Report: US, Syrians Could Still Talk on Social Media

The U.S. has closed its embassy in Syria but could still use social media to communicate with Syrians, NextGov reports.

Experts told NextGov that State Department officials could still interact with Syrian activists and citizens on Facebook or Twitter.

The department has not confirmed plans…

Salesforce, Rypple Aim to Create a Social Enterprise to Promote Agency Goals

Last week, Salesforce.com announced a social networking acquisition that has been long in the making, according to John Wookey, executive vice president of advanced applications. 

The company said it will acquire Rypple, a cloud-based performance management services provider, and bring on all of Rypple’s staff and offerings. Wookey will run Rypple’s operations, which Salesforce will rename…

Mobility, Social Media Highlight IDC’s 2012 Government IT Forecast

Operational efficiency, mobility, smart government and economic stability will be the key themes of government investment in information technology for 2012, according to a forecast from IDC Government Insights.

As covered by InformationWeek, IDC predicts governments at all levels will spend nearly $82.4 billion on hardware, software and IT services in 2012.

IDC found…

Intel Facebook Project Looks for Next Big Idea From Young Leaders

Intel Corporation is launching a Facebook platform where users can decide which young business leader has the best idea out of 20 start-up ideas. The project aims to foster young leaders’ innovations, introducing a platform where business ideas can be proposed to win a $100,000 prize.

The social platform, named Intel Innovators, is a three month…

MarkLogic Intos New Social Media Channels at Gov’t Summit

MarkLogic recently held its annual Government Summit, included more than 350 government and industry decision maker attendees who explored big data solutions.

Amidst panels and discussions was the official launch of the MarkLogic Public Sector Twitter handle, @MarkLogicPubSec and the MarkLogic Public Sector Facebook page.

“This year’s MarkLogic Government Summit gave public…

VCE Talks About Data Center Technologies at Conference

VCE Chairman Michael Capellas recently spoke at CA World 2011 in Las Vegas on the latest technology trends that are transforming data centers and enabling greater business agility.

His keynote session featured CA Technologies CEO Bill McCracken, former first Federal CIO and current Harvard fellow Vivek Kundra, and…

Agencies Hopping on Google Plus Bandwagon

NASA led the way in joining Google Plus, and now more federal agencies are quickly following.

The U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the National Nuclear Security Administration, among other agencies, have now joined Google’s social network, according to a report from Information Week.

Originally only made available to individual users, Google Plus was…

Red Hat Plays on Open Compute Team to Develop Efficient Datacenters

Red Hat has joined the Open Compute Project, a Facebook established project that aims to construct efficient computing infrastructures at the lowest cost. As part of the project, Red Hat and Open Computer Project members will collaborate to develop technologies, design and develop next-generation datacenters. 

Red Hat has played a role in the project by coordinating several large customers to…

Norton Safe Web Keeps Facebook Users From ‘Liking’ Wrong Videos

Norton Safe Web for Facebook is a free application keeping Facebook users safe from “likejacking,” where a user’s click on a video results in “liking” the video and posting it onto their own wall.

Likejacking can be used to infect computers or steal identities.

Norton Safe Web for Facebook scans news feeds and identifies web sites containing security risks. Each…

Emsisoft Warns: Zbot Trojan Spreads By Fake Facebook Friend Request

The malware analyst team of security expert Emsisoft has revealed that cyber criminals make use of the Facebook friend request to infect users with malicious software.

According to Emsisoft, fraudulent emails with the subject, “Kaamil Mahmoud wants to be friends on Facebook,” trick users by directing them to a fake website instead of the original Facebook website. When recipients of this message click “Confirm Friend Request,” they…