The use of social networking websites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace has posed serious new challenges to businesses operating around the world as technological advancement go beyond what is required in financial institutions, a new report from securities regulator showed on Tuesday.
In his speech, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) chief executive Richard Ketchum revealed that [...]
A new study conducted by Citibank showed that social networking websites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter actually no has direct implication in doing business, citing that more than half of the respondents do not use such platforms in their businesses.
Based on the survey, small businesses in the US don’t show any interest in using online [...]
A new survey conducted by research group Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that the number of users on Twitter are dominated by the younger generations because of the boom in mobile technology.
The study, which was released on Wednesday, said that the number of people sharing updates and other status services on their Twitter [...]
World’s biggest social networking website Facebook will release the newlayout design for its Groups feature, which is aimed to make communication and activities sharing among friends easier and more presentable.
In its previous design, Groups in Facebook can only see updates about their network on a particular member site they joined in. But with the new [...]
Some 24 executives of major technological companies in the US, including social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, have expressed their support for net neutrality following speeches from Democrats at the House of Representatives who were concerned over its implementation.
In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, tech company executives said that the openness and [...]
A team of experts at the Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia has developed new software that would address the growing number of people committing suicide by monitoring their social networking webpage.
Yen-Pei Huang, one of the co-founders of the software, said that the number of suicides has grown into an alarming scale, adding that prevention is [...]
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) on Tuesday offered front row seats to lucky fans and space enthusiasts on Twitter to its scheduled launching of the Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
In a statement, NASA said that the “tweet-up” for the said launch will be open starting Friday to its [...]
Internet giant Google Inc. is set to redefine the way people look at social networking websites with the launching of the much anticipated Google Wave, which combines all the features of popular social platforms like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Or even more.
According to research firm Gartner Inc. chief analyst Ray Valdes, Google Wave has the [...]
A new survey by independent research firm for Robert Half Technology showed that more than 54 percent of companies in the United States implement a “No Facebook” policy at work.
According the study, some 54 percent of the 1, 400 respondents said that workers in their companies were “completely prohibited” to use Facebook and other social [...]
A 41-year-old self-proclaimed anarchist was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after allegedly helping hundreds of protesters at the G20 Economic Summit in New York to evade arrest.
The FBI identified the suspect as Elliot Madison, who was arrested while billeted in his Pittsburgh motel room on September 24. He is now facing three [...]
