Daily Archives: September 9, 2008

How Synchronous Communication Helped Engage Our Community

Via Mediashift by Roland Legrand, 11:50AM Roland Legrand Most forums and websites are “asynchronous media” — meaning that the people you see participating in an online conversation aren’t all necessarily online at the same time. One person posts a comment … Continue reading

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Apple rocks out, announces new iPods, iTunes 8

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: September 09, 2008 – 12:21PM CT At the latest in what is becoming an annual September event for Apple, the company today announced a number of new products in time for the … Continue reading

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Google On the Run From the Privacy Cops

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld Amid growing scrutiny from government regulators in the U.S and Europe, Google is amending its privacy practices and keeping the IP addresses of consumers who do searches on Google for a shorter period of … Continue reading

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The revolution will be streamed: RNC arrests rooted in YouTube

Via ARS Technica By Julian Sanchez | Published: September 09, 2008 – 08:25AM CT A series of preemptive police raids on Twin Cities anarchist groups prior to last week’s Republican National Convention roiled the blogosphere, after prominent progressive writers such … Continue reading

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Social Media and Privacy: Where Are We Two Years After Facebook News Feed?

Via Mashable by Ben Parr 4 Comments It’s really only been two years. How quickly the digital world changes. A few weeks ago, I was interviewed by the New York Times for a piece written by Clive Thompson, “Brave New … Continue reading

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Yammer Launches at TC50: Twitter For Companies

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on September 8, 2008 David Sacks, the founder of genealogy site Geni, just launched a new company called Yammer on stage at TechCrunch50. Yammer is an enterprise version of Twitter. If Twitter asks: “What … Continue reading

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Start-Up Attacks Media Bias, One Phrase at a Time

Via the New York Times By Claire Cain Miller SpinSpotter, a new start-up, could send shivers across many a newsroom. The Web tool, which went live Monday at the DEMO technology conference in San Diego, scans news stories for signs … Continue reading

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Google Search Is Now Even More Private. Is It Enough?

Via Mashable by Stan Schroeder Add a Comment Maybe that little jab about privacy from Microsoft did stir up some changes at Google, because they’ve just announced that they will be anonymizing all IP addresses in their server logs after … Continue reading

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