Posts Tagged ‘internet’

Via Tech Crunch
by Guest Author on December 2, 2008
This guest post is written by Matt Rutherford, Web Strategist and technology producer for Charlie Rose. Matt focuses on the macro themes affecting the internet and the wider world. You can read Matt’s previous guest post, Larry Lessig Defends Copyright, Loves Charlie Rose Remixes, here.
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Via Parent Central.ca
Angela Pacienza
November 05, 2008
Today’s youth are plugged into the world in more ways than one, according to the author of a new book that explores the so-called Internet generation.
Don Tapscott says those weaned on the Internet - people born roughly between 1977 and 1997 - are more politically savvy, socially engaged and family-centred [...]

Via Mashable
ovember 3, 2008 - 12:03 pm PDT - by Andrew Warner 28 Comments

Andrew Warner is an Internet entrepreneur and the founder of Mixergy.com.
I’ve interviewed Robert Scoble several times about how to become Internet famous because I’m dying to get some fame. I know it’s not the kind of thing I’m [...]

Via the New York Times
By NOAM COHEN
Published: October 12, 2008

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” — attributed to Mark Twain.

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Oprah Winfrey was the target of an Internet rumor episode when the Drudge Report said, falsely, that she had declined to invite Sarah [...]

Via Metro Tech Now
by Paul Brent
October 09, 2008 02:24
Using technology is no longer just a young person’s game. In fact, several studies have shown older users get more out of the Internet by using it in more ways than teens and 20-somethings do. And since the biggest consumer group with money is the Baby Boomers, [...]