With the advent of social networks came social media marketing. The cross over between social media for fun and social media as work is becoming ever more prevalent. Today, as I was looking for inspiration for our daily Big Question, J.D. Bruewer suggested I ask how many people are now told social media use...
These new e-reader-tablet hybrids are shaping up to be the hottest gifts of this year. Amazon’s Kindle Fire is flying off both virtual and real-world shelves and Barnes Noble has offered up a worthy opponent in the form of its Nook Tablet. But even at their relatively low prices, these e-readers might still be...
First there was bring your own device, now there’s find your own office — and both trends could be equally revolutionary for the enterprise. That’s the gist of a coworking panel at GigaOM’s Net:Work conference that had operators, designers and consultants of coworking facilities talking about the increasing impact coworking is having on large...
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Verizon’s blockbuster deal to buy spectrum from and partner with major cable operators has made casualties of its future residential broadband expansion plans and its partnership with DirecTV. While none of this comes as surprise, given all the moves Verizon has taken to minimize its wireline business and focus on wireless, Verizon appears to...
Ness Computing has just launched a new version of its restaurant search engine app that takes its existing recommendations technology and adds in new sharing services. Yes, there are plenty of restaurant recommendations apps out there, and social tie-ins are increasingly common on mobile devices. But what Ness does is already special, and getting...
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Customers who used the self-checkout lanes at Lucky Supermarkets have been hacked. The grocer, which operates stores in California and Nevada, says some of their credit card machines have been altered with sniffers to capture credit and debit card numbers. Lucky, owned by parent company Save Mart, is telling customers who used those machines...
Whoa. I’m going to tip toe through this story a bit carefully, as it’d be easy to come off as if we’re rallying the pitchforks. We’ve reached out to T-Mobile for their side of the story, but haven’t heard back just yet. Here’s what we know: YouMail, a visual voicemail app with millions of...