REDMOND Hundreds of small business entrepreneurs and supporters gathered on the Microsoft campus to kick-off National Small Business Week. The event on June 17 was the first of five scheduled by the U.S. Small Business Administration in cities throughout the country.

As high schools and colleges all over the country let out for summer break, teens and university students will likely take to their computers to search for one phrase: “Google internship.”

By Brian Rice, Director, Global Social Media Marketing, SAP

Twitter gives marketers a gift by opening its analytics, Facebook finally adds hashtags, Yelp recommends nearby places and more social-media news.

By Nick Veronin Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson star in “The Internship” — which finds the two actors playing out-of-work, 40-something salesmen trying to reinvent themselves by apprenticing at Google.

Medium and small businesses in Canada are increasingly turning to social media to market themselves — and the savviest are learning the secret of conversation.

It’s never too late to learn how to use social media tools for your company.        

Twitter gives marketers a gift by opening its analytics, Facebook finally adds hashtags, Yelp recommends nearby places and more social-media news.

Medium and small businesses in Canada are increasingly turning to social media to market themselves — and the savviest are learning the secret of conversation.

Betapond , the Ireland-headquartered Facebook marketing technology startup, has raised 2 million in a new round of funding led by The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund — money it plans to use to “accelerate development” of its forthcoming social commerce offering to retailers, which will power product recommendations from a consumer’s trusted Facebook friends.