A Philadelphia city councilman is spending $28,000 in taxpayer money 140 characters at a time. The Philadelphia Daily News (http://bit.ly/HTOwa4) reports Councilman Jim Kenney is paying an outside contractor $28,800 to send Twitter and Facebook updates on his behalf. The 53-year-old Kenney says... Read more...
On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog but they might know your race. The search is on for racial signals - thanks to the US government. Dana Oshiro, publishing analyst at advertising network NetShelter, poses an interesting question: “How do you determine race and ethnicity online? “ ... Read more...
BUT HONESTLY... YOU'RE SURPRISED BY THIS? ...REALLY? REALLY??!?! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?? WHITE GIRL MOB.. KLU KLUX KLAN... SAME THING... ...RIGHT?? Read more...
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06/03/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Technology,
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Can someone be trusted? And can an algorithm work it out? As more and more services focus on the arbitrage of consumer-to-consumer transactions and rentals, the problem of trusting a stranger becomes a significant drag on success.Airbnb, the rent-out-your-home service had a very bad and very public... Read more...
We’ve heard time and again how time-consuming Facebook can be. Nevertheless, I always find the statistics mind-blowing: Americans spent a total of 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook in May 2011, according to the latest data from Nielsen. How does this compare to other websites? Well, American... Read more...
DZ: A lot of rap artists are getting involved in Twitter and doing very well with stuff like trending hashtags. Does social media actually sell records? Eskay: I think social media contributes to the public’s awareness about an artist and that awareness then (hopefully) turns into album or si... Read more...
It used to be that the school of hard knocks was enough to land you a gig in the music business-but no longer. With the contraction of the industry increasing the competition for jobs and the advent of ever-evolving digital technologies, graduates need a strong foundation in business to star... Read more...
Click Above ^ There’s no unwritten rule on Twitter that says you must do unto other followers as you would have others do unto you. When you click that “follow” button you’d like to think that the person will want to follow you back. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. I met... Read more...
I was going to make this crap up, but as usual I was too slow. Because no one does unbelievable like the Americans. I came across this story as I was looking for a picture for this blog post. I know how unbelievable is that. As a recovering serial Facebook status updater I regret turning my back ... Read more...