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Deloitte, Beeline Labs and the Society for New Communications Research have released findings from a study of companies sponsoring online communities. The…
Leave it to Google to (try to) plug an odd little knowledge gap. Even as people can't find Iraq on a map and push the limits of irony by misspelling "embarrassed," the search company has, for some reason, created a site to teach what a Web browser is. WhatBrowser.org is a very simple site that is able to tell visitors what browser they're using. A…
Facebook has revealed the United States "Gross National Happiness," the results of a study on the collective mood of Facebook users. Facebook "data scientists" started a project earlier in the year to measure the overall mood of people from the US on the social network, based on what they said in status updates.
New research from Robert Half Technology indicates that over half of chief information officers (CIOs) do not allow employees to visit social networking sites for any reason while they're at work. This information comes from a survey of 1,400 CIOs from companies around the US with 100 or more employees.
Update 2: The FTC is now saying that the $11,000 fine is not accurate, at least for the first violation. Fast company got some responses from Richard Cleland, assistant director, division of advertising practices at the FTC, who says:
Google and Bing employees know tons of useful stuff about search engines, and many people find their tips useful. But let's admit: a lot of SEO experts have seen the same pieces of advice repeated at conference after conference for years, and so at SMX East, two speakers went a little bit off the beaten path into the subjects of speed and security.
