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Intel-Mobileye partnership emphasizes data-driven autonomous car industry
17 Mar 2017 -
Creating IoT-powered smart city platforms; hiring a CDO
13 Mar 2017 -
Privacy trampled under the hooves of new tech
13 Jan 2017
The following is our weekly roundup of SearchCIO and SearchCompliance content. This week, an Intel announced its purchase of autonomous driving company Mobileye, putting a spotlight on the industry ...
The following is a roundup of last week's SearchCIO and SearchCompliance content. Creating IoT-powered smart city platforms is no easy task, according to Rob Lloyd, CIO for San Jose, Calif. "Can we ...
Consumer privacy took center stage at Federal Trade Commission's PrivacyCon event held in Washington D.C. on Thursday. Senior Executive Editor, Linda Tucci explores how advancements in technology ...
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Trump's tech policy: What CIOs should watch for
09 Dec 2016 -
Is Microsoft-Linux alliance good for CIOs, open source?
23 Nov 2016 -
Data lessons learned from Trump's victory
12 Nov 2016 -
The CIO takeaway from Gartner Symposium
21 Oct 2016 -
Where are self-driving cars headed?
16 Sep 2016 -
Intel CIO hire puts spotlight on IT gender gap
05 Aug 2016 -
A guide to blockchain implementation; insights from the Cloud Expo
10 Jun 2016
President-elect Trump's technology policies will impact the future of the enterprise, but that's not the whole story. Following Trump's invitation to tech leaders to talk policy, Features Writer ...
In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft has announced its plans to join The Linux Foundation, despite the companies' less-than-friendly repertoire over the years. Senior Site Editor John Moore ...
This week, the news of Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election made headlines. In Searchlight, Features Writer Jason Sparapani talks to experts to find out whether Trump's unexpected ...
This week, SearchCIO was at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando. In Searchlight, Features Writer Jason Sparapani provides a bird's eye view of some of the predictions from Gartner analysts, the ...
This week, Uber rolled out self-driving vehicles in Pittsburgh. In Searchlight, Senior Executive Editor Linda Tucci talks with industry experts to find out what implications it will have on the ...
This week, Intel's executive IT ranks saw a shift from one woman CIO to another. But that doesn't mean the gender gap has closed -- far from it, in fact. In this week's Searchlight, Executive ...
Now is the time to get familiar with blockchain technology and what it can do for your company. In this two-part feature story, Editorial Director Sue Troy talks to leading experts to form a ...
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Intel's job cuts a sign of PC's metamorphosis; keeping cool during a cyberassault
22 Apr 2016 -
CISO reporting structure debate heats up; Congress assesses blockchain security
18 Mar 2016 -
SaaS shines amid low global IT spending; tips for your private cloud journey
22 Jan 2016 -
FTC highlights unethical big data usage; IT pros share regrets and resolutions
15 Jan 2016 -
TechTarget's 2015 salary survey results; the difficulties of organizational agility
25 Nov 2015 -
Google unveils app streaming; business lessons from blackjack
20 Nov 2015 -
CIOs sound off on Dell-EMC deal; why 'failing fast' is hard
16 Oct 2015 -
Why platforms enable transformation; experts talk Windows 10 privacy
07 Aug 2015 -
Demand shaping in the digital age; Apple's stance on consumer privacy
05 Jun 2015 -
The logistics of a 'bossless' workplace; dated security practices endanger companies
22 May 2015 -
IT systems integration key to multichannel retail; Samsung chips away at IoT market
15 May 2015 -
Target's need for industrialized IT; A lesson on digital leadership from the pros
24 Apr 2015 -
Profiting from big data; highlights from CES 2015
09 Jan 2015 -
Leveraging cloud for backend ops
19 Aug 2013 -
Facial recognition technology to be used by local law enforcement
- TechTarget 27 Aug 2012 -
Is the social media revolution about to declare a cease fire?
- TechTarget 13 Aug 2012 -
Why CIOs must embrace social media users
- TechTarget 06 Aug 2012 -
London summer games CIO deploys piezoelectricity
- TechTarget 03 Aug 2012 -
Microsoft source code sexually harasses women in technology
- TechTarget 23 Jul 2012 -
Leap second creates havoc for cloud computing services
- TechTarget 02 Jul 2012 -
Yammer does little to boost Microsoft's enterprise collaboration wares
- Editorial Director 26 Jun 2012 -
The role of the CIO is changing: What is your company doing about it?
- Editorial Director 12 Jun 2012 -
The Apple Retina display: Big whoop?
- TechTarget 11 Jun 2012 -
Let's not go overboard about Flame malware
- Editorial Director 05 Jun 2012 -
Corporate innovation: Why you're never going to win
- TechTarget 04 Jun 2012 -
Smartphone usage a sign of impending mobility tsunami
- TechTarget 01 Jun 2012 -
Strategic and agile equals true business transformation
- Editorial Director 29 May 2012 -
The most popular mobile OS? Hint: It's not an Apple product
- TechTarget 10 May 2012 -
Technology for competitive advantage is CIOs' new Job One
- Editorial Director 08 May 2012 -
COBIT 5.0 takes IT governance frameworks to next level
- Editorial Director 24 Apr 2012 -
Don't let reduction of compliance regulations short-change governance
- Editorial Director 16 Apr 2012 -
Geek Squad move is a peek into the future of IT for SMBs
- TechTarget 03 Apr 2012 -
Where are the successful women in business leadership?
- TechTarget 02 Apr 2012 -
What's the right data for your analytics project?
- Editorial Director 27 Mar 2012 -
Renewable energy sources scarce, but there's plenty of energy to save
- Editorial Director 20 Mar 2012 -
The new iPad release: A win or a wash?
- TechTarget 19 Mar 2012 -
The bad example set by the Britannica online edition
- TechTarget 16 Mar 2012 -
Big data in context is how real understanding begins
- Editorial Director 06 Mar 2012 -
Will the Apple iPad 3 release date ever get here? Do you care?
- TechTarget 05 Mar 2012 -
Are personal privacy violations just the cost of mobility?
- TechTarget 20 Feb 2012 -
CIOs learning to juggle business growth strategies with technology
- Editorial Director 14 Feb 2012 -
How free mobile apps risk personal data privacy and security
- TechTarget 13 Feb 2012 -
Post-PC era: Is 100% remote desktop virtualization even smart?
- TechTarget 02 Feb 2012 -
Shared services are the next generation of IT
- Editorial Director 31 Jan 2012 -
Does anyone still care about corporate social media?
- TechTarget 30 Jan 2012 -
Anti-piracy laws like SOPA and PIPA highlight online priorities
- Editorial Director 24 Jan 2012 -
Google data center solutions to adapt in your own IT shop
- TechTarget 24 Jan 2012 -
Banks on Twitter? Don't bank on it
- Editorial Director 16 Jan 2012 -
IT salary satisfaction survey says IT directors squeezed in midmarket
- Editorial Director 10 Jan 2012 -
BYOD backlash leads 2012 technology trends
- Editorial Director 03 Jan 2012 -
Responsibilities of a CIO: Long on demands, short on time
- Editorial Director 20 Dec 2011 -
Should you practice Facebook resistance?
- TechTarget 19 Dec 2011 -
Cloud security planning should be part of strategy from beginning
- Editorial Director 13 Dec 2011 -
Cloud computing services adoption could be the answer for security
- Editorial Director 06 Dec 2011 -
Can you use the Kindle Fire for business?
- TechTarget 05 Dec 2011 -
Are you at risk? Huge Java vulnerability now weaponized and exploited
- TechTarget 02 Dec 2011 -
First, 'bring your own device'; now, a zero email policy
- Editorial Director 30 Nov 2011 -
Celebrate a colleague with our CIO awards
- TechTarget 22 Nov 2011 -
Will the outsourcing model be the death of CIOs?
- TechTarget 21 Nov 2011 -
Tweak your corporate Twitter policy or risk getting p0wned
- TechTarget 14 Nov 2011 -
A new take on building CIO community
- TechTarget 08 Nov 2011 -
Sustainability initiatives driving innovation
- TechTarget 07 Nov 2011 -
PCI DSS compliance may be the answer to more than credit card privacy
- Editorial Director 01 Nov 2011 -
How to be a strategic leader in the IT industry
- TechTarget 31 Oct 2011 -
Apple's Siri speaks to iPhone users, but what is the message?
- Editorial Director 25 Oct 2011 -
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo urges creative destruction
- TechTarget 20 Oct 2011 -
The fallout from the BlackBerry outage
- TechTarget 17 Oct 2011 -
What can we learn from the Steve Jobs Way?
- Editorial Director 11 Oct 2011 -
Be more effective by increasing your business storytelling
- TechTarget 10 Oct 2011 -
How employees' perceptions make the difference
- TechTarget 07 Oct 2011 -
Strong passwords are more important than ever
- Editorial Director 04 Oct 2011 -
Whatever happened to last year's promising iPad clones?
- TechTarget 03 Oct 2011 -
What does the Amazon tablet PC mean for midmarket CIOs?
- TechTarget 29 Sep 2011 -
Easy and not-so-obvious ways to improve people skills
- TechTarget 26 Sep 2011 -
Don't hold your breath: It's a long wait for the iPad 3 launch
- TechTarget 19 Sep 2011 -
Google Desktop and new app lifecycles could put users in a bind
- Editorial Director 13 Sep 2011 -
Squeezing every dollar out of your cloud computing strategy
- TechTarget 12 Sep 2011 -
Banning Facebook to solve privacy, productivity issues not the answer
- Editorial Director 06 Sep 2011 -
Rooftop solar panels look to be a sound green investment
- Editorial Director 30 Aug 2011 -
HP takes a turn at re-engineering the corporation
- Editorial Director 23 Aug 2011 -
Death to the HP TouchPad tablets! Long live the king!
- TechTarget 22 Aug 2011 -
How the Google acquisition of Motorola affects your mobile workforce
- TechTarget 16 Aug 2011 -
Law and Order: Hacker Protection Unit
- TechTarget 08 Aug 2011 -
What cleaning computer viruses can teach you
- Editorial Director 02 Aug 2011 -
Does your Internet usage policy make your employees cry?
- TechTarget 29 Jul 2011 -
IT transformation means one thing: New IT job skills needed
- Editorial Director 26 Jul 2011 -
Gear up to install OS X Lion
- TechTarget 25 Jul 2011 -
IPad Bluetooth keyboards, iPad’s own keyboard vulnerable to hackers
- TechTarget 18 Jul 2011 -
What chief information officers have in common with Kevin Bacon
- Editorial Director 12 Jul 2011 -
Will Google social media be the fastest growing network in history?
- TechTarget 11 Jul 2011
Intel just announced that it's cutting 12,000 jobs in a restructuring effort that shifts focus away from PCs and onto growing technologies like wearables and IoT. In this week's Searchlight, Site ...
Who should CISOs report to? That has been a longstanding question in the IT field, but, as cybersecurity rises to the tops of the business and IT priority ladders, it has taken a on new sense of ...
This Symmetry blog post rounds up all of the content published on SearchCIO and SearchCompliance this week.
This Symmetry blog post rounds up all of the content published on SearchCIO and SearchCompliance this week.
The results from TechTarget’s 2015 Annual IT Salary and Careers Survey are in! SearchCIO members broke down the numbers and got reactions from CIOs and IT executives: First, Editorial Director Sue ...
Google's new app-streaming feature is taking deep linking even further, seeking to improve the mobile experience of users reluctant to download apps. But what does it mean for developers? In this ...
What does the Dell-EMC deal, the largest technology acquisition ever, mean for IT? We asked CIOs and IT pros to weigh in on the deal and its impact on digital strategies, vendor relationships and ...
There are many factors to consider when undergoing a digital transformation: Having a platform to support that transformation is one of them. Senior news writer Nicole Laskowski sat down with MIT's ...
In the digital era, top-notch IT management is essential to business success. But how do IT and business teams bridge the divide? Experts at the recent MIT Sloan CIO Symposium explain why CIOs ...
Imagine never having to report to a boss or supervisor again. Sounds great, right? Well, not all the employees at Zappos think so. The company's controversial new holacracy system enforces ...
Digitization is changing the way we shop, and making strong multichannel strategies a necessity for retailers. In this feature, experts discuss how they can adapt to the growing e-commerce market ...
Customer demand for Target's Lilly Pulitzer clothing line was so high that it overwhelmed the retail giant's website and mobile app. How could the company have avoided the snafu? Site Editor Fran ...
Everybody's talking about big data, but is your company actually profiting from it? IT leaders at two retail companies share their big data money-making secrets with SearchCIO Senior News Writer ...
Leveraging cloud for backend ops At Dallas-based TopGolf, CIO Tom LaPlante is one IT leader who goes well beyond lip service when it comes to innovation. In just over year since he was named the ...
Can local law enforcement utilize facial recognition technology against images now visible with the new Facebook privacy settings? That's one question raised by this week's Best of the Web, where ...
Are you tired of chasing the social media revolution? Do you wonder how Google manages to gain such fierce employee loyalty? We are too, so we've chased answers to these questions and more in our ...
We scour the Web to give you the latest news from around the blogosphere. This week, we're looking at the very first computer animation, the formula behind the very successful Malcolm Gladwell ...
TechTarget is a believer in fostering new talent in journalism. Welcome Miki Onwudinjo to the SearchCIO-Midmarket.com family as our new editorial assistant. CIOs are leaders in determining the ...
Worried that you missed the latest news? Don't be. We scour the Web and wrangle up the best and brightest from around the blogosphere. This week, we're looking at the Cybersecurity Bill, creepy ...
Did the "leap second" get you down this weekend? Did the Amazon cloud computing services outage prevent you from watching old episodes of Louie on your iPad’s Netflix app? Us too. Between all of ...
So, with its $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft confirms its desire to become a player in "enterprise social." My question is, since when was the company not all about enterprise ...
I am going through the data from the second annual SearchCIO.com Role of the CIO survey. So far, the data suggests more skewing toward business transformation and innovation and away from ...
Each week, we round up an executive summary of the high points around the blogosphere. This week, we're taking a look at the legality of Internet traffic regulation and how the big Internet ...
The Flame malware exposure reveals some dangers, but keeping those dangers in perspective will be the more prudent position in the long run.
We scoured last week's blogs for the best and brightest blog posts and media on topics of interest to midmarket CIOs. This week we're examining the problems that plague midsize corporations, like ...
Consider your own smartphone use when you engage with other businesses -- whether it's checking your servers with a thin client or watching the latest episode of "New Girl." You rely on those apps. ...
Linda Tucci raised a great point in her debut CIO Matters column last week. That is, and I'm paraphrasing, how far have CIOs really come in this digital age from being caretakers of technology to ...
We've scoured the Web looking for the top notes for your executive lunch break. This week, we're digging into mobile and smartphone news, including the most popular mobile device and the risks your ...
Competitive advantage is not that new a business term -- it was popularized by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter in the 1980s -- but it has never been more important as a business ...
It's one thing to get excited about new releases of Windows, iPhones or even HTML. It's another to get jacked and pumped about IT governance frameworks. But in the case of COBIT 5.0, you should. ...
The newly signed Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act will, among many things, reduce the number of compliance regulations with which companies will have to contend. While this may reduce ...
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy announced recently that it is extending its Geek Squad computer help services to small businesses and other partners. In its own way, this move says a lot ...
Each week, we scour the Web looking for the choicest cuts of the blogosphere. This week, we're taking a look at the illusive Millennial-generation traits that lead to a quest for more "me time" ...
Like the zombies of "The Walking Dead," data growth is threatening to overrun us. Managers worry about the right data that can be captured and used effectively, but what about the right data that ...
This wasn't a new story, but it was to me. So, I was a little disappointed to read about the dangers of wind power. Dangers? From a clean, renewable energy source? Yes, the magnets used to build ...
Each week, we cover all the best blogs and give an executive summary for busy CIOs. Things were shaking in the world of IT last week, with the breaking news that there's a risk of data privacy on ...
This week, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that its most recent print run would be its last, ending a 244-year run of printing out giant tomes. The $1,395 print-bound sets were swooped up by ...
Big data, big picture, big salad. It really doesn't matter, according to IBM's Jeff Jonas: The more the merrier. Jonas, the big brain behind IBM's business analytics efforts, spoke about the latest ...
We've tracked down the hottest blog posts and the best tech news that's fit for consumption. This week, we're narrowing in on the Apple iPad 3 release date, the problem with the original iPhone on ...
Each week, we scour the Web and bring you the most tantalizing tidbits that hit our radar. This week, we're looking at the nasty reality of personal privacy violations, the price of insider trading ...
You start spending enough time around CIOs and you can really feel the changes swirling around them. On the one hand, CIOs and senior IT executives must drive business growth strategies through ...
Each week, we scour the Web and bring you the choicest cuts for your approval. This week, we're looking at data privacy and security in the form of denial-of-service attacks, smart chatting and two ...
Last August, I sat at VMworld 2011 with 19,000 other IT literati and heard CEO Paul Maritz assure us that we were in the post-PC era. But are we really? Certainly there isn't much argument about ...
Last week I wrote about the transformation of banking services into products. This week I want to discuss different types of services--shared services. One of the first technology news stories I ...
Each week, we scour the Web and collect all the best and brightest links to start your week off swinging. This week, we're looking at the latest credit card hacks, how Apple tricks its employees ...
The recent pullbacks of the two controversial anti-online piracy bills -- SOPA and PIPA -- don't mean that users can continue indefinitely to download their favorite content whenever and wherever ...
Each week, we scour the World Wide Web to give you a quick punch of last week's biggest news stories and interesting blog posts. This week, we're taking a look at whether computer science should be ...
Recently, I was with my son to open an account at the local branch of my once mighty but now struggling Mega Bank. The customer service rep ran through the "product" options we had for creating his ...
A question for all of you midlevel IT managers and directors out there: What's got you down? According to new data from the CIO/IT Strategy Group poll on IT salary satisfaction, your subgroup in ...
I got a kick out of SearchHealthIT.com's 2012 technology trends not to watch. Since the site launched in late 2009, it has written extensively about electronic medical records, personal health ...
You never know where you might gain more insight on the responsibilities of a CIO. Somewhere along the line, my job title and the websites I work on got mixed up, and as a result I often am ...
Whether you're experiencing the end-of-year slowdown or a flurry of last-minute requests along with annual performance appraisals, December is always a little out of the ordinary. Here's our weekly ...
What are you doing about cloud security planning? I say planning because, in a survey of attendees at the recent SearchCompliance.com Making the Case for the Cloud virtual seminar, more than ...
About a year ago I moderated a panel on cloud computing services adoption in health care. A quick poll of the audience indicated that security was the No. 1 reason why their organizations were not ...
Each week, we mine the Web for the jewels of knowledge that appeal to CIOs. This week, we're looking at the trend of using the Kindle Fire in business, what compels women to quit their IT teams and ...
It's every CIO's worst nightmare -- that panicked call when you least expect it, delivering the worst possible news: "The firewall has been breached." We know that you do everything possible to ...
The wave of optimism that began with advancements in smartphones and tablets that could enable a new generation of bring-your-own-device employees has been taking some strange zigzags of late. The ...
We all know those amazing IT leaders who make a difference in our companies day in and day out but often go unrecognized by the IT world at large. Not everyone can pull a Steve Jobs or a Bill ...
Each week, we scour the Web to track down interesting news pieces and commentary to help you maximize your surfing potential and information consumption. This week, we've got analysis of the Kindle ...
Each week we scour the Web and bring you the freshest scoop from around the blogosphere. This week, we're serving up tasty helpings of corporate Twitter intellectual property questions, IT ...
We're always trying to consider what's on the minds of CIOs today. We write tips and news articles about it. We interview CIOs and profile them. But much of that commentary happens in a controlled ...
You got an extra hour this week, so why does it seem like you're still crushed by the weight of your to-do list? We're here to help. We've got an executive summary of the blogosphere's greatest ...
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard -- PCI DSS -- has been around for a few years and has seemingly done a good job of keeping credit card data safe. No, it's not a binding regulation, ...
What happened in the IT world last week? Here's the scoop on what you might have missed, including how IBM set an example for strategic leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s recent decision and cloud ...
Full disclosure: I've been an iPhone user since 2008 and I just bought my second iPad. So, I'm not bashing Apple products, and I'm not bashing iPhone users or users of Apple products in general. ...
Creative destruction. I've heard that term a lot this year, although it's hardly a new concept. From what's happening with the Occupy Wall Street madness to the pressure to innovate in the IT ...
Here's what you may have missed last week while you were standing in line to get your new iPhone 4S or waiting for your email during the cataclysmic BlackBerry outage: • As anyone with a ...
There have been many timelines, retrospectives and other examinations of Apple founder Steve Jobs' career, aka the Steve Jobs Way, and it would be a waste if we don't learn lessons from him about ...
It's been a busy week around the Web, and chances are you missed some things. Between the news of the iPhone 4S and Steve Jobs' death, it seems like the Web was absolutely sticky with Apple juice ...
I've been thinking a lot about the nontangible things that drive employee perceptions of a company and how they connect to job satisfaction. For instance, I have a friend who stayed at a ...
I recently asked one of my sons for passwords to his online accounts, for gaming, email, etc. Not because I'm nosy but because I'm trying to be a responsible parent and home IT administrator, and ...
Things getting hectic as you enter Q4? It seems like no matter what you do, you still just keep feeling like you're two steps behind. We know how it feels, and we're here to make it better. We've ...
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Amazon has announced the newest player in tablet devices, the Kindle Fire. The most amazing thing about the Amazon tablet PC isn't its screen resolution, the ...
Fall has fallen, and that sound you hear is the end of the year starting to whirr out of control. Stay on top of the latest blogerati posts with our handy little smorgasbord of IT-centric tidbits. ...
Twiddling your thumbs waiting for the iPad 3 launch? We've got scoop on the hottest tidbits from around the Web, including a bit of a sticky situation for Google and the creepy potential of big ...
So Google is discontinuing Google Desktop, along with a bunch of other "apps" that the search giant released over the past seven years. No huge loss. I use Windows XP, at work and therefore still ...
You might not be ready to say goodbye to summer, but it's definitely fiscal year crunch time. If you're like most CIOs, you're already feeling the pressure and are buckling down to do some serious ...
Facebook surpassed 750 million users this summer. That's a heck of a lot of people, but not really news. What is news is the movement afoot banning Facebook from users. Many companies are still ...
Rooftop solar panels are finally turning on a light bulb over some business leaders' heads. A big office park in my town is putting up solar panels on the roofs of two parking garages on its ...
Everyone is in the middle of IT business transformation these days. You could call it re-engineering the corporation, downsizing, rightsizing or just plain old cost-cutting, however. ...
It's been a busy week in tech, with the demise of WebOS on everyone's lips and the inevitable budget crunch as we prepare for 2012. Never fear: We've scoured the Web so you don't have to! Here's a ...
It's been a busy week in tech. Google's acquisition of Motorola has everyone wondering how it will affect their mobile workforce. Here's a tasting menu of the choicest bits around the Web, ...
Every week, we scour the wealth of information on the blog circuit and give you the finer talking points to help you score erudite points around the Twitter water cooler. Here's the latest sampling ...
In my spare time I run a little PC service repair business, mostly for friends and family. It's mostly cleaning computer viruses, installing wireless networks and sometimes building gaming systems. ...
How are you feeling today? Lonely? Upset? Vaguely withdrawn from society? If so, quick -- check your Twitter stream on your smartphone. Better now? We've all heard BlackBerry jokingly referred to ...
I found it amusing/disturbing during the NFL player lockout that players were worried about making ends meet. Many players should certainly learn new job skills for when their playing days end, but ...
Massive heat waves in the South and Midwest have us scurrying for the cool, comforting glow of our monitors in the delicious air conditioning, so we've been scouring the Web and have found some ...
Were you on vacation and unplugged last week? While you're planning your shopping list for the week, you might want to add an iPad Bluetooth keyboard and a 20-foot touch-screen wall. Here's what ...
What does a chief information officer have in common with Kevin Bacon? Mathematics. The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game has been around for a while. It proves that all of us are more intertwined ...
The world is a busy place, and last week was no exception. We saw the last public launch of NASA's shuttle program, witnessed tremendous buzz in the wide scramble for adoption of Google's social ...