IBM bets on cognitive social science for tech

IBM predicts how future technology will radically augment your senses
By Chris Welch, theverge.com

IBM today pub­lished its annu­al 5 in 5 report, cit­ing five are­nas of tech­nol­o­gy the com­pa­ny believes will see vast advance­ments over the next five years. This year’s list focus­es on the five human sens­es and how future tech will…

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NRA hides under the social media covers

National Rifle Association disappears from Facebook and stops tweeting in wake of school shooting
By T.C. Sottek, theverge.com

The Nation­al Rifle Asso­ci­a­tion (NRA) — the largest gun rights advo­ca­cy group and one of the pre­vail­ing lob­by­ing orga­ni­za­tions in the Unit­ed States — has pulled back from its social media pres­ence fol­low­ing the New­town, Con­necti­…

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Buffer social media turns from websites to mobile streams

With Over 400,000 Users, Social Media Manager Buffer Gets A Refresh On Web & Mobile, Moves Away From Being A Destination Site
Sarah Perez, techcrunch.com

Buffer, the social media man­ag­er that allows you to sched­ule posts to Twit­ter, Face­book and LinkedIn, is today launch­ing a redesign of its ser­vice on both web and mobile. The updates, six months in devel­op­ment, are meant to increase focus…

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Better mail apps for the Mac

From The Makers Of Orchestra Comes Mailbox, The Best Email Management App You’ll Ever Use
Ryan Lawler, techcrunch.com

Every now and then, I get my hands on an appli­ca­tion or a piece of tech­nol­o­gy that I can’t wait to tell the rest of the world about. Some­thing that is a joy to use, tack­les a major prob­lem in a total­ly intu­itive way, and makes oth­er­wis…

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Big Tech: Mary Meeker Says We’re Giving Up Our Possessions for the Internet

 

Michael V. Copeland, wired.com

Mary Meeker
Mary Meeker (Photo credit: niallkennedy)

Analyst turned VC Mary Meeker sees a lot to be excited about in tech (mobile), and much to be worried about too.

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Big Tech: Mary Meeker Says We’re Giving Up Our Possessions for the Internet

The Consumerization of Healthcare

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by Lauren Soelberg Treasure, orcahealth.com

The sys­temic change in US health­care deliv­ery has been called many things, but they all refer to one thing: the future of health­care will be in the hands of the con­sumers. Today, con­sumers are bet­ter able to make choic­es about their…

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The Consumerization of Healthcare

How to use Creative Commons visuals

How to Use Creative Commons Visuals on Your Site
Nina Frazier, mashable.com

Tracking down quality visuals to accompany stories and blog posts can be difficult. Luckily, there are more than 200 million free photos on the web that are available for almost anyone to use — as long as they follow the tenets of Creative Common…

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How information science empowered Obama’s reelection

When the Nerds Go Marching In
James Fallows, theatlantic.com

How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection

The Obama cam­paign’s tech­nol­o­gists were tense and tired. It was game day and every­thing was going wrong.

Josh Thay­er…

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LinkedIn and identity theft

Identity fraud more common among LinkedIn users – Salon.com
By Natasha Lennard, salon.com

The personal information openly shared on social media sites is a goldmine for fraudsters

The pro­lif­er­a­tion of per­son­al infor­ma­tion shared via social media cor­re­lates with a sig­nif­i­cant spike in instances of iden­ti­ty fraud. In 201…

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