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• Jive buys Filtrbox to boost social media monitoring

  To enhance its suite of enterprise collaboration products, Jive has bought Filtrbox, whose software helps companies track social media content across the Web in real time.

• Social media terms are Words Of The Year 2009

  Words from the world of technology and social media are among those identified as the "Words of the Year 2009" in a list commissioned by Oxford University Press.

• Web analytics forecast for 2010

  Enterprise customer intelligence firm, Webtrends, has come up with a set of key predictions for the web analytics industry in 2010

• Draft Gov 2.0 Taskforce report says agencies "must do better"

  The Government 2.0 Taskforce has released a draft report into its use of Web 2.0 technologies and is seeking comment before submitting a finalised report to the Federal Government.

• Online publishing for the cheap and lazy

  I'm a lazy cheapskate. And I'm often on the move. But as a columnist, I'm also interested in exposing as many readers as possible to my brilliant insights - which means I should engage in social media and online publishing.

• Google adds new social media features to Friend Connect

  Google's Friend Connect has expanded its roster of social networking and social media services that participating Web publishers can add to their sites.

• Futurist Ross Dawson's Predictions for 2016 (Part 2)

  Part two of an in-depth interview where we ask futurist Ross Dawson to elaborate on his predictions for 2016, their implications for the corporation and the individual

• Futurist Ross Dawson's Predictions for 2016 (Part 1)

  Part one of an in-depth interview where we ask futurist Ross Dawson to elaborate on his predictions for 2016, their implications for the corporation and the individual.

• Web gurus reveal how to attract and keep users

  Anyone who is building a Web-based community, whether it be a social network or other application, faces the same initial hurdle as sites such as Digg did: getting those first few regular users can be quite difficult.

• Jive tool aims to help companies track social media chatter

  With consumers venting opinions about vendors left and right on blogs, social networks, discussion forums and news sites, Jive Software has developed a tool to help companies monitor and analyze relevant online chatter.

• Lonely? Why not buy some Facebook friends

  Are you totally reprehensible and feeling lonely? Or maybe you're just a struggling business looking for some instant online companionship? The firm <a href="http://usocial.net/">Usocial</a> has the answer for you -- buy Facebook friends and fans.

• Yahoo!7 introduces new interface, third party apps

  Yahoo!7 Mail has moved to compete with social media giant Facebook through the introduction of a new look and feel to its Web email offering and a range of new features and third party applications.
  

• Forrester: Social networking grows up

  Companies can begin to target people over the age of 34 with media campaigns that leverage social networks as that age group has become the largest segment using Facebook, Twitter and other social media, a new study from Forrester Research claims.

• Lowy urges fans to join World Cup bid online

  Australia’s bid for either the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup has gone viral, with a huge social media drive underway by Football Federation Australia(FFA).