If you’re hanging out for your boss to unblock Facebook at the office and start using it as a communications tool, you might be waiting a while. An survey of 500 executives by Avanade found that 60% had no plans to integrate social networking tools, even though the majority recognised that incoming staff were likely to want access to them. The main justification offered was a negative impact on productivity, an excuse which increasingly lacks credibility (especially if the alleged time wasters have Net-enabled mobile phones anyway). What excuses does your company use for banning social networking sites? Tell all in the comments. More »
Flash support was always going to be critical to Google’s much-discussed new Chrome browser – if only to get YouTube working — but reported user experiences so far have varied (especially if you don’t already have the Firefox Flash plug-in installed). Blog Hypernation outlines a method for getting Flash to work if your PC is locked down and you can’t use the regular install method. I haven’t tested this myself, and some lockdown environments likely won’t let you set up Chrome in the first place, but it’s a technique to try out if you do find yourself with a less-than-optimal Chrome experience on a PC where your admin rights are limited or non-existent. [Hypernation] More »
