Tag: Facebook

  • 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… RT…

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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… RT…

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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…

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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…

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

      Michael V. Copeland, wired.com Analyst turned VC Mary Meeker sees a lot to be excited about in tech (mobile), and much to be worried about too. http://flip.it/sMiw8 Big Tech: Mary Meeker Says We’re Giving Up Our Possessions for the Internet Related articles Disrupt or Die. Are You Working With The Social Agency Of The…

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  • The Consumerization of Healthcare

    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… http://flip.it/e36yc The Consumerization of Healthcare Related articles Dr. Kizer…

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  • 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…

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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… When the Nerds Go Marching In – Alexis…

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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… RT @Salon: “A goldmine for fraudsters”: Identity…

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