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• Optus seeking tech start-ups with social impact

  Optus has opened applications to its four-month tech accelerator program – Future Makers – to start-ups, social entrepreneurs and charities.

• DHS's new child services system Pluto over budget, unfinished

  The Department of Human Services has spent all of the $102 million budget assigned to its still incomplete Child Services payments and case management system overhaul.

• Yahoo does Spring Cleaning: Shuts down Maps, Pipes & more

  In case you were wondering what it is exactly that Yahoo does these days, the company says its focus is on "search, communications and digital content." The rest must go, and as such, Yahoo today has announced some things it is getting rid of.

• Dropcam camera, Facebook posts sink suspected serial burglar

  A man suspected of committing as many as 2 dozen car and house break-ins was arrested for burglary in a Boston suburb on Tuesday after being identified from a home surveillance camera and implicating himself via Facebook.

• Boston Marathon runners warned not to overshare on social media

  The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) has warned participants in next Monday's Boston Marathon against posting their bib numbers on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, or risk having their results wiped out.

• Meltdown! New Periscope iPhone app live streams ice cream factory's end

  The <a href="http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20150116/News/150117014">teardown of a 50-plus-year-old ice cream plant</a> across from Network World's Framingham, Mass., headquarters today practically screamed to be live streamed via Twitter's new <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id972909677">Periscope app for the iPhone</a>. So I took my iPhone 5 into the parking lot during lunch and brought the action live to a whoever happened to stumble across it.

• Microsoft SharePoint coming up short for most enterprises, study finds

  Many SharePoint installations at enterprises have been doomed largely due to senior management failing to really get behind the Microsoft collaboration technology, according to a new study by AIIM, which bills itself as "the Global Community of IT Professionals."

• In case you die off before Facebook does

  Facebook has added an option for users to delegate management of their account for when they die.

• Study: Stop blaming Twitter for your stress

  Social media, on its own, probably doesn't explain why you're stressed out, according to a study released today by the Pew Research Center.

• Microsoft finally gets a real Instagram account

  We're not sure, maybe it's another thing to credit new <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2289195/software/138856-Meet-the-real-Satya-Nadella-Microsofts-new-CEO.html">Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella</a> for. But we applaud Microsoft for belatedly joining Instagram and <a href="http://instagram.com/microsoft">grabbing a formal corporate account</a>.

• Google is killing off Orkut

  Orkut, one of Google's first forays into social networking, will be closed down by the search company at the end of September.

• Cisco acquires tiny collaboration company

  Cisco last week acquired Assemblage, a maker of browser-to-browser collaboration tools that do not require downloads, plugins or installations.

• Ogilvy and Mather Updates Knowledge Management System for the Social Age

  Yuri Aguiar, CIO at Ogilvy and Mather, says a new social, intranet-based portal manages the company's content and has become 'a vital and vibrant place for our employees around the world to quickly find each other and the information they need to do their jobs.'

• CIO's Passion: Building a 'Connected Delphi'

  Delphi Automotive's CIO is paving the way toward a connected, socially-enabled, collaborative workplace

• Why CMOs must expand their tech skills in the digital marketing era

  As CMOs take on a more strategic role in the c-suite, they will need to broaden their technical skills and expertise to understand big data analytics, customer online experience, social media and more.