Fortune 500 companies are showing off their social acumen with more regularity, in particular, increasing their blogging and Twitter activity in 2009, a new study out this week says. But there are no gold stars for this sector. The Fortune 500 still lags behind the younger, faster growing Inc. 500 in terms of social media uptake.

Dell LogoIt’s a question that gets posed regularly within an organization: just how many people within the company should be trained to blog, Tweet or post on behalf of the brand? The answer?

Since 2004, Technorati has been publishing its annual State of the Blogosphere survey, an insightful look at how blogging habits of individuals and companies continue to evolve. The details for the 2010 survey will be released in November, but Technorati is asking for your input now.

It’s not as if Twitter was looking, but who wouldn’t answer when opportunity knocks carrying $35m? Though Mark Hendrickson at TechCrunch has confirmation that the actual sum raised is in excess of $35m. Announcing the …

The blogger buzz today seems to focus around Google and its various manifestations in our technological world, tinged with suspicion at the search giant’s increasingly Big Brother-like power.
From a purely practical view, there’s much excitement …

First phishers, now hackers — the Twitter security concern got a little scarier yesterday, with the news that 33 high profile accounts, including those of Britney Spears and Barack Obama, were hacked. Twitter is acting …

Forrester Research has released a report which finds that people do not trust corporate blogs –
which rank below newpapers, portals, wikis, direct mail, company email and message board posts in the trustworthiness stakes. Josh Bernoff, …

General Electric Co has changed the way it communicates with Wall Street over the past month, sharing news with investors via a relatively new company blog, Reuters reports. The blog, GEReports.com is accompanied by a …