Hi all! I am just brimming over with ideas for everyone. So, in this new column, I’m going to share them. Let’s start with Google. Google gets slammed a lot by people who don’t trust it. Interestingly, I’ve seen friends post to Facebook about not trusting Google, seemingly unaware that Facebook actually has sold consumer […]
Here’s a pretty cool experiment in social media data gathering. Every day through the end of the Olympics, Great Britain’s EDF Energy will light up the London Eye based on sentiment toward the Games on Twitter. The Eye, known to the rest of the world as that giant Ferris wheel on the opening credits of […]
Here’s an unlikely scenario: say you’ve been using a PalmOS device for all these years. Never mind how you managed to miss just about every modern operating system — maybe you work in an industry that standardized on it or you didn’t have an upgrade credit for six years — what do you do when […]
Back before we even had the term social network, LinkedIn debuted with their online personal networking solution. Targeting people who wanted to build work connections, I distinctly recall signing up for it and thinking “and now what?” I still use my account, but only because the tool I use to update my Twitter and Facebook […]
Social media has invaded everything we do with communities that we actively take part in every day like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Using social media can let us keep in touch with people in a good way. Other times, it’s a case of information overload or simply TMI. The younger generation of doctors who have […]
On Wednesday, the Associated Press’s Tom Odula reported an interesting mobile development in Kenya. It seems that Francis Kariuki, the town administrative chief of Lanet Umoja, Kenya uses his Twitter account to communicate with people in town, most unconventionally to stop crime. Kariuki said that even the thieves in his village follow him on Twitter. […]
For those unfamiliar with Peek, the device was meant to be an email-only handheld, and the company eventually added a second device that exclusively worked on Twitter too. Peek’s service was provided via T-Mobile’s network and you could even buy a lifelong service plan for $299. The thing about lifelong coverage is it refers to […]
Twitter is a powerful tool. It can be used for good or for evil. Whether to enlighten the masses as to who JBieb’s latest crush is or for potential GOP candidates to spew nonsense about whatever they desire, tweeting is an extremely influential social media tool and, sometimes, weapon. As is the current trend of […]
On January 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued three concurring opinions in U.S. versus Jones, two of which express strong concerns about government use of ostensibly public information about private citizens. As it turns out, the FBI hasn’t been idle either, and the Supreme Court’s worries aren’t at all theoretical. On January 19, the FBI […]
The internet’s back on. Everybody okay? No lost limbs? Good. A lot has happened in the last 24 hours since Wikipedia, Reddit, and many other powerful websites went dark to protest SOPA and PIPA. Let’s take a look at the developments, but first a new short video released by New Left Media explaining why PIPA […]
