No, you can't buy an <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> 2 for $69, or even $179. But the mistaken, wildly low prices by a third-party reseller on Sears' website has triggered an acrimonious debate on the retailer's Facebook page, with nearly 400 customers weighing in.
Google+ may be getting some attention it doesn't want -- from Anonymous, which says it will target the new social networking site that launched last month.
With no official corporate office or IT staff, the 30 full-time Gurnet Consulting consultants have become some of the industry's ultimate <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/enterprise3/060611-saas-tips.html">power cloud</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070511-social-networking.html">social networking</a> users.
After three deadly blasts in the city late Wednesday, the people of Mumbai are using the Internet and social networks to help coordinate blood donations, hospitals, and even shelter for people.
Google has apologised for causing its Google+ users to be spammed over the weekend, saying the fault was caused by a lack of disk space.
So many pictures, so little time to tag all those <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/smartphones.html">smartphone</a>-generated memories. A pair of Microsoft interns have come up with a remedy.
The social networking scene is constantly in flux. The big 3 (Facebook, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/052610-twitter-quiz.html">Twitter</a> and LinkedIn) are at the top of the heap right now. But challengers are springing up all the time, hoping to leverage the next big wave into a lucrative IPO.
Despite its inevitable comparisons to the popular Apple iPad, Cisco's Cius is viewed more as another entry point into Cisco's collaboration ecosystem and less as the company's entry into tablet computing.
Noah Everett really has nothing to hide: He posted overnight to Twitter, including a photo via the TwitPic service he created, almost immediately upon being picked up by the cops in Charleston, S.C., for strolling down his street in the buff.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced a new Vatican website, via his first Twitter post, from an Apple iPad. But you won't be able to follow him on Twitter and he probably won't be following you.
If you want to get a message to Michael Dell, don't write an email, send it via Chatter. And, when he replies, expect the question and answer to be posted for everyone in the company to see.
You know those really unflattering photos on Facebook that you untagged at lightning speed? Now might be a good time to delete them ... or at least check up on one new privacy setting.
What do IT and marketing people do if their CEO and other senior managers are stultifying the use of social media? Show them case studies and examples of how other C-level executives are using it to their advantage, say leading social media professionals from Telstra and Facebook.
Social media platforms such as <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/052610-twitter-quiz.html">Twitter</a>, Facebook and LinkedIn increasingly are being used by enterprises to engage with customers, build their brands and communicate information to the rest of the world.
A new "geosocial" app called Sonar is getting the attention of Steve Peltzman, CIO of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.