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Socially Unacceptable: The LeBron James Circus

Posted by Dwayne Roberts in Articles, Features

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Lebron James & TwitterWhy did Lebron James create a Twitter account the same week he decided to crush his hometown’s collective heart? Maybe he was unaware that the micro-blogging service had been available to the public for the past 4 years. It could be a coincidence that he decided to utilize that forum during the biggest spectacle of self-love that I have ever personally witnessed. Truth is that Twitter provided an environment where he could display his glaring character flaws. Compassion, humbleness, loyalty and respect are not prerequisites to creating a Twitter account.

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Funds Invest in Privacy Start-Ups

Posted by Rich Chuckrey in Shorts

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Privacy has long been a problem for social networking sites and the internet in general. Well now it looks like private industry is getting prepped to lead a charge in correcting this wrong.

Wall Street Journal’s Pui-Wing Tam and Ben Worthen write:

As privacy snafus mount across companies such as Facebook Inc. and AT&T Inc., venture capitalists have spotted a new market opening and are pumping millions of dollars into privacy-related start-ups.

This new ‘privacy’ sector within social networking couldn’t be more timely. The potential benefits are plainly obvious for all of us who surf the web.

A new movement like this could set precedence and possibly ignite a more significant push for legislation aimed at protecting privacy across the internet.

Think these tech start-ups will succeed?

Ashton Kutcher – Ascent To ‘Twitter’ Stardom – 1 Million And Rising

Posted by Rich Chuckrey in Articles

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kutcher-aplusk.pngWhile the rest trudge through Following and being Followed on Twitter, Ashton Kutcher rolled out a full-on Tweet assault and became the first Twitterer ever to rack up 1 million Followers.

Kutcher attained his coveted Twitter status just a few thousand Followers ahead of runner-up @CNNBrk who [even with Larry King] couldn’t rally the Twitter world to a million in time.

Did Kutcher (known as @aplusk on Twitter) pull off a rerun of President Obama’s grassroots campaign?

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Facebook And Twitter Harming Our Brains?

Posted by Rich Chuckrey in Articles

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Facebook And Twitter Harming Our Brains?Not quite your brain on crack cocaine, but it may come close. As David Derbyshire’s coverage points out on research by neuroscientist [and Baroness] Susan Greenfield — Ms. Greenfield would have you believe social networking is “infantilizing” the human brain.

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FriendFeed Launches New Search Features – The Tap Of User Data Flows

Posted by Rich Chuckrey in Articles

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dp smile mosaic final 7 blkThey nailed it. FriendFeed just made available massive amounts of micro-blog information ready for mass consumption and — promiscuous correlation. No stone left unturned.

Recent upgrades on their advanced search now provide Google-istic operators that make sifting through millions of mini-articles a walk in the park — ultimately getting users closer to the data they’re really after.

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