No Facebook Timeline for Internet Explorer 7 users

Facebook’s new Timeline feature recently went live for everyone – well, almost everyone. The social network shipped its shinny new scrapbook feature without support for Internet Explorer 7.

“IE7 users visiting profile pages that would otherwise be Timeline-enabled are presented …

How Washington went social in 2011

Politicos have been warming to social media since the 2008 Obama campaign, and 2011 saw more online activity than ever before from U.S. government leaders.

On Facebook specifically, the past year has brought us quite a few memorable highlights — …

2012 predictions: It’s doom & gloom for Amazon, RIM and Zynga

The predictions I made for 2011 turned out pretty well, since I framed things like any good fortune teller or horoscope would have done. I was vague enough to allow flexibility but detailed enough to sound spot on. I would …

Hacker group Anonymous steals sensitive info from Stratfor security firm

Hacker collective Anonymous claims to have stolen credit card data and other sensitive details from U.S. security think tank Stratfor, with plans to donate $1 million in stolen cash to charity.

Austin, Tex.-based Stratfor is a research group that posts …

Facebook rejiggers platform to increase game usage

Facebook announced Thursday evening that it has made updates to its platform to improve game usage and discovery of new apps.

The social network said it made changes to the platform based on tests that showed it could drive re-engagement …

The Web is a student’s primary source as universities adopt the digital age (infographic)

Education must evolve as curriculum changes, and new subject information becomes available. But it also must change to adopt the Web and accept that students are using it for just about everything.

Students learn in totally different ways now that …