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Facebook seems to be posing a big problem at work. According to BBC, a council found out that staff was spending an average of 400 hours on it every month. This figure definitely did not please the council and a ban of Facebook from its computers will be put in place soon. Read More

IBM owns that technology, which is waiting to be patented. This remote control, designed by IBM scientists, allows you to “autoblog” on social sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace about whatever you are tuning into at any point of time. Read More

Earlier this month, Collins Dictionary announced that the word “Twitter” would be included in its next edition. Now words like 'noob', 'meh', 'mwah' and 'hmm' (see definitions below) would also be found in the new dictionary. These “words” originated from teens who converse regularly through social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo Read More

The Wall Street Journal provides this story on how U.S. franchises are seeking overseas markets. In part, the newspaper reports this is due to saturation in U.S. markets by huge franchises like McDonald's, but also the move has been triggered by the credit crunch at home. Emerging markets in Brazil, Central and Eastern Europe and even India and C Read More

The New York Times creates a video series about small business in recession. Despite reports that the recession may be easing, these businesses are still hurting and its hard to say whether some, including a New York movie tourism service (talk about a niche), a bicycle manufacturer largely serving the decimated automotive industry and a New York Read More

Anita Campbell, executive editor of Small Business Trends brings us a story of how the state of New Jersey abandoned not one but about 17 small local vendors when it gave an office supplies contract to a larger out of state supplier with out ever giving the local companies a chance to bid. Worst of all, Anita reports the small office supply compan Read More

The NJ Small Business Development Center (NJSBDC) at The College of NJ (TCNJ) will begin free one-to-one management counseling at the Middlesex County Administration Building in New Brunswick this month. Read More

CtW Investment Group has called for Whole Foods Board to start finding a suitable replacement for CEO John Mackey (confirmed with a published letter below). It is said that the damage caused by Mackey' WSJ Op-Ed made him a 'liability' to the company he co-founded. CtW Investment Group Executive Director Bill Patterson commented: Read More

By the end of this year, Twitter will have strategic statistic tools available for businesses on its site. This tool definitely comes with a price, which has not been discussed thus far. Read More