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Tweet More than a quarter of Australian employers use social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook before hiring staff, according to new research. Telstra’s Cyber-Safety survey found that almost half of those employers who admit to checking candidates’ social profiles have turned down applicants based on something unfavourable they’ve seen online. The research also [&hellip
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Tweet WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has blasted the mainstream media, Washington, banks and the internet itself as he addressed journalists in Hong Kong via videolink from house arrest in England. Fresh from accepting a Walkley award for journalism on Sunday, Assange spoke to the News World Summit in Hong Kong on Monday before keeping a [&hellip
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Tweet Bloggers comment on brands and post to social media, expanding reach Bloggers, from hobbyists to professionals, often write about brands, and their growing influence should make brand representatives continually evaluate the relationships they have with these bloggers. Most bloggers write about brands in some way or another. According to the “State of the Blogosphere [&hellip
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Tweet China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest smartphone market by volume although the US still leads in terms of revenue, a market research firm says. Strategy Analytics said that smartphone shipments hit 24 million units in China during the third quarter of the year compared to 23 million units in [&hellip
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Tweet Australians work some of the longest hours in the developed world, with many feeling obliged to do extra work because their employer has supplied them with mobile phones and laptops, new research says. The study by the left-leaning Australia Institute terms this extra work ‘polluted time’, as work increasingly intrudes on leisure. Institute deputy [&hellip