Professional social networking site, LinkedIn, has launched a new plugin which allows users to apply for jobs directly via the service. The plugin, Apply with LinkedIn, is designed to make applying for a job easy, with the service calling it "the future of job applications".On the company's blog, Technical Product Manager, Jonathan Seitel said that LinkedIn's goal "is to help every professional put their best foot forward, anywhere across the web, when they take that leap to apply for a ...

Finnish police have announced that they will monitor the internet more rigorously for evidence of extremist plots following last week's twin massacres in neighbouring Norway.Deputy police commissioner Robin Lardot said his forces will play closer attention to fragmented pieces of information -- known as "weak signals" -- in case they connect to a credible terrorist threat.The concept of weak signals is lifted from the world of corporate Strategic Early Warning Systems. The weak signals are anything discontinuous, or new, within ...

If you're a bit slow off the mark, you may be wondering who 'Louise Boat' is. LulzSec and Anonymous have been topping all of the major news sites for months now.That's because they're making a mockery of internet security on sites that you would expect to know better. That includes leaking the transaction logs of over 3 000 ATMs in the UK, hacking Sony and compromising the accounts of at least 37 500 people, taking out the CIA website, ...

Gamification and how we can apply mechanics and principles from the world of games to our products is an idea on the rise, but it does have its limits. Have you considered gamifying yourself as a business practitioner? Chess is a good place to start.Serious chess nerds have linked improvement in their game to enhanced business acumen. This is not completely unrealistic, given the well-documented positive influence of chess on child development in areas like self-esteem, organisational skills, better ...

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that it is cutting 2000 jobs and that its ailing chief operating officer plans to retire.RIM, which is facing increased competition from Apple's iPhone and mobile phones running Google's Android software, revealed plans last month to slash jobs this quarter in a bid to "streamline operations."The job cuts announced Monday amount to just over 10 percent of the global workforce of the Waterloo, Ontario-based company.RIM said in a statement that it would ...

Review: LG P970 Optimus Black. It’s big and it’s black. And really skinny. The obvious conclusion is that LG is going head to head with iPhone with the P970 Optimus Black by eschewing any exterior adornment. LG also clearly decided that it was going to go with one big stick: size counts. The display is BIG and BRIGHT.Instead of the iPhone’s relatively cramped 3.5”, you get a giant 4” slab of pixelly action. But LG was also building to a ...

Six months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime, Egyptian bloggers have acknowledged that it takes more than a Facebook page to overthrow a dictator."The internet played a key role but it was not the only tool. The revolution really belongs to the people," said Wael Abbas, a veteran Egyptian blogger who has been posting his thoughts in cyberspace since 2004.The 18-day revolution that brought an end to the 30-year rule of president Hosni Mubarak and his regime ...

The US Chamber of Commerce have lamented the fact that American investors were losing out opportunities in emerging markets during a time when the recession was killing profits seemingly everywhere.Part of the fear is a lack of stability and concern over just how safe it is to put money in areas where returns have been massive.If your country’s investment profile doesn’t seem that great, it may not be so much your business, but the perception of your ...

Citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was looking into a possible acquisition of video-streaming site Hulu.Apple's interest in Hulu is in the early stages and may not result in a bid, the newspaper reported.Hulu, which broadcasts television shows through on-demand streaming, said earlier this month that it had 875 000 paid subscribers and was on track to approach half a billion dollars in revenue in 2011.According to media reports, Hulu's owners ...

A new social networking site for ultra-Orthodox Jews takes customary segregation of the sexes online and also bars pictures or ads deemed immodest in ultra-Orthodox society.Go to www.faceglat.com and the home page has signs in Hebrew and English directing men to click on to the right of the page and women to the left.Sign up and you will see a page identical to those on Facebook, but here photos posted on a man's wall may only be of other men; ...