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Facebook sets IPO share price at $38

Facebook has set its share price for today's long-anticipated initial public offering at $38 dollars (£24).
Google+ posts not getting commented on, shared or +1'd

Google+ is not engaging its 100 million users with the average post getting less than one +1, less than one comment and is re-shared less than once, according to business metrics firm RJMetrics.
Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix gets 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' update

Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix, launched by Canonical back in February and based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot', has now received a major update to version 12.04 'Precise Pangolin'.
SAP lays out cloud strategy since acquiring SuccessFactors

SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a player in cloud computing, spanning from a "loosely coupled suite" of business applications to data integration and PaaS (platform as a service) on Tuesday during the Sapphire conference in Orlando.
Bing goes social in Microsoft's search war with Google

Microsoft's move to boost Bing's social networking feaures could finally give it an opportunity to truly take on Google's dominant search engine, analysts say.
iOS surpasses Android in BYOD enterprise usage, study says

Consumerisation trends in the enterprise shifted dramatically in the first quarter of 2012, with mobile devices running Apple's iOS operating system showing more activity in the workplace than those running Google's Android, as well as end users migrating from Facebook and to Twitter.
Myspace settles FTC privacy complaint, will have compliance checks over 20 years

Social networking site Myspace has agreed to settle charges from the US Federal Trade Commission that it misrepresented its protection of users' personal information, the FTC announced Tuesday.
Facebook enterprise traffic falls as admins block social media

Facebook traffic inside enterprises has continued to fade according to Zscaler?s latest State of the Web report for the first quarter of 2012.
Tech firms make poor showing in Sunday Times Rich List

Technology entrepreneurs made a poor showing in this year's Sunday Times Rich List, with individuals and families in the ?computers, telecoms and internet? category making up just 65 of the top 1,000 richest people in Britain and Ireland.
Facebook source code hacker Glenn Mangham on 'what really happened'

The hacker who stole Facebook's source code has gone public with a deeper explanation of how he penetrated the world's most popular social network.

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Windows Phone smokes Android and the iPhone - But nobody wants it

During Microsoft's recent Smoked by Windows Phone challenge, Microsoft-based devices were almost always faster at completing everyday tasks compared to Android and iPhone handsets. But even the fastest Windows Phone can't run away from the fact that nobody's buying Microsoft-powered handsets.
Top 15 cloud storage tips and tasks

No single cloud service can do everything. Some shine when it comes to streaming a cloud music collection from the Web, but stink at syncing desktop folders. Other cloud services are great for sharing photos, but useless for reviewing a document's revision history.
Seven Instagram alternatives for iOS

The dust has yet to settle from last week?s $1 billion purchase of Instagram by Facebook, with many users still wondering what?s in store for the photo-sharing service now that it?s owned by the social networking giant.
Bring your own device - Effective policies and practice in a BYOD environment

Bring your own device (BYOD) is now ubiquitous among enterprises. For IT leaders this has meant developing and maintaining effective policies and practices to keep the organisation secure and efficient, while managing a proliferation of devices.
For a truly private social network, try RetroShare

It's a rare week indeed that doesn't bring forth some fresh privacy scandal, and creepy apps like Girls Around Me are only one small part of the problem.
Tangled web: Facebook, SEO and black-hat tactics colliding (still)

A few decades ago, some genius had this outrageous idea: "Let's put everything online." Everything. Measureless reams of information all piled up on the World Wide Web. The audacity of this concept should not go unappreciated.
Efficiency and technology consolidation top the 2012 agenda

This year will bring significant challenges to IT managers as enterprises face an increasingly tough economic climate. Several strong trends are emerging.
Six simple steps to adopting consumerisation

Most businesses are accepting, even embracing, consumer technology. What do they know that you don't?
Should you care about Pinterest?

Some call it (p)insanity. Others are straight up addicted to pinning. And still, there are those who just don't get it.
Women are more cautious about social privacy than men

Social media privacy awareness is increasing among Americans, according to a new study. However in the battle of the sexes, women trump men when it comes to locking down the privacy of profiles.

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