Google may soon bring business-to-business “social ads” to its Google+ social networking platform, according to a recent job listing for a product …
Salesforce.com buying social marketing vendor Buddy Media in $689 million deal
Salesforce.com is acquiring social media marketing firm Buddy Media in a US$689 million cash and stock deal, the companies announced …
Survey reveals social media disconnect between senior executives
There is a disconnect among senior executives over who is responsible for new customer communications channels like social media and …
Gartner predicts huge rise in monitoring of employees' social media use
Corporations are starting to embrace technologies used to monitor employee Internet use, with 60 percent expected to watch workers’ social …
Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue
Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced yesterday. Vitrue helps …
Microsoft's social networking site So.cl opens to all users
So.cl, an experimental research project from Microsoft, that combines social networking and search to promote learning, is now accepting all …
Indian CIOs oppose Gartner claim that enterprises waste money on social media
Last week, Gartner claimed that half of enterprises are wasting money on social media. But Indian CIOs who are bullish …
Gartner says half of enterprises are wasting money on social media
Getting a positive return on investment from a social media campaign is about more than tracking the number of your …
Salesforce.com hypes social enterprise at cloud conference
Salesforce.com is touting social enterprise as the next major evolution in business computing and focussed on its emergence at its …
IBM team arrives in Sharjah for e-literacy, social development programme
An international team of 14 IBM employees chosen for the company’s Corporate Service Corps (CSC) programme have arrived in the …
Twitter acquires social media analytics team
Twitter has acquired the team at social media analytics company Hotspots.io, signalling its intent to go after the big data …
Startup YouDazzle combines social collaboration, cloud storage
There are plenty of collaboration software tools on the market, and a growing number of cloud storage options for businesses …
Jive develops enterprise social app for intranets
Jive Software has developed a version of its enterprise social collaboration software designed for intranets, the latest product it creates for …
Venmo makes mobile payments social
Venmo, a venture-funded startup, publicly launched a person-to-person payment app on Tuesday that emphasises sharing payments on social networks. Drawing …
Tech firms do reject job applicants based on their social media profile: study
One in five technology firms has rejected a job applicant because of his or her social media profile, according to …
IBM user group: 75% of companies aren’t collecting social media information
A recent survey of the IBM SHARE user group found just 25% of respondents were collecting data from social media …
Jive tailors enterprise social software for customer service
Jive Software later this month will release a version of its enterprise social software tailored for customer service tasks, the first …
Current security models are not prepared for social enterprise: Salem, Symantec
Current IT security must change to protect the new generation of social enterprise, said Enrique Salem, president and CEO at …
Growing social media presence in GCC pushes governments online
Governments in the GCC are realising the influence of social media and looking to drastically increase their use of it, …
Disappear not on social media
Remember what life was like without social media? I joined Facebook when I went to university around four years ago. …