Skyway Recommended March 11th to 17th

Each Monday we’ll pass on links to articles we thought were well worth reading from the previous week, for those who live where we do (British Columbia, Canada), work like we do (high speed business internet), and think about things we do (internet trends, internet privacy, internet censorship, cutting-edge technology, etc.). If you don’t want to wait ’til Monday, we usually tweet and link to these as we come across them…

Atlantic Wire | Physicists Confirm They Actually Did Find the Higgs Boson

After analyzing “two and a half times more data” since initial findings last summer, scientists at the CERN research labs in Switzerland say that they are pretty sure that they found what they think they found. After wowing the world last July with the announcement that they had discovered the Higgs boson, the CERN team double checked their work and are reasonably certain that the particle they observed was a Higgs boson—even if it wasn’t the Higgs boson. Read More…

NoJitter.com | Considering Lync for Telephony? Plan for Rising Opex

IT leaders believe going into a Lync telephony deployment that they will save money, which they may on the initial capital costs and licensing. The problem, though, is Lync is an expensive operational proposition. Read More…

The Guardian | Facebook users unwittingly revealing intimate secrets, study finds

Facebook users are unwittingly revealing intimate secrets – including their sexual orientation, drug use and political beliefs – using only public “like” updates, according to a study of online privacy. Read More…

Search Engine Journal | What the Facebook News Feed Redesign Means to Your Business

Last Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg hosted another big press event at the Palo Alto headquarters of Facebook to introduce the new look of the News Feed.  As with every other major change to Facebook, the changes have met with mixed feelings from users.  Whether that contingency of Facebook users that despise change likes it or not, the look of News Feed will change.  Those changes will impact the way brands, celebrities, and local businesses use Facebook to reach fans and customers. Read More…