Cisco 2009 Annual Security Report Highlighting global security threats and trends: “The Cisco® Annual Security Report provides an overview of the combined security intelligence of the entire Cisco organization. The report encompasses threat information and trends collected between January and December 2009. It also provides a snapshot of the state of security for that period,… Continue Reading
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Making the Most of Social Media: 7 Lessons from Successful Cities
“Making the Most of Social Media is written for local governmentscities, counties, townships and their affiliatesthat are beginning to experiment with social media and would like to get more out of them. Its emphasis is on the use of specific applications, such as Facebook and Twitter, by government managers and communications directors. More than two… Continue Reading
The State of the News Media 2010
Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism: The State of the News Media 2010 is the seventh edition of our annual report on the health and status of American journalism. Our goals are to take stock of the revolution occurring in how Americans get information and provide a resource for citizens, journalists and researchers to make… Continue Reading
CRS: Social Networking and Constituent Communications: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Month Period in the 111th Congress
Social Networking and Constituent Communications: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Month Period in the 111th Congress, February 03, 2010 “Beginning with the widespread use of e-mail by Congress in the mid-1990’s, the development of new electronic technologies has altered the traditional patterns of communication between Members of Congress and constituents. Many Members now use… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: Social media, geolocation and privacy, oh my!
LLRX.com – Social media, geolocation and privacy, oh my! – Nicole L. Black highlights how our net activities are carefully monitored and meticulously tracked by some of the biggest players, including Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook. Our individual online footprints, from the Web sites we visit, the items we purchase, the people with whom… Continue Reading
Investigative Report on Archiving Britain's web
An investigation by Katie Scott: “A proposal that could give select institutions the power to take snapshots of websites without their owners’ permission is being ruminated by our Government. Civil servants at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport are now processing opinions on whether we should be archiving websites for future generations. While it… Continue Reading
Survey of Academic Librarians: Use of Associations, Blogs, Listservs, Conferences, & Publications about Libraries
Survey of Academic Librarians: Use of Associations, Blogs, Listservs, Conferences, & Publications about Libraries “The study imparts highly specific data about academic librarian use of library oriented blogs, listservs, publications, association membership and attendance at library conferences. The report includes detail on the percentage of academic librarians who read print publications about libraries, or use… Continue Reading
Merkle View from the Social Inbox 2010 – Email Prevails
Merkle View from the Social Inbox 2010 – Actionable Information for Marketers From the Annual Consumer Email & Digital Media “The rapid adoption of social networking, one of the leading applications of social media, is changing online personal communication. Sites such as Facebook have grown exponentially in popularity across demographics. But the recent growth did… Continue Reading
DOD Policy on Social Networking Services
Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 09-026 – Responsible and Effective Use of Internet-based Capabilities, February 25, 2010 “This memorandum establishes DoD policy and assigns responsibilities for responsible and effective use of Internet-based capabilities, including social networking services (SNS) [Internet-based capabilities. All publicly accessible information capabilities and applications available across the Internet in locations not owned, operated, or… Continue Reading
Research Says Twitter Processing More Than 1 Billion Tweets Per Month
Royal Pingdom: “Over the past few months there has been plenty of speculation around the Web that Twitters growth has stalled, but if we look at activity on Twitter in terms of the number of tweets, this is far from the truth. According to our research, Twitter is as of December processing more than one… Continue Reading
Pew Research: Social Media and Young Adults
Social Media & Mobile Internet Use Among Teens and Young Adults: “Two Pew Internet Project surveys of teens and adults reveal a decline in blogging among teens and young adults and a modest rise among adults 30 and older. Even as blogging declines among those under 30, wireless connectivity continues to rise in this age… Continue Reading
Congress and Twitter – A Growing Relationship
Congress Is All Atwitter, Daniel Newhauser, Roll Call: “Since the microblogging Web site Twitter launched in 2006, tens of millions of people have logged on and churned out billions of 140-character messages called tweets. And Congress has certainly embraced the trend. In fact, by early last year, some 20 Members were using the site, according… Continue Reading
