CIO.com - Consumer

Holiday Helpers: Free Web 2.0 Apps

C.G. Lynch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Track your holiday to-do and shopping lists, manage travel details and plan perfect soirees with these free Web 2.0 apps.

Facebook Etiquette: Five Dos and Don'ts

C.G. Lynch — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Facebook and other social networking sites can create an uncomfortable overlap between your personal and professional life. We show how to manage your Facebook profile so it can work for both business and pleasure.

WorkLight: If Your Enterprise Can't Beat Consumer Apps, Why Fight Them?

C.G. Lynch — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

WorkLight, a Web 2.0 start-up, helps transport enterprise data to consumer applications such as Facebook and iGoogle. In this Q&A, WorkLight's CEO says if you can do this securely, you should give users what they want — and you won't have to fork out the cash for SharePoint.

Gartner: Telecom Carriers Should Partner with Google on Initiatives

Matt Hamblen — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Analysts say it's a losing battle to keep fighting Google on issues concerning the Web such as net neutrality.

Dr. Google Sees You Now

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Google is making a database based on which areas of the United States search for "flu symptoms" and other information about the virus using its search engine.

15 Great Gadgets You Can't Get in the U.S.

Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

You want great gadgets? You have to go outside the U.S.—or to the online gray market&mdashto get the latest tech toys.

With God As Their Witness, Entrepreneurs Reveal Ways to Bring Social Networking to the Enterprise

Kim S. Nash — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

What GodTube.com and Internet dating reveal about building customer communities online.

Online Map Makers Gathering Data to Render 3-D Landscapes for Web Surfers, Mobile Phone Users

Michael Fitzgerald — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

On a mission to gather 3-D mapping images, one digital cartographer, taking pictures every 8 meters from his van, gathers about 20GB per day of mapping data.

Online Shopping: How to Get the Impulse Purchase

Kim S. Nash — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

This year, e-commerce merchants must turn e-mail, pop-ups and website marketing into spontaneous sales.

Microsoft Buys Minority Stake in Facebook

Juan Carlos Perez — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Advertising services at heart of $240 million deal for piece of hot social networking site; announcement came after Facebook also courted by Google.

Colorado Rockies Online Ticketing System Restored, Baseball Team Announces

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Sales to resume after system crash at automated ticketing vendor left World Series fans out of action when team made online sales the only customer service channel.

Amazon.com's IT Leader Leaving Huge Customer Service Infrastructure as Legacy

Meridith Levinson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

CIO Rick Dalzell is leaving Amazon.com after 10 years of constant change, inventions in personalization, product and service offerings. Here's a look at Amazon.com's evolution during Dalzell's tenure.

House Panel Asks Yahoo Execs to Testify in China Case

Nancy Gohring — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

House Foreign Affairs Committee wants Yahoo to explain its cooperation with Chinese inquiry of anti-government statements on the web.

HealthVault: Can Microsoft's Personal Health Records System Change the Face of Healthcare?

Diann Daniel — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft's new system to track personal health information aims to make it easy for patients to manage their health care. The program must overcome privacy concerns and win buy-in from many different players.

Social Network Sites Provide Contacts, Not Friendships

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

British researcher cites face-to-face meetings as measure of quality relationships.