Should You Deny Social Media Access to Your Employees?

• April 18th, 2012 by SEM Contributor

Social media is an extremely hot trend right now. People all over the world use it to engage with companies and interact with friends. Businesses use social media, individuals use social media, and everyone seems to enjoy it. Some companies worry that this obsession with social media has a negative effect on their company. These companies worry that their employees… Read more

Google Gets its Own “Fail Whale”

• May 20th, 2009 by Ann Smarty

The social-networking world and its monetized back-end social-media circles got their chance to prove themselves recently in their first collective trial-by-fire when Google’s entire fleet of services went down for several hours last Thursday. The search giant offered no explanation at first, causing wild rumors to spread throughout the various networks, and productivity slowed to a crawl for many users.… Read more