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Through the success of Google Apps, Google has emerged as an enterprise apps contender. While their success to date has largely been with SMBs and early cloud adopters, the momentum is evident. Initially, Google targeted personal productivity and collaboration – Gmail, Calendar, Docs, etc. However, we’re wondering how long it ...

A remixed dance version of a rambling speech by Libya's Colonel Gaddafi has gone viral on the internet, and has been broadly embraced by Arab youths at the center of revolutionary movements shaking North Africa. And to add insult to injury for the dictator desperately holding on to power, the ...

Religion and social media seem to have a budding relationship. This month the Vatican released an app to help believers spread the Gospel -- Pope2You, while affirmed that confessing one's sins via social media was no substitute for the real thing in person. The Facebook group Why Islam offers users ...

Much has been written about how search is broken and this is why curation -- in its many forms -- is on the rise (Pearltrees is a client).Paul Kedrosky writing on Infectious Greed: Curation is the New Search is the New Curation"What has happened is that Google's ranking algorithm, like ...

Obami, a locally developed social networking site and learning management system for schools, was one of 10 companies from around the world selected to attend the 2011 Netexplorateur Forum which took place this month. The company presented its business concept to an audience of 1 600 politicians and businessmen at ...

Tough security measures clamping down an online campaign in China have led organisers of the effort to condemn the harsh response of the Chinese state.The so-called "Jasmine rallies” - a reference to the "Jasmine revolution" in Tunisia that sparked unrest across the Arab world - are organised by internet ...

The self-styled "Davos of high-tech" open on Tuesday with the IT industry in an optimistic mood and over 4,200 tech firms from 70 countries expected to attend this year’s CeBIT.Big names that stayed away from the event during the financial crisis will be returning to Germany.Google, IBM, SAP, ...

Intriguing science and extraordinary undertakings are in store at a TED conference to inspire the brilliant and accomplished to change the world for the better.Technology titans, artists, scientists, and celebrities will be among those taking part in the annual event that has transformed from an elite gathering into an internet ...

Google has decided to change its secret search formula in the United States to be more discerning when it comes to which websites are worth recommending and which should sink in the rankings.The move announced late last week was part of an ongoing duel between the search titan and low-quality ...

It's now common to watch a big event on TV with either a cellphone or laptop in hand. There is no getting away from the social media experience of such events -- be it among your Twitter following or Facebook friends. The Oscars tapped into the social media frenzy last ...