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• Mark Zuckerberg's social media accounts hacked

  Facebook CEO's Twitter and Pinterest accounts were taken over in recent days because he reused the password: “dadada”

• 5 megatrends for CIOs to watch

  David Gee grabs his crystal ball and predicts the five megatrends you'll need to be aware of between now and 2020.

• Lawmakers headed to Silicon Valley to push tech companies on diversity

  Three U.S. lawmakers are traveling to Silicon Valley to push tech companies to offer opportunities for African-Americans, an area in which most of these companies have poor track records.

• Facebook, Twitter represent bulk of blocked traffic on corporate networks

  CIOs and IT managers are in many ways fighting a losing battle when it comes to blocking employee access to social media services and other websites on corporate networks. Every day, employee make an average of 6.2 attempts to access blocked social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a new report from Allot Communications, an Israeli enterprise IP service provider. Whether those attempts are intentional or the result of links in messages, redirects from other sites or ads, IT is responsible for the integrity of its systems.

• Pinterest turns its feed into a store with 'buyable pins'

  Pinterest, whose site is used by many to bookmark desired retail items, will now let its users buy those items directly from its site.

• How you might get food delivered through Pinterest

  When you search for a recipe on Pinterest, the results soon might include a way to have the ingredients delivered to your door within 45 minutes.

• Facebook builds platform for companies to share cybersecurity threat data

  Facebook has built a platform where organizations can share information about the security threats they face in order to better fend off cyberattacks.

• Forget Medicare and Social Security: Seniors are embracing Facebook

  If some kids are turned off by Facebook because their parents are on it, now they might be even more horrified: Grandparents are flocking to the social networking site.

• Hadoop World: The executive dashboard is on the way out

  In their zeal to collect as much operational data as possible, organizations hoping to gain an advantage through the use of big data will also need to rethink how they process, analyze and present that material.

• Social Sites Gaining Market Share Faster Than Search Engines

  Google remains the dominant source of Web-traffic referrals, with more than 25 percent of all website visits coming from the search engine, according to Adobe's third-quarter 2014 digital advertising report. The company's share of search spend dipped 1 percent year-over-year to 70 percent overall.

• See yah, Facebook. Teens prefer Instagram

  Teenage users have been drifting away from Facebook for the last few years, but now it seems they're in a mad rush to get off the world's largest social network.

• Google offers $100,000 Cloud credit for startups

  Looking for more success stories to add to its portfolio, Google has assembled a starter package to help startup businesses ramp up operations with free Google Cloud Platform services.

• 5 things CIOs need to know about Pinterest

  The social bulletin board can produce consumer buzz and website traffic, but needs better analytics for businesses.

• Pinterest ramps up location search

  Six months after adding its Place Pins feature, Pinterest is improving the search technology around the location pins.

• 'Do not track'? Oh what the heck, go ahead

  Chalk up another victory for corporate surveillance: Five years after advocates came up with an easy way to let you browse the Web with just a little privacy, the Do Not Track system is in tatters and that pair of boots you looked at online last month is still stalking you from website to website.