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Every Friday we publish our “Follow Friday” series which features a few industry news articles we would like to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

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This week’s Follow Friday articles include firms investing in eDiscovery, HTML5 is the future of publishing, the transformation of your office in the Cloud, and more.

Read more to check out all of this week's Follow Friday articles.

Every Friday we publish our “Follow Friday” series which features a few industry news articles we would like to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

Click the headline of each article to read the full story.

This week’s Follow Friday articles include EFF blasts proposed DRM in HTML5, SharePoint and EMC Documentum cuddle up, why your CIO doesn’t spend the most on the Cloud, and more.

EFF blasts proposed DRM features in HTML5 - Network World 
By Jon Gold

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has issued an angry formal response to a proposed set of HTML5 standards from the World Wide Web Consortium, saying that stringent digital rights management technology will be harmful to online freedom and prevent many users from getting access to important content.

The EFF is most concerned about the W3C HTML working group's acceptance of a draft standard that "includes discussion" of a technology called encrypted media extensions. Essentially, says EFF international director Danny O'Brien, this builds DRM into the fabric of what was supposed to be the underpinning for the open Web.

Read more to see what else made this week's list!

Every Friday we publish our “Follow Friday” series which features a few industry news articles we would like to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

Click the headline of each article to read the full story.

This week’s Follow Friday articles include adding functionality to SharePoint, HTML5 is winning developers’ hearts and minds, Mercedes-Benz adds QR Codes to cars to aid crash victims, and more.

Smacking SharePoint into Shape - Computerworld
By Todd R. Weiss

For many enterprises, Microsoft's SharePoint is a great basic platform for collaboration and file sharing. But the software can't always do everything customers would like without getting an assist. In fact, according to a Forrester Research survey, some 65% of all SharePoint shops add functionality to the core software.

SharePoint extensions include code that's generated in-house, or with help from contractors and consultants or with specialized, purpose-built add-ons from a wide range of third-party vendors. (These are not the same as the SharePoint add-ons available in Microsoft's store.) It's the same kind of ecosystem that surrounds a myriad of large applications, from IBM's Lotus Notes to Oracle's databases and SAP's business suites.

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• The Explosive Growth of 3rd Party Add-ons for SharePoint
• Maximum SharePoint Efficiency with Minimal Effort

Read more to see what else caught our eye, and to share what you've found this week!

Every Friday we publish our “Follow Friday” series which features a few industry news articles we would like to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

Click the headline of each article to read the full story.

This week’s Follow Friday articles includes getting a better understanding of HTML5, Microsoft readies its users for new SharePoint online updates, learning 8 great tips for using QR codes, eDiscovery is made part of the broader plan in Singapore, and more.

Getting started with HTML5 - PC Pro
By Ian Devlin

No doubt you’ve heard of HTML5; but you probably haven’t seen a clear, accurate explanation of what it is, what it contains and what it can do. The term HTML5 is widely misused as an umbrella term for all sorts of technologies, some of which have no connection to the standard at all. If this has left you a little confused, it’s understandable.

In this feature we’ll give you an introduction to HTML5, showing you what it consists of and what you can do with it. We’ll also look at other technologies often mistakenly referred to as “HTML5 technologies.”

If you enjoyed reading this story, you may like:

• HTML5 vs Flash - What You Need to Know, Part 1
• HTML5 vs Flash - What You Need to Know, Part 2

Read more to see the additional articles that made this week's list.

I was very excited to attend the first ever Social Media Marketing World Conference that took place in San Diego, April 7-9, bringing together social media experts, enthusiasts and evangelists from all over the world to learn the latest trends in social media marketing. The attendees represented Australia, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, UK, and more.

During the conference there were several sessions available to attend over the course of two full days, featuring industry experts including Chris Brogan, Jay Baer, Guy Kawasaki, Mari Smith, Dave Kerpen, Amy Porterfield, Sally Hogshead, and many more. Every topic of social media you can think of was covered, from increasing lead generation using Facebook to sales prospecting tips on LinkedIn, and everything in-between revolved around content creation.  

Read more for a few of my takeaways that you can incorporate into your strategy.