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[21 Sep 2010 | One Comment | 1,645 views]

These are my links for September 20th through September 21st:

Massive.tv: An Online Storytelling Lab For College Students – PSFK – A group of students at Northwestern decided to initiate a Kickstarter project upon realizing that the school lacks a dedicated platform to encourage and broadcast the distinctive creativity of its undergraduates. Their proposed platform – Massive.tv – aims to provide that solution by allowing students to tell their story via digital media.
Google by the Numbers: Just How Massive is Google, anyway? –
Facebook Has Quietly Implemented A De-Facto Follow Feature – …

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[21 Sep 2010 | 3 Comments | 1,607 views]
Internet For Peace: a Nobel Prize for each and every one of us

The Internet has been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its positive impact on humanity:

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We have finally realised that the Internet is much more than a network of computers.
It is an endless web of people. Men and women from every corner of the globe are connecting to one another, thanks to the biggest social interface ever known to humanity.
Digital culture has laid the foundations for a new kind of society.
And this society is advancing dialogue, debate and consensus through communication.
Because democracy has always flourished where …

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[20 Sep 2010 | One Comment | 941 views]

These are my links for September 20th from 08:41 to 13:37:

The Socialization of Business: Your Dirty Little Secrets are No Longer Secrets – Conversations do not fall into a black hole never to be heard again. And, there is no event horizon preventing their escape. The social effect is more powerful than we realize. The truth is that if one voice or a chorus of voices find the right audience, not only will businesses realize that conversations are taking place, they will find not only a miraculous cure for deafness, …

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[19 Sep 2010 | One Comment | 1,057 views]

These are my links for September 15th through September 19th:

Google confirms plans for social features | Technology | guardian.co.uk – Chief executive Eric Schmidt says new social components will be added later this year, but dismisses talk of a 'Facebook killer'
BBC – BBC Internet Blog: Changes to the BBC Messageboards –
The Rise of Social Commerce – Brands are flocking to social networks, some with strategies and others simply experimenting with community building. What’s clear is that the 3F’s (friends, fans, and followers) are not created equal. Those brands who …

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[14 Sep 2010 | One Comment | 956 views]

These are my links for September 11th through September 14th:

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There’s trouble @Twitter | Sport | The Observer – Governing bodies are getting worried about a lack of control over sports stars tweeting their thoughts free from the filter of spin
Facebook Launches Page Discovery “Browser” – Facebook has launched a new way to “Discover Facebook’s Popular Pages” called Browser. It shows icons of Pages that are popular in a user’s country, but factors in which Pages which are popular amongst their unique friend …

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[12 Sep 2010 | 13 Comments | 2,038 views]
Big Biz vs. Small Biz – the flow of ideas

So true…

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[12 Sep 2010 | 3 Comments | 2,251 views]
Who Killed Deon? Creative Metropolitan Police looks to Facebook for answers

The Metropolitan Police have launched an online ‘whodunnit?’ video to teach teenagers in Lambeth how minimal involvement with a crime could see them charged with a serious offence.
The Who Killed Deon? site aims to show how real people can turn away from violent crime and uses integration with Facebook and YouTube to get their point across.
The online tool features six character films – each with a different connection to a murder and explanation whether that person was involved:

http://www.youtube.com/user/whokilleddeon
To watch the other videos visit facebook.com/whokilleddeon or visit the Who Killed Deon YouTube Channel.
Joint …

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[12 Sep 2010 | 2 Comments | 781 views]
Three students. Three weeks. No computers. Could you do it?

How long could you go without a computer? Three Carleton College students take on the challenge of giving up their computers to see how their academic, social, and work lives are affected. No Google. No Facebook. No e-mail.  How will they get their work done? Will they cheat? Who will survive the longest? This documentary follows students Andrew, Caitlin, and Chel as they go through “digital detox” and learn to interact with themselves and with others in ways we have largely forgotten.
“Consistently funny, philosophical… casually ingenious!” -Rob Nelson, Film Critic
“A …

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[11 Sep 2010 | One Comment | 1,732 views]

These are my links for September 9th through September 11th:

A World Without E-mail: One Man’s Vision of a Social Workplace – Luis Suarez has a dream, and it’s one that many of us with our overloaded inboxes could well buy in to — a world without e-mail.
Ask.com debuts Q&A Partner Platform | VentureBeat – Search site Ask.com today announced the debut of its new Q&A Partner Platform. The offering leverages the company’s recently launched Q&A feature, which routes questions to appropriate members of the Ask.com community. Members are selected based on …

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[11 Sep 2010 | 2 Comments | 1,973 views]
The Ultimate History Of Facebook Controversies

The unnofficial (and far superior) Facebook blog All Facebook has  produced a cool inforgraphic representing the numerous controversies that Facebook has run into since it first was founded.
“From lawsuits to user uprisings, Facebook has faced constant scrutiny over protecting (or not protecting) users’ privacy as well as “stealing” ideas from other companies and people.”

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