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• Biggest tech industry layoffs of 2012

  By Bob Brown | 30 May, 2012 20:25

  Research in Motion, reeling as its BlackBerry takes a beating from the Apple iPhone and assorted Android smartphones, is expected to lay off anywhere from 2000 to 6000 employees to cut costs and turn around its financial fortunes. While the exact number of layoffs from RIM's 16,000-plus staff remains to be confirmed, the restructured company appears headed for a high rank on this year's list of tech industry layoffs.

• Sice quits Acronis, joins Staples

  By Mike Gee | 29 May, 2012 07:42

  Karl Since has resigned from his post of general manager A/NZ at data protection provider, Acronis, and joined Staples, an online stationery supply company, as its head of sales, IT solutions.

• Social media bring business, but add security quagmire

  By Ellen Messmer | 18 May, 2012 04:27

  Social media - Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and so forth - has become a way of life for companies and their employees to interact with the public, but beating back the fraudsters that try to prey on customers, not to mention keeping employees from spilling sensitive data, is becoming a full-time job for many.

• Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings continue to be mixed

  By Marc Ferranti | 05 May, 2012 02:40

  As the earnings season wanes, quarterly financial reports from the tech sector continue to be mixed, though shares in IT companies are still up for the year.

• LinkedIn tp buy SlideShare for $119M

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 04 May, 2012 22:28

  LinkedIn is acquiring SlideShare, which allows its users to share presentations online, for US$118.75 million as it tries to find new ways to make its site more useful, the company said on Thursday.

• iPad app built “from the ground up": LinkedIn

  By Patrick Budmar | 01 May, 2012 16:52

  LinkedIn joins services such as Facebook and Skype that have finally jumped on the iPad bandwagon with their apps.

• The 5 best free social media and communication tools of 2012

  By Megan Geuss | 24 April, 2012 22:54

  Stay on top of your social media with a few communication tools.

• 5 ways to put LinkedIn to work for your business

  By Michael Ansaldo | 16 April, 2012 04:51

  As one of the Web's "big three" social networks, along with Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn has grabbed its slice of the limelight as the space where professionals strategize their next career move. But that's an unnecessarily limiting way to view this powerhouse network.

• Twitter tools: 11 Free apps and services you need now

  By Liane Cassavoy | 02 May, 2012 23:21

  Twitter is all about keeping things brief. It is, after all, a microblogging service, one that limits you to 140 characters per post. But while Twitter promotes a less-is-more approach, the same can't be said of the market for Twitter apps and services.

• Four ways to become a true social business

  By Jon Ferrara | 04 April, 2012 05:29

  You and I may be fully participating in popular social media like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, but I'll bet your company isn't - at least as well as it could be.

• Technology argument 6: Facebook vs. Google+ vs. Twitter vs. LinkedIn

  By Jeff Caruso | 15 November, 2011 09:37

  Much has changed since we examined the ongoing war between Facebook and Twitter in the autumn of 2010. The stakes are higher, the competition has increased, and we see LinkedIn and Google roaring into the social networking arena like never before.

• Find the best personalised news app for iPhone, iPad

  By Joel Mathis | 05 August, 2011 06:47

  When Flipboard hit the App Store last year, the personalised news app for the iPad turned out to be a revelation. There were already plenty of Twitter clients, Facebook apps, and RSS readers available for download—there were even apps that combined those streams of information into one. But none did it quite so elegantly, creating the sensation of effortlessly flipping through the magazine. Overnight, Flipboard reinvented the category.

• The day of the password is done

  By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 05 January, 2011 00:38

  When the popular Web site Gawker was hacked into recently, more than a million user IDs and passwords were released. If you were one of the people compromised that's annoying -- very annoying. Not that it's a big deal that someone could log into a gossip site under your name. But many of those people used those same IDs and passwords on other sites that are a wee bit more important, such as LinkedIn. Now, that's a problem.

• 5 LinkedIn Groups to Boost Your Social Media Savvy

  By Kristin Burnham | 05 March, 2010 07:00

  How familiar are you with LinkedIn Groups? This section of the social networking site (found on the top navigation bar) is dedicated to communities of professionals based on common interests, experiences, affiliation and goals. Groups can be a great source of industry information and discussions, as well as an effective way to connect with likeminded professionals.

• LinkedIn Recommendations: Five Ways to Make The Most of Them

  By C.G. Lynch | 20 February, 2009 09:10

  As potential employers or recruiters peruse your work experience on LinkedIn, recommendations from past and present colleagues can be one of the most helpful features to help communicate your value. Here's five tips for doing the most good for yourself with LinkedIn recommendations.

• Social networking behind the firewall

  By Mary Brandel | 12 August, 2008 09:01

  Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.