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• Facebook takes on the enterprise with new social network

  Facebook, the world's largest social network, is making its first move into the enterprise.

• Facebook's privacy blunders may trip up potential enterprise push

  If Facebook launches a social network for the workplace, CIOs will have to decide whether they can get past Facebook's history of privacy issues.

• Microsoft struts YouTube-style video streaming for enterprises

  Microsoft on Tuesday announced Office 365 Video, a YouTube-like streaming service where enterprises and large organizations can post in-house video content for communication and training.

• IBM Taps Twitter's Data to Drive Business Insights

  The enterprise sector is undergoing such a transformation that companies recently deemed unfit for the corporate world are now sitting at the head of the table. So if IBM's partnership with Apple seemed like a hell-freezing-over moment in the middle of summer, last month's follow-up deal with Twitter would have to be characterized as a deep freeze.

• Facebook may be building social network for the enterprise

  Facebook may be expanding from a social website where users share photos of their favorite sandwiches and pets, to a network focused on business users.

• Have a spare $9,000? Join Facebook for the rich

  Want to talk about your Porsche, your takeover of a company or your new jet but uncomfortable doing it on Facebook?

• 5 Ways to Improve Your Social Media Campaigns

  Over the past few years, those in charge of branding and communication for large companies have realized that social networking can be an effective marketing tool. Sure, there's still multi-million-dollar ad campaigns that run during football games and the print advertisements in major national magazines. However, at a more granular scale, it's often the individual tweets and connections with customers that can have the most impact. CIO.com asked social media experts to share their best tips for achieving social media success on sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn.com and Twitter.

• Google makes Hangouts more enterprise friendly

  Google is looking to make your work day a bit more social and is taking its Google Hangouts into the business arena.

• Twitter marks 8th birthday with your first tweets

  Twitter is getting ready to celebrate its eighth birthday on Friday and it's marking the occasion with a present for its users.

• Google goes after enterprise with Chromebox for meetings

  Google is opening the door wider to the enterprise, launching a videoconferencing tool designed to make it easier and cheaper to have face-to-face meetings with far-flung co-workers.

• Super Bowl sets Twitter record, as Volkswagen launches social war room

  The Super Bowl may have set a record for Twitter, but it was a tougher game for companies trying to score big on social media.

• 3 Common Enterprise Social Network Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)

  Many businesses fight an uphill battle in their enterprise social network deployment: In fact, Gartner predicts that 80 percent of such initiatives fail. Here are the three most common obstacles businesses face and tips for how you can avoid them.

• How companies should navigate social media in a crisis

  Companies using social networks like Twitter and Facebook need to face what to do during a national crisis like the Boston Marathon bombing.

• Pinterest launches new look, more tools

  Social pinboard site, Pinterest, began rolling out a redesign to its users today.

• Intel researchers work on new way to display, share images

  Intel researchers are working on a new way to display photos and videos, making them more social and collaborative.Pictures and video can be rearranged, enlarged with just a touch on walls, tables