What to know about Facebook’s verified pages

“Will the real slim shady please stand up?” Like all other social networks Facebook has tons of pages and profiles which are duplicates or pages that try to mimic original brands, businesses and

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 3rd, 2013 Wolston Lobo

What makes a tweet retweet-worthy?

Twitter - an easy, convenient way to get a message out to the masses. Or is it? Like any social media coordinator knows, gauging whether a tweet will be noticed and retweeted is

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 31st, 2013 ITBusiness Staff

HootSuite beefs up security features for Twitter

Social media managing platform HootSuite Inc. added a host of security features for enterprise users on Thursday, aiming to help users manage risks to their accounts. One of the new tools it’s touting

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 30th, 2013 Candice So

Planetary Resources set to crowdsource satellite telescope observation

If you haven't heard of Planetary Resources yet, it's a billionaire-backed team of NASA engineers and space tourism entrepreneurs that want to mine near-earth asteroids for valuable resources. Oh, and along the way

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 25th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Dumping over text or Facebook? More common than you might think

Chalk another one up for the power of mobile and social media - our love affair with our phones and our Facebook accounts has changed not only the ways we interact in real-life

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 24th, 2013 Candice So

SAP targets sports entertainment vertical, San Francisco 49ers a customer

SAP AG announced a new software solutions package for a new business vertical today, alongside oil & gas and healthcare, with a unique small business customer to show it off at its Orlando-based

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 14th, 2013 Brian Jackson

How Hootsuite gets 90% customer support satisfaction

HootSuite is used by many businesses to provide support to their customers on social media, so its no wonder the Vancouver-based firm makes it a priority to do its own customer support right.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 7th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Practice good ‘password hygiene’ to avoid social media hi-jacking

Nearly one-third of Internet users stay logged into social media sites, leaving themselves open to attacks, according to a new study. In a voluntary survey of about 10,000 people worldwide, security software provider

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 7th, 2013 Candice So

Kirstine Stewart wins in social media country managers ‘death match’

A little bird told us that Kirstine Stewart has been appointed the managing director of Twitter Canada. She was the executive vice president of English services at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her TV experience

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 3rd, 2013 Wolston Lobo

Toronto startup launches photo-sharing app with Maple Leafs promotion

Toronto-based Thumble launched its iOS photo-sharing app on Tuesday, and to mark the occasion its offering users the opportunity to win tickets to a Toronto Maple Leafs or Montreal Canadiens playoff game. A

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 30th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

How could LivingSocial’s failure do more good than harm?

When LivingSocial.com discovered that the personal information of their 50 million or so users had been stolen, they did what most companies do: they initiated an investigation and hunkered down to weather the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 30th, 2013 Claudiu Popa

Waterloo mobile messaging startup closes $19.5 million financing round

A Waterloo startup that wants to change mobile messaging has $19.5 million to help it in its mission. Kik Interactive announced last week that it has closed a $19.5 million in Series B

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 23rd, 2013 Jeff Jedras

4 e-commerce lessons to learn from Buytopia

We all know that running a retail business is a little bit different today than it was last millennium. While your grandmother may have pushed a cart around the aisles of Woolworth's and picked

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 15th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Dell measures 400+ variables to gauge brand – what do you do?

It's been a full decade since Frederick Reichheld revealed "the one number you need to grow" to the business world in an article published in the December edition of Harvard Business Review. The

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 2nd, 2013 Brian Jackson