at work

Move to control another bandwidth hungry desktop app

Microsoft to sell Razorfish

Publicis could be the possible bidder

Mozilla introduces new Firefox 3.5 version

To enable users watch open format Ogg Theora videos

Google fixes problem in Apps Sync tool for Outlook

The search tool and webmail client are no longer broken now

Digitalsmiths unveils new video monetisation product

To identify videos by dialogue, objects within a scene, locations and other criteria

ICANN picks up former Cybersecurity chief

Rob Beckstrom to join as its new CEO

NDS, Pontis join hands for new digital pay-TV platform

To help create personalised offers, promotions and content recommendations on both linear and VOD channels

Twitter becomes the 38th most visited website in the UK

Emerges as the fifth most visited social network

Prinovis adds NeoMedia’s mobile barcodes to its print offering

Code management tools to change and update content linked to barcodes at any time

Comments & Opinion

Salesforce.com announces Twitter integration for its Service Cloud

Salesforce.com has announced that Twitter will be added to its Service Cloud solution, and will offer integration with customer data to subscribers from the summer. Salesforce.com is the first to offer integration with social networking websites, but other CRM vendors are likely to closely follow the company and begin addressing demands for social networking in the near future.

Downturn shines a spotlight on conditional access providers

Against the backdrop of a global recession, pay-TV operators' revenues are being protected from a decline in advertising spend through subscription income. However, while subscription levels remain robust, the biggest threat to profit in 2009 is an expected increase in piracy. As a result, conditional access providers in developing nations may need to invest in more robust systems.

Twitter and Google as customer service tools

The current business environment consists of a struggling economy, in which customer acquisition is challenging, while consumers are increasingly sharing information on the web. These trends have created an opportunity for contact centers to utilize social networking websites to improve customer service at a low cost, by integrating Web 2.0 technologies with other communication technologies.

'298 million surfed': opportunities for e-government in China

The number of people using the internet in China has surpassed 298 million. The nation now has more internet users than any other country in the world, with the total number nearly equal to the entire population of the US. This represents a huge opportunity for foreign investors, although political and cultural differences must be taken into consideration.

The Change We Need?

The US is a power-house of IT innovation. But what will be Obama’s impact on science and technology, and how did ‘Web 2.0’ help him win the election?

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