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A Social Media Christmas
Happy holidays to all our readers! In honor of the season, here are a few seasonal tidbits for your enjoyment. I remember being a kid back in the ’70s, when my favorite thing about the holidays was calling the toll-free number to NORAD as it has tracked Santa and his sleigh across the sky. Now, […]
Online Privacy “Bill of Rights” Encouraged by Feds
The amount of data now collected by companies about their customers is alarming to many. Their unease lies in the collection of information like surfing habits, physical location, and preferences from other websites, data which is often shared with marketing companies. Last week, the Commerce Department outlined a proposal for creating an online “privacy bill […]
Yahoo’s Bloodbath Is Making Flickr Users Nervous
I have over 26,000 photos stored online using the Flickr photo-sharing service. Granted, I am a power user, but there is an amazing array of people who also have most or all of their images on the service’s site. After all, it is the most social and functional one of its type online. Flickr is […]
Online Media Up, Print Media Down, Community News Holds Steady
Forrester Research has released a report (PDF) that shows that the average U.S. consumer now spends as much time online as he or she spends watching television — roughly 13 hours per week. This figure remains constant across generations, from Gen Yers (18 to 30) to Younger Boomers (45 to 54). Over the past five […]
The First True InfoWar: Operation Payback, WikiLeaks, and Freedom of Information
Julian Assange and his pet project, WikiLeaks, have been all over the news recently, their release of secret documents related to the Iraq War certainly stirring up a hornet’s nest. Prior to this point, the website was celebrated, and not just by a bunch of “black hat” hackers either. Here is a sampling: 2008 — […]
Steve Martin vs. 92Y
Actor/writer Steve Martin made an appearance at the 92nd Street Y on November 29 to promote his new book, An Object of Beauty, which deals with the 1990s art world in New York City. Apparently, his interview with Deborah Solomon, a columnist for The New York Times and art critic, went horribly awry. So awry […]