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A lot of journalists are going to conferences and being told to use Storify, a site that lets you curate loads of social media on a given topic and present them in a narrative or timeline: you can, for example, pull tweets and YouTube videos, urls and Facebook posts. That is generally a good thing, providing they do it right. But, unfortunately, like a lot of things related to social media, people end up doing it just to say they're doing it and don't spend too much time thinking about how to do it well.

Atlassian today announced the latest version of its software bug and issue tracking tool called JIRA 5. It comes with an expanded API and with more than 30 different integrations to Box, Zephyr, Zendesk and Salesforce.com. It is one of the leading tools of its kind, being used by more than 10,000 customers, including Zappos which uses it for various development projects.

The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delivers more than purpose-built electric vehicles — it delivers smart mobility services. Visit bmw-i.com or follow @BMWi on Twitter. If modern technology is a universal language, the world is getting schooled in innovation, especially in the public transportation sector. The global transportation industry has become a testing ground for new payment systems, as cutting-edge technologies have be...

One of the first rules of public relations is "never be photographed with a drink in your hand," but now, in the Facebook age, it may simply be "never be photographed." A judge ruled that people can't sue for harassment simply because someone posts an unflattering photo of them on Facebook. Aaron Olson of Chisago City, Minn., sued his uncle, Randall LaBrie, for harassment. LaBrie's transgression? Posting a childhood photo of Olson on the 800 million+ member social network with an unflattering remark.

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Google’s Heads-Up Display Glasses Google plans to launch glasses with a tiny heads-up display that will stream real-time information about the surroundings into the wearer’s field of vision, the New York Times reports. The glasses will cost approximately as much as a typical smartphone, and we could see them on the mark...

How to Use Internal Linking to Improve Your Website's SEO Great content and attracting inbound links are major elements of your SEO strategy. If you’ve created an exciting blog post or ebook, you’ll naturally want to work on making sure that you are driving as much traffic to it as possible. Part of that strategy should always include internal linking, and understanding how the other pages of your website can contribute value toward your new page. If you are working on any important campaign, it’s absolutely critical to figure out which of your already great, high-authority...

Changes in the weather make for great photo opportunities. With the recent snowfall, we thought it would be a good time to see what kind of ice-cool snaps iPhone photographers have been capturing. From the first frost through to adventures in sledding via some beautiful nature scenes, our selection captures many aspects of wintery weather. SEE ALSO: iPhotography Calendar: 12 Months Captured in 12 Stunning Snapshots Wrap up warm and take a look through our gallery of snowy scenes. Link us in the comments to any great wintery shots you’ve capt...

Yelp is ready to hit the marketplace with a $100 million IPO on March 2, and both investors and the tech community will be watching to see how the location network will fare. While the numbers are certainly nowhere near Facebook IPO territory, Yelp has proven itself over the long haul with steady user and revenue growth since 2005. But despite the upward climb, Yelp has yet to turn a profit, posting a net loss of $16.8 million in 2011 — its biggest shortfall to date. It’s presumed public investment will garner Yelp the capital it needs to finally get i...

Eager to monetize the large followings they had built on Facebook, many large brands set up shop on the social network for the first time last year. Now many of those Facebook stores are closing. A Bloomberg report this weekend pointed out that Gap, J.C. Penney, Nordstrom and GameStop have all opened and closed shops on Facebook within the past year — undermining expectations that the social network will become a major revenue driver for retailers over the next decade. “We just didn’t get the return on investment we needed f...

Buzz Contacts for iPhone is the latest offering from savvy apps, makers of the popular alternative calendar app, Agenda. Both apps take built-in iOS apps and offer new interfaces to save users time and sanity. Actually, Buzz takes on three apps at once: Contacts, Phone and Messages. It also uses FaceTime, a feature another popular third-party contacts app doesn't have. If only Buzz handled the receiving of texts, voicemails and missed calls, you'd never need those other apps again. Instead of presenting contacts in a long, scrolling list like the built-in apps do, Buzz lets you add favorites...