Cloud Providers Keeping Your Cloud Presence Straight: Spiceworks Launches Free Detection Feature If your boss asked you to identify all of the various SaaS-based providers that are being used across your corporate network, how long would it take you to put together a report? This isn't academic: As more of your end-users sign up for these cloud-based services, it becomes increasingly harder to maintain the appropriate enterprise security… David Strom View comments
Digital Humanities The Psychology of Being Unfriended on Facebook Social scientists are increasingly looking at online friendships and trying to figure out if they carry the same emotional baggage that real-world friendships do. A preliminary study suggests that breaking up, even if it’s on Facebook, is hard to do. Dave Copeland View comments
Facebook Facebook IPO: Who Are the Real Losers? PayPal co-founder and Facebook pre-IPO stockholder Peter Thiel Facebook's tainted public offering, which has attracted the attention of federal securities investigators, has grown a bit darker with the filing of a class-action lawsuit. Los Angeles-based law firm Glancy Binkow & Goldberg filed the suit Tuesday in state court in San… Social Antone Gonsalves View comments
Announcements Blowing the Cloud Wide Open: Box.net to Begin Negotiable Enterprise Licenses The generally accepted definition of "cloud services" - even the one prescribed by the U.S. Government (PDF available here) - includes the existence of metered or measured service - usually a flat rate that scales along with the service consumed. Now one of the cloud's most prominent competitors is opening up its enterprise license… Scott M. Fulton View comments
Location What It's Like for an App in Apple & Google's Crosshairs UpNext Maps for iPhone is beautiful. It's the smoothest, fastest map I've ever used. It renders 3D buildings for virtual exploration of certain cities. Its look and functionality are distinctive. It's free. And both Google and Apple want to build these features themselves. Is this a kamikaze mission for UpNext? Jon Mitchell View comments