Social networks target business travelers (International Herald Tribune)
Social Networks at Work: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em (E-Commerce Times)
We live in interesting times. According to Gartner Research VP Robert Anderson, if all the people on the MySpace virtual community banded together, they’d form the eighth largest country in the world. Never before in history could people create such large communities and communicate so readily as they can today, thanks to the social networking environment.
Source: www.ecommercetimes.com
Viacom vs. YouTube: Beyond Privacy
The protections in the DMCA are among the main reasons sites across the Web — from social networks to media sites including BusinessWeek.com (MHP) — can solicit an array of user contributions.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
‘Public’ online spaces don’t carry speech, rights
As we move more of our communications into social networks, how are we limiting ourselves if we can’t see alternative points of view, if we can’t see the things that offend us?” asked Fred Stutzman, a University of North Carolina researcher who …
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
The six commandments of social networking at work (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
It can be easy to disregard social networking’s professional potential if you’re only going on what you see on television.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Social networks for those who must love dogs (The Standard-Times)
For Melissa Hotchkiss, going on a hike with her Shar-Pei mix, Jesse, took the bite out of meeting new people.
Source: www.southcoasttoday.com
The China Angle: Reaching Into The Heartland Of China (Gamasutra)
China is a big country and the online gaming population is, by some estimates, now the largest in the world. Many in this population comprise what we would consider ’social gamers’ — those who mainly go online to play, meet and interact with other gamers. Online games in China play a role that goes beyond just entertainment, they serve a niche that social networks play in the U.S. for letting …
Source: www.gamasutra.com
Pocketbook issues push past Iraq in poll
This latest AP-Yahoo News survey of more than 1,800 people by Knowledge Networks offers a unique opportunity to track changes … Forty-eight percent of those polled said Social Security is extremely important to them, up from 42 percent in November …
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
TV networks vs. social networks (The Christian Science Monitor)
The median age for TV viewers hit 50 last season. To paraphrase Variety, that means that if today s TV audience were a person, it wouldn t even be a part of the target demographic anymore. For the first time since Magna Global started keeping count, less than half of network-TV viewers now fall into the coveted 18-49 demo, […]
Source: features.csmonitor.com
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