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How To Make Your Twitter Followers Grow (Without Buying Them)

0 comments, 04/03/2013, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Stupititity All Stars, Technology, The Facebook Killer, twitter

A new study from researchers at Georgia Tech (PDF) that we found via Poynter shows what really matters in getting your Twitter followers to grow. The No. 1 factor is network overlap—when you see that your friends follow an account, you're far more likely to follow it, too. Other measures of p... Read more...

State Hearings Explore Health of Minority Males

0 comments, 11/04/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Health, News

When it's 17-year-old Eric Gant's turn to testify today at an Oakland legislative hearing on the health and welfare of California's minority men and boys, he will ask for a safe way to get to school. "Students deserve a safe path to school, like an adult wants a safe path to work," Gant, wh... Read more...

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Facebook Spent $1.35 million On Lobbying In 2011

0 comments, 05/04/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, Politics As Usual, Technology, World News

If you add up how much money Facebook spent on lobbying during the last four quarters, it appears the social networking giant set a new record in 2011: $1.35 million. Last year, Facebook’s lobbying budget passed the $1 million milestone, according to last quarter’s report filed with the U.S. ... Read more...

FBI Issues Warrant To Google To Unlock A Pimp’s Android Phone

1 comment, 15/03/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Comedy, News, Technology, World News

An FBI investigation into a prostitution ring came to a screeching halt by, of all things, the pattern lock on the pimp's Android phone. Naturally, the FBI did the next logical thing: issued a warrant on Google, reports Ars Technnica. The FBI forensics technicians couldn't figure out how to ... Read more...

DUH: FBI To Monitor Facebook, Twitter, Myspace

0 comments, 22/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in General

The FBI is looking to monitor all public information posted on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace. The organization is asking for an app to do all the scraping automatically. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking to develop a Web app that can continuou... Read more...

Are You Employable in 2012?

0 comments, 01/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Edu-tainment

Are You Employable in 2012? Do you have community management skills? Can you set up and man listening posts? Are you an expert at setting up and processing Google Alerts? Can you cleanup, size and manipulate digital pictures and graphics? Are you a PowerPoint Ninja? Do you have more than half... Read more...

Manipulation of Prescription Drug Research Data: Merely an Ethical Breach or a Fraudulent Claim?

10 comments, 25/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in General

Pharmaceutical companies are intimately involved in the modern research and development (R&D) world. They conduct clinical trials to satisfy the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulatory requirements to file new drug applications (NDAs), prove the efficacy of new “uses” for exist... Read more...

US Congressmen Ask FTC To Investigate Facebook Cookies

2 comments, 18/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, Technology, World News

Two US congressmen today asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate recent accusations that Facebook tracks its users even after they log out of the social network, an issue the company says it has since fixed. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Joe Barton, a Texas Republica... Read more...

Bullsh*t: “Carrier IQ Is Good For You, So Why Get So Spun Up?”

0 comments, 10/12/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in mobile, News, Technology, World News

Carrier IQ provides software for carriers to track issues on your phone to help make the service you pay for better. So why in the world are so many people spun up about the software? The major news of the week is obviously the Carrier IQ controversy (see ZDNet related links below for lots of cover... Read more...

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