With the fate of the $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T in Washington's hands, all the big tech players are moving their pawns. And now the Computer & Communications Industry Association, a trade group that includes Google, Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo and Facebook, has come out aga... Read more...
Based on my experience with Mixi and Facebook, there are a number of differences between the two, probably due to both cultural and technical differences. I touch on this in this related article on the problems with Mixi. Platform: It seems like a majority of people use Mixi through their mob... Read more...
Well, that was fast. JP Morgan has acquired a significant amount of Twitter shares through secondary markets and is in talks with Twitter for a direct investment, the WSJ says.Meanwhile Michael Arrington at TechCrunch says Twitter isn't interested in a direct investment but JP Morgan already owns 1... Read more...
Disney just bought Togetherville, a social network for kids, TechCrunch reports. Togetherville is for kids 10 and under and works like any other social network but under parent supervision and with age appropriate content. This is almost certainly a smart move from Disney. Their business is ta... Read more...
If facebook shut down it would cause panic on everyone. Because it has many users, it considers facebook social networking as an important facility. Fortunately this is just a lie that the media only believes, so no need to worry about it. But what would happen if Facebook really closed? Here ... Read more...
Do you ever wonder what kind of deep permanent damage Facebook, and the internet in general, is doing to children? That would be an interesting longitudinal study. After watching The Social Network, and just recently reading Ronn Torossian‘s take on “Is The Internet Written in Ink?” it got... Read more...
This month, we were reminded how important it is that social media companies do what they can to protect the sensitive data they hold from the prying eyes of the government. As many news outlets have reported, the US Department of Justice recently obtained a court order for records from Twitter ... Read more...
Take Action: http://immigrantsforsale.org Discuss: http://facebook.com/cuentame Correction Corporation of America's Stewart facility in Lumpkin, Georgia is the largest private detention center in the nation. Stewart currently profits close to $50 million a year. CCA charges in... Read more...
Says UD: IAmNotADictionary Phrase Of The Day: The Youtube Attention Span/Digital OCD - Your normal attention span significantly decreased due to Youtube. Whereas normally 10 mintues is a short amount of t time, Youtube turns it into a cinematic experience. By Joel Stein I have the opposite of... Read more...