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	Why Facebook and Google+ are headed in opposite directions The two major social sites, Facebook and Google+, are embracing opposite strategies for the future, but they are heading to the same place: To add social intelligence to everything you do. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Anticipate, Engage and Deliver Exceptional Web Experiences IBM Customer Experience Suite and IBM Intranet Experience Suite help organizations delight customers through a consistently exceptional web experience and empower employees with the social business tools they need to drive better business results. Learn More. In this Issue State of the Union speech lights up Twitter with nearly 2M tweets Facebook sees apps in its future ... lots of apps Yahoo acquires Tomfoolery, a social networking startup for business Facebook asserts its success on mobile with another strong quarter Hackers deface Angry Birds website following NSA spying claims Microsoft cloud server designs for Facebook's Open Compute Project Yahoo buys virtual worlds gaming company Cloud Party Facebook puts 10,000 Blu-ray discs in low-power storage system WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks Building the Case Focusing on top- and bottom-line business results helps IT leaders garner support for unified communications. Learn More State of the Union speech lights up Twitter with nearly 2M tweets President Obama's State of the Union address had people tweeting their support or their disdain and lighting up Twitter with nearly 2 million tweets. Read More Facebook sees apps in its future ... lots of apps Imagine using a separate Facebook app just for sharing status updates with your closest friends, or maybe co-workers. In the next few years, such an app could exist. Read More Yahoo acquires Tomfoolery, a social networking startup for business Yahoo is acquiring Tomfoolery, a startup that makes software to better connect employees on the desktop and mobile, it was announced. Read More Facebook asserts its success on mobile with another strong quarter More than half of Facebook's ad sales came from mobile devices in the fourth quarter, showing continued strength in the site's ability to monetize its service on smaller screens. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp Key Considerations When Evaluating Cloud-integrated Storage Read this paper to hear Mark Peters, Senior Analyst at ESG, discuss: - An overview of the Cloud-integrated Storage (CiS) marketplace - Critical considerations for choosing a CiS solution - Perspectives on where the market is headed Learn More Hackers deface Angry Birds website following NSA spying claims The official Angry Birds website was defaced by hackers following reports that U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies have been collecting user information from the game and other popular mobile apps. Read More Microsoft cloud server designs for Facebook's Open Compute Project Microsoft is contributing the designs of the cloud servers that run some of its services like Bing and Windows Azure to the Open Compute Project, in a bid to help standardize and reduce hardware costs. Read More Yahoo buys virtual worlds gaming company Cloud Party Yahoo has acquired Cloud Party, a gaming company specializing in virtual worlds, in another deal to give the search giant more engineering chops. Read More Facebook puts 10,000 Blu-ray discs in low-power storage system If you thought Netflix and iTunes would make optical discs a thing of the past, think again. Facebook has built a storage system from 10,000 Blu-ray discs that holds a petabyte of data and is highly energy-efficient, the company said. Read More
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