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EFF: Facebook and Datalogix – What's Actually Getting Shared and How You Can Opt Out
EFF: “Weve been seeing a range of reports about Facebook partnering up with marketing company Datalogix to assess whether users go to stores in the physical world and buy the products they saw in Facebook advertisements. A lot of the reports arent getting into the nitty gritty of what data is actually shared between Facebook… Continue Reading
FCW – The 50 most-followed agencies on Twitter
Federal Computer Week: “Twitter has quickly evolved from social media novelty to critical communications channel. This list shows which federal agencies have built the biggest audiences, and where the growth has been fastest over the past year. The data [in this article] was compiled by OhMyGov, a media and technology firm that specializes in providing… Continue Reading
Study – History, As Recorded on Twitter, Is Vanishing From The Web
Technology Review: “Almost 30 per cent of recorded history, shared over social media such as Twitter, has disappeared, according to a new study of the Egyptian uprising and other significant events.” Ref: arxiv.org/abs/1209.3026: How Many Resources Shared on Social Media Have Been Lost? Continue Reading
Users increasingly sharing photos over text on social media
eMarketer – Users turn to Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter itself to post pictures. “As the number of Twitter users grows, consumers are using the site to share photos, videos and other links with their followers. eMarketer forecasts that US adult Twitter users will reach 31.8 million in 2013, up 14.9% from the 27.7 million users… Continue Reading
Proposed Model Jury Instructions – The Use of Electronic Technology to Conduct Research on or Communicate about a Case
Proposed Model Jury Instructions – The Use of Electronic Technology to Conduct Research on or Communicate about a Case. Prepared by the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, June 2012 “I know that many of you use cell phones, Blackberries, the internet and other tools of technology. You also must not talk… Continue Reading
Twitter Launches new barometer for the election
Twitter Blog: “One glance at the numbers, and its easy to see why pundits are already calling 2012 the Twitter election. More Tweets are sent every two days today than had ever been sent prior to Election Day 2008 and Election Day 2008s Tweet volume represents only about six minutes of Tweets today. All… Continue Reading
The Air Force Guide to Effective Social Media Use
Navigating the Social Network – The Air Force Guide to Effective Social Media, March 2012 With the emergence of social media, information sharing continues to be dynamic and evolving. Social media is a global cultural phenomenon, and for many Americans it has become such a part of their daily activities they cant imagine living without… Continue Reading
Twitter launches improvements for simpler search
Twitter “introduced “search autocomplete and People you follow search results to twitter.com. In addition to recent improvements like related query suggestions, spelling corrections and more relevant search results, these updates make it even easier to immediately get closer to the things you care about. Search autocomplete shows you the most likely terms for your query… Continue Reading
Twitter Transparency Report
“Wednesday marks Independence Day here in the United States. Beyond the fireworks and barbecue, July 4th serves as an important reminder of the need to hold governments accountable, especially on behalf of those who may not have a chance to do so themselves. With that in mind, today were unveiling our first Twitter Transparency Report.… Continue Reading
Article – The Public Domain: Surveillance in Everyday Life
The Public Domain: Surveillance in Everyday Life, Alice Marwick. Surveillance & Society, Vol 9, No 4 (2012) “People create profiles on social network sites and Twitter accounts against the background of an audience. This paper argues that closely examining content created by others and looking at ones own content through other peoples eyes, a common… Continue Reading
American Banker – New Technology Emerges to Archive Web Pages
New Technology Emerges to Archive Web Pages by John Adams “Smarsh’s web archiving captures a web site’s individual pages, and the content of those pages, in the original format. That provides a record to what was published online at any point in time. Archived web pages are rendered with the original design and experience. The… Continue Reading
