TED Talks: While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only - no one else even had access), now seemingly wants to compete with more open social networks like the microblogging media darling Twitter.
Without much surprise there has been significant movement within some of the social networks over the course of the last year. Brian Chappell from Ignite Social Media has put together a comprehensive report based on data from all major social networks existing on the web.
The power of collaborative effort, especially relevant to us Pittsburghers. People can report on the road and snow conditions on streets close to where they live.
Navigation is a daily part of our lives any more. Several vehicles are made with GPS built in, and most of the rest of us have a GPS device of some sort. When it comes to getting where we need to be with out getting lost, well, we are pretty much …
Social bookmarking has been around for several years, and it is finally beginning to gain in popularity because it is a powerful way to organize and share information. Harvey Raybould from OfficialWire.com gives an overview of the use of social bookmarking systems in business promotion.
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