enterprise Enterproid: Now Work & Play Can Safely Coexist on Your Mobile Phone Enterproid is a new mobile startup launching today which helps companies better manage the personal smartphones used by employees for work purposes. The first product from Enterproid is Divide, a platform for separating work and personal profiles on one device, and allowing them to be managed separately. With this new service, I.T. has limited… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
NYT Has Google's New Algorithm Cleaned Up Search? Google made a change to its search algorithm last week that it said was designed to help users find more "high-quality sites." Although Google never described this move as one aimed at tackling the problem of content farms, many observers have viewed the algorithmic adjustments as Google's attempt to clean up its search results, following a number… Audrey Watters View comments
Facebook Facebook "Like" Replaces "Share" Facebook is rolling out a change to its social sharing buttons: "Like" will now act a lot more like "Share." In other words, when you hit that "Like" button to express your thumbs-up approval of a particular site or story, Facebook will now post an update to your wall that includes a lot more details about what you're approving. A Facebook… Social Audrey Watters View comments
NYT And the Winner of the Academy Award Goes to... Real-Time Social Streams? The 83rd Academy Awards were broadcast this evening. The stories that will wrap up the evening's awards, fashion, and festivities are sure to focus on the winners, on the dresses, on the really really really badly scripted banter. But for those of us tuning in via Twitter, I'd say the show was a great success. It provided plenty of material… Audrey Watters View comments
News #EQNZ: Social Media Response to Chch Earthquake Last Tuesday New Zealand time, the city of Christchurch suffered a destructive and deadly earthquake. Measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, the quake wreaked havoc because it was shallow and close to the city center. It was the second major earthquake to have hit Christchurch in 5 months, after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on September 4, 2010. While… Richard MacManus View comments