I've posted a lot recently regarding enterprise social messaging ("Twitter for the enterprise"): Twitter in the Workplace Social Messaging & Socialtext Signals: Before We Get Too Excited... Twitter Compared to IM, Email and Forums Enterprise Twitter: Clarity Amid The Hype Enterprise Versions Of ...

The other day I was so quickly reminded how old I was when my wife pointed out, rather snarkily, “Hey, you do realize that your 10-year class reunion is coming up soon, right?” For the record, yes, that thought had occurred to me. Internet chat and message board systems have been around ...

ReadWriteWeb reports Stony Brook University researchers discovered too much exposure to "texting, instant messaging, and social networking" can make teenage girls more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression. This landmark discovery sampled a whopping 83 teenage girls. The results......

I’ve found over the last few years that I’ve started instant messaging more and more. Since nearly everyone seems to always be at their computers, it’s a convenient way to quickly get in touch with them. Now that IM is included with things like Facebook and Gmail, I’m online ...

John Del Pizzo from the IBM Sametime team responded to my post - but, I'm not persuaded by the counter-arguments.   Point 1 He dinged us on: "...the total cost of ownership is not clearly outlined, a reasonable TCO model would establish a timeline (say 3 years) and include the total costs, includi...

I’ve been using Twitter for a while now and everytime I mention it to someone who isn’t down with the Tweets inevitably asks “What the hell is Twitter?!” Another inevitability is that the second I open my mouth to try and explain it I turn into a combination of Lenny from ...

See Also: Twitter Is Worth A Lot More Than $250 Million In the Web 2.0 space, it would be extremely difficult to find a more-successful, faster-growing service than Twitter, who has carved out a significant niche for itself in the microupdates space, as people from around the world tell you what the...

The time it takes to boot up a computer can be a source of frustration — especially if you’re in a rush and just want to log on, get information and move on with your day. If televisions took as long as PCs take to start working, we’d miss game-winning touchdowns. Slow boot-up time...

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The iPhone is, after all this time, still the pretty new girl on the block. I can’t think of any other cell phone that has become quite the style icon that the iPhone has become. It’s got features, looks, and an interface no one else has been able to match. It also comes with a single ca...