Business Technology

Facebook has urged the European Commission to back away from plans to legislate data protection laws that may stifle business growth.

Facebook has opened voting for its 1 billion users to have their say on an array of controversial governance policy changes, including a proposal to scrap the social network’s voting system itself. The proposed changes were announced late in November and have fueled concerns among privacy-advocacy groups. Users were sent an email on Tuesday saying that the voting [...]

Facebook Inc will make its debut in Nasdaq elite club, on December 12th, replacing Indian technology company Infosys, which is moving its US listing to the New York Stock Exchange. The Nasdaq-100 index tracks the 100 biggest non-financial firms listed on the Nasdaq exchange. Facebook currently is the largest company not included in the top [...]

Is this the end of digital democracy? This question has been floating around the internet since Facebook unveiled new plans on Wednesday to take away its users’ right to vote on major data and private policy changes. Under current rules, Facebook puts policy changes to a vote, if more than 7,000 people comment on the [...]

New technology causing loss of productivity is an ongoing bugbear for businesses, and a cause of controversy every time a new technology hits critical mass  First it was the telephone. Decades ago the debate raged as to whether employees should be allowed to make and receive private calls on the office phone. Now it would [...]

A new image-recognition tool is on a mission to revolutionise traditional media and advertising – as well as becoming a lower-case verb Blippar is a revolution for traditional media and advertising offering the power to turn every single piece of printed collateral or physical branding in the real world into an instantaneous, interactive experience. Already [...]

Sue Tabbitt looks at how three very different big-name companies are using Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to protect their business and drive its growth Social media offers a powerful means for companies to engage with customers. Without a clear strategy, they risk being left behind as everything from marketing to dealing with complaints goes social. [...]

As more varied methods of payments emerge, security fears from consumers grow. Digital cash vouchers provide an alternative way to pay online that is safe and secure It’s fantastic that there are all of these emerging ways to pay such as mobile payments, NFC (near field communication) phones, electronic wallets, biometric payment authentication technologies, and [...]

Mobile payments offer customers a far richer banking experience and at very low cost, but given the rate at which UK and most global banks are responding, will it be a social media player that corners the market? Anyone still sceptical about the likely impact of mobile payments should look east for evidence of how [...]

Banks, retailers, advertisers and mobile phone companies are all clamouring for a share of the digital money market – but the real winners could end up being consumers themselves Digital money is becoming big business. But whose business will it be? In outline the revenue model falls into three parts, says Dave Birch, chairman of [...]