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The pros and cons of digital activism - Boston Globe

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

WASHINGTON - Facebook activism, the trendy process by which we do good by clicking often, was in its full glory last week after the death of Iranian student Neda Agha Soltan, killed by gunfire in the streets of Tehran. First, Neda showed up in …

Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings - Star News Online

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

NEW YORK | Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users’ ability to control who sees the information they share on the site. Privacy has been a central, often thorny issue for Facebook …

Facebook’s new age (The Indianapolis Star)

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Jackie Baker, 48, got on Facebook last November, “friending” her two children and people in their groups, then found herself reacting to curse words in messages they had exchanged.

Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings - Star News Online

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

NEW YORK | Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users’ ability to control who sees the information they share on the site. Privacy has been a central, often thorny issue for Facebook …

Facebook users differ on announcing layoff (The Post and Courier)

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

It happens to you. You’re called into your boss’s office and told that your job no longer exists. You go home in a daze and sign onto Facebook. There it is — a prompt asking: “What’s on your mind?” Do you tell your Facebook network that you’ve lost your job?

TAN to simulcast live Budget feed on July 6 for ET NOW, Times NOW - Economic Times

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Times Audience Network (TAN), the online video arm of The Times Group, will be simulcasting the live Budget feed for ET NOW and Times NOW on July 6. It will be a never-done-before event in the Indian electronic medium’s history, with TAN coming …

122 days ago - Boston Globe

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

The best part of the story to me is wher Pope Benedict XVI “praised social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace for forging friendships and understanding.” I like the idea of XVI having his own MySpace and Facebook page. And if he jumped to …

Virtual rivalries - Boston Globe

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off
Virtual rivalries
Boston Globe
Another online community growing in popularity is the so-called refugee sites - like Facebook pages gathering together people who grew up in a particular

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Twitter, Facebook Busy With Palin Resignation Buzz (KSFY Sioux Falls)

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

People are reacting to Sarah Palin’s resignation announcement on Twitter and Facebook, wondering what the future holds.

What Did Shaq Just Tweet? A New Web Site Knows - New York Times

July 4th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off
What Did Shaq Just Tweet? A New Web Site Knows
New York Times
Douglas Warshaw has a theory: sports fans cannot read enough of athletes' Twitter posts, blog entries and Facebook messages,

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