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Social media: Tweet this � bosses can and should monitor your Facebook, Twitter accounts

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:17:00 -0400

Using Facebook, YouTube or any other social media site at the office is not a private act, Toronto conference is told. Here are some guidelines for employers that you might want to know.

Facebook IPO: How to cash in

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:57:00 -0400

Facebook’s IPO will have investors scrambling for shares. Single shares will be hard to come by, but here’s a roundup of ways to get an in

Dear Minister Laar: The Internet is not running out of space

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:10:00 -0400

Estonian defence minister becomes meme after he answers accusations of censorship by saying his Facebook page �ran out of space.�

RIM sales pitch partly misses as analyst downgrades BlackBerry maker

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:00 -0400

RIM licensing of BlackBerry operating system to iPhone, Android smartphones unlikely, analyst says after Toronto meeting with RIM CEO Thorsten Heins.

Facebook IPO: Missed the whole thing? Here�s how to sound smart about the social network�s IPO anyway

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:42:00 -0400

Facebook IPO pass right by you this week? Here�s what you need to know to sound like a social network IPO expert anyway.

Facebook IPO could mean $200 million for Mark Zuckerberg�s graffiti artist

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:34:00 -0400

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg hired artist David Choe to paint Facebook's walls in 2005 for stock options. Why the IPO makes him happy he chose not to be paid in cash.

Samsung Galaxy Note: Half smartphone, half tablet, all awesome (watch out iPhone, BlackBerry)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:43:00 -0400

Samsung Galaxy Note is both a large smartphone and small tablet – the Google-Android driven device is easy to use and it still fits into your purse or pocket like an iPhone, Mark Saltzman writes.

Facebook IPO documents flag privacy watchdogs as risky to its future success

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is worried about Canada’s privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart and her global counterparts. Here’s why.

Facebook IPO: A lucky few will get big windfalls

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:46:00 -0400

Former employees, outside investors stand to earn millions while the rich and famous could get richer off the Facebook IPO.

Facebook makes mega money from friending � now you can too

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:38:00 -0400

Facebook stands to make mega bucks from its IPO. PowerVoice lets you make some cash using your friends, too.