Features

• Google buys Waze and puts the squeeze on Facebook and Apple

  By Sharon Gaudin | 12 June, 2013 21:23

  With Google set to buy app-maker Waze, the question is whether Google actually needs the crowd-sourced traffic app or is simply trying to stick it to its competitors.

• The social network wars are over. The winner: email!

  By Mike Elgan | 01 June, 2013 11:17

  With every new social network and social service, with every new instant and not-so-instant way to communicate, email rises in importance. Columnist Mile Elgan explains how innovation has transformed email into the best social network.

• Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013

  By Sharon Gaudin | 21 May, 2013 10:15

  Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year.

• The 4 Best Things About the Google+ Redesign

  By Kristin Burnham | 17 May, 2013 17:20

  Google announced a complete overhaul of its social network, Google+, at this week's I/O conference in San Francisco. Here's an in-depth look at all the changes and why they make Google+ better.

• State social media privacy laws a mixed bag for businesses

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 May, 2013 10:10

  New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or are in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses.

• What Open Source Hadoop Coming to Windows Means to IT

  By Paul Rubens | 13 May, 2013 14:21

  Hadoop is nearly synonymous with the analysis of big data. The Hortonworks Data Platform on Windows is significant as it means that companies lacking Linux expertise will finally be able to benefit from the big data analysis platform, which has been out of the reach of Windows shops.

• 6 Tips to Build Your Social Media Strategy

  By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff | 08 May, 2013 13:57

  With so many social media options, how do you pick the best one(s)? IT executives and social media experts share their top six tips for selecting the social media platforms that will provide the greatest return on your investment of time and resources.

• Facebook on a mobile roll

  By Sharon Gaudin | 06 May, 2013 20:15

  Facebook last week cited mobile growth as a major contributor to its first-quarter increase in sales and profits.

• Facebook Home goes after mobile market with 'ferocity'

  By Sharon Gaudin | 05 April, 2013 09:52

  Less than a year after calling mobile one of its biggest risks, Facebook has made another big move to attack the mobile market with Facebook Home for Android devices.

• Social Media Certifications Prepare Students, Employees for Social Business

  By Kristin Burnham | 02 April, 2013 16:22

  Using social media to market your business or collaborate internally means more than having a presence on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Facebook. To teach college students that lesson, Syracuse University adopted HootSuite University's certification program. Syracuse isn't alone: Social media certifications are a growing trend, but is a training course right for you?

• When social tools go viral

  By Brad Howarth | 02 April, 2013 10:21

  How enthusiasm for enterprise social tools is spread by people and why their sponsorship might bypass the IT department entirely.

• Sandberg's book prompts discussion on dearth of women in IT

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 25 March, 2013 10:17

  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's belief that the women's revolution has 'stalled' and that 'men still run the world' may hold true in IT.

• Big Data success is all in the analysis

  By Rob Enderle | 22 March, 2013 12:37

  IT executives are starting to realize that there's little value in big data without robust analytics systems that can crunch the numbers and give key decision makers (read: their bosses) easy-to-digest information. With so few real solutions on the market, though, this is easier said than done.

• Fear of Facebook: 7 free apps that guard your privacy

  By Preston Gralla | 18 March, 2013 10:53

  Facebook users are constantly being told that their privacy is under siege. Here are seven apps that can help secure your personal data.

• 5 Things You'll Like About Facebook's Recent Changes

  By Kristin Burnham | 14 March, 2013 21:27

  Facebook has been busy lately, unveiling Graph Search, a new News Feed and now a redesign of Timeline. The good news is that the changes are likely to improve the social network. Here's a look at the best features of Facebooks recent updates.