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Former Chief of Privacy at Facebook to Task over Privacy Issues
Former Facebook privacy officer Chris Kelly has joined the ranks of public officials taking Facebook to task over privacy issues. Kelly is not the first politician to call for Facebook to make changes recently. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) made headlines in late April when he requested the Federal Trade Commission set privacy guidelines for social…
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Disk Storage Systems Market Surges, Report Finds
Top vendors benefited from impressive growth in the disk storage systems market, with EMC maintaining its top position in the external disk storage systems market. Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted year-over-year growth of 17.1 percent, totaling $5.0 billion, in the first quarter of 2010 (1Q10), according to a report from the International…
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Using Social Media to Market VAR Business
Social media marketing may simply be a new technology attached to an old marketing method (word of mouth), but using it effectively can improve relations with existing customers and – over time – generate net new business for VARs. Social media experts offer some tips as to how to do just that. As an extension…
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IBM Cloud Certification Demonstrates Expertise, Partners Say
Looking for proof that the move to cloud computing is already underway? Just ask IT solution provider Ultramatics. At the beginning of 2010 when the company spoke with its customers to discuss their IT needs, more than a third said they were looking to buy some kind of technology as a service, according to David…
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Better Mobile Broadband Pushed by FCC Chairman
He linked mobile broadband and innovation and promised to work toward increasing the available spectrum for the technology, which he said should be “unleashed.” During the D8 tech conference, Genachowski told WSJ tech reporter Walt Mossberg that deploying 4G wireless networks would help allow the United States to catch up with other industrialized nations that…
