Google Google Plus Circles: May Not be Sustainable There are now over 3,000 people in a circle I've dubbed "work friends." That may be nothing compared to the likes of Robert Scoble, but at the current rate of friending occurring on Google's new social network, I'm well on my way to seeing friend counts that rival Twitter, a network where I'm hovering around 12,000 followers. And this is during… Social Sarah Perez View comments
Google Google Analytics Starts Getting Social With +1 Button Data For users who weren't entirely sure what Google's +1 button was all about when it first launched, the picture is getting clearer, especially with this week's launch of Google Plus. And now site owners can see the button's effect for themselves, thanks to new metrics available in Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools. Most significantly, a… Social John Paul Titlow View comments
News Inching Towards Enterprise 2.0 When I started professionally covering the enterprise 2.0/social business space just over a year ago it was all very exciting. I had personally witnessed how valuable a workplace microblog/activity stream could be, and I loved learning about all the different companies and the ideas floating around. But it's easy to get bored. Despite all the… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Services Wolfram Alpha Learns How to Dance With ChaCha Two companies that you don't hear much about these days have partnered to help improve online Q&A. ChaCha and Wolfram Alpha have now combined forces to improve the quality and depth of answers to online questions. Hack David Strom View comments
NYT TDL-4: The Indestructible Botnet Every time a botnet is taken down, another is waiting in the wings to take its place. Each successive iteration of malware infected networked computers is more sophisticated than the last. Security research company Kaspersky believes it has found one that is almost indestructible. The TDL-4 botnet is 4.5 million PCs strong. It has some unique… Dan Rowinski View comments