Announcements Next, Salesforce Aims to Obsolete the CMS with Site.com Launch Here's the proposition: If your business fronts a marketing Web site, perhaps with a digital storefront and probably with additional content on Facebook, Salesforce.com is now offering a service - not a software package, but a cloud-based system - for you to compose the entire site, including layout template and content, and host the site… Scott M. Fulton View comments
Products Merit Badges: How Salesforce Motivates a Workforce Here's a very serious question: Are the tools your company's employees use to do their job more or less motivating to that end than the apps, games, and social services they use to do something other than their job? Put another way, does the software your people use for play improve the quality of their work, more than the software they use for… Enterprise Scott M. Fulton View comments
Art [STUDY] Why Do People Use Instagram? Instagram is the iPhone photographer's app of choice, and it's not just because of those slice and dice filters. Are Instagram users hasty and lazy, or do they actually take time to craft the photos before uploading them? A study done back when Instagram was fairly new suggests that the hardcore users of the Instagram app are anything but lazy… Play Alicia Eler View comments
International Iran Accused of Cyber Attack on BBC Everyone knows that the Iranian government is no champion of a free press. But exactly how far is the Islamic Republic willing to go to keep voices and viewpoints down to a minimum? It would appear that a full-blown cyber attack on the BBC is not out of the question, according to the news organization. Without divulging too many details about the… John Paul Titlow View comments
SXSW 2012 South By Southwest as a Silicon Valley Startup: Time to Sell If the last few days at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin are any indication, the technology and digital media industries have never been healthier. At least that's my interpretation of the vast amounts of free BBQ, booze, performances, parties, t-shirts, and toys that hundreds of brands and sponsors just fed us. In a sense… Dan Frommer View comments