Facebook Alternative, Diaspora, To Launch September 15
Diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά – “a scattering [of seeds]”) is any movement of a population sharing common national and/or ethnic identity. The new Facebook? Via Wired: Diaspora, a nascent open...
View ArticleApple Launches New Music Social Network: Ping
In case there weren’t enough social networks, Apple’s Ping is the network for music, not friends. From NY Times: On Thursday morning, Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, showed off a new... The...
View ArticleFacebook’s Asocial Mark Zuckerberg
Two weeks before the theatrical release of The Social Network, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gets an in-depth interview/profile in the New Yorker. “Zuck” comes across as enigmatic, unfeeling, and...
View ArticleOne-Minute CGI Version Of The Facebook Movie
Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese media outlet that produces genius CGI animations of breaking news stories, has created a one-minute recap of The Social Network, featuring all the crucial bits (i.e....
View ArticleCellphones Gain Population In Prisons,Though Banned
What do prisoners do for fun? Play games on Facebook, text their friends, and organize strikes via their smartphones. Though prisoners are locked up and cut-off from the outside population, they are......
View ArticleGoogle Launches Latest Social Network: Google+
It seems when you get tired of one social networking site another appears. Google+ is the new answer for those of you who are tired of Facebook, or just enjoy creating new... The post Google Launches...
View ArticlePhone Snooping ‘Prevented Riots’
To tweet or not tweet where you’re rioting next? One option was to shut down social networks so that rioters couldn’t mass communicate. The other option was to allow them to tweet... The post Phone...
View ArticleDocumentary: Terms and Conditions May Apply
We all click on the TOS (Terms of Service) agreement for a program and internet application, but who here can honestly say they have thoroughly read the TOS agreement? This documentary film,... The...
View ArticleHow to Protect Ourselves on Social Networks and from Data Collection Systems...
via chycho I. What’s Going On Online, we are both a product for corporations and a person of interest to governments (2, 3). Corporations are taking advantage of these times by changing... The post How...
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