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We Don't Know What We Don't Know

Geri Spieler | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Meta Search Engines, Google, Internet, Directories, Research, Reporter, New Research, Microsoft, Web, Newspaper Reporter, Media, Yahoo, Technology News

As a former newspaper reporter, occasionally I was assigned to report on a subject I didn't know well. I learned that if I don't know what questio...

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Wikipedia Blackout!

Jeff Danziger | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Censorship, Political Cartoon, Web, Wikipedia, Internet, Technology News

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Grow Online

Alex Harrington-Griffin | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Group Buying, Social Media, Purchasing Power, Online, Web, Sme, Marketing, Websites, Business, Business News

Small business owners have had to become more resourceful but many lack the knowledge and time to research and implement even the most basic internet strategy.

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State Department Shuts Down America.gov, Pushes Social Media

The Hill | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Duncan MacInnes, Social Media, Twitter, America, state.gov, Web, Youtube, Facebook, State Department, America.gov, Technology News

With little fanfare, the State Department has abandoned America.gov – an ambitious digital project launched three years ago to promote Democracy abr...

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Groupon Swipes Exec From Google

Business Insider | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Google, Web, Groupon Coo, Groupon, Groupon Margo Georgiadis, Google Margo Georgiadis, Margo Georgiadis, Technology News

Groupon has poached Googler Margo Georgiadis to be its COO, Chicago Business reports. Georgiadis was VP of Global Sales Operations for Google....

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Beyond Google: The Art of Time-Effective Information Gathering

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Google, Google-Search, Book Publishing, Writers, Research, Writing, Html, Deep Web, Search Strings, Write, Publishing, Web, Java, Internet, Internet Technology, Technology, World Wide Web, Internet Research, Technology News

Conducting Internet research is a challenge. It's time consuming, often confusing and who ever thought too much information could be a problem? The I...

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Julian Assange: Web Is 'Greatest Spying Machine'

Newser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assange Web Spying, Web, Government Spying, Online Privacy, Julian Assange, Spying, Assange Cambridge, Julian Assange Web, Technology News

The Internet is the "greatest spying machine the world has ever known," WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has warned in a speech. While the Web holds g...

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Twitter Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, Not WikiLeaks

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Iran, Nobel Prize, Web, Tunisia, Media, Social Networking, Technology News, Twitter, Julian Assange, Nobel Peace Prize, World, Technology, Wikileaks, Facebook, Technology News

Though Iran's Green Movement has failed so far to produce significant change, I expect it has left Iranian politicians more aware of what damage a Tweet can do.

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The F Word: Remembering Why WikiLeaks Matters

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arrests, Personal Democracy Forum, Afghanistan, War, Web, Ddos, Iraq, Media, Grit Tv, Wikileaks, Douglas Rushkoff, Internet, Deanna Zandt, Laura Flanders, Anonymous, Distributed Denial of Service, Grittv, Technology, Yemen Al Qaeda, Politics News

It can be sexy to talk about digital direct action, but tech activists and political activists, especially in the US, bring a tremendous amount of privilege to the table.

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How Translation Is Changing the World

Nataly Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web, Google, Internet, National Geographic, Translation, Microsoft, Technology News

The worldwide web must also be wordwise. Slowly but surely, we're getting there.

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Tim Berners-Lee Warns Against Facebook Threat: Social Network Fragments Web

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Open Internet, Tim Berners Lee, Google, Internet, Linked In, Itunes, Verizon, Social Networking, Web, Open Web, Sir Tim Berners Lee, Facebook, Net Neutrality, Privacy, Ownership, Technology News

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, warned that social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Friendster constitute one of "severa...

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Web 2.0 Summit 2010 Kicks Off: Watch LIVE Here

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web 2.0, Web, Web 20 Summit, Web 2.0 Summit, Web 20, Video, Technology News

The Web 2.0 Summit has kicked off, with Google CEO Eric Schmidt opening the 3-day event in San Francisco. If you can't make it to the event, which...

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Confessions of a Female Entrepreneur

Michele Colucci | Posted 05.25.2011

Fund-raising is an awkward and often uncomfortable effort for those raising funds. But when the person asking is a women entrepreneur, the dance takes on many more nuances.

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Broadband for the People: From the Net to the Roots

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literacy, Broadband, Media Justice, Mesh Networks. Universal Service Fund, Access, Internet, Digital, Media Reform, Web, Media Alliance, Communications, Tech Policy, Net Neutrality, Telecom, Lifeline, Media News

As we grow increasingly dependent on the Internet, the question of how this essential network operates has never been more important.

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Sugata Mitra: The Child-Driven Education

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Children, Third World, Web, Tedtalks, Development, Technology, Ted, tedglobal2010, Technology News

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Empowerment via the New Media

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smart Phones, New Media, Poltical Activism, Web, Civic Participation, Technology, Cutting Edge Technology, Technology News

There's really nothing like a handwritten note from a constituent you've known for years. But I'm excited to harness the power of technology that's making it easier to stay in touch with my constituents.

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China Struggles to Contain Online Gaming

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyberspace, Internet, Anonymity, Online Games, Web, Bandwidth, China, Privacy, Columbine, Violence, Personality Disorders, Entertainment News

China is trying to slow the growing number of teens who are becoming addicted to online gaming. Rules have been issued requiring that children un...

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Finding a Social Compact for the Blogosphere: NYT's "The Medium" on ScienceBlogs Dust-Up

George Spyros | Posted 05.25.2011

Writing with accountability and reading with a sense of responsibility on the Web would form a compact between author and reader, providing a strong "formula" upon which to base our mutually constructed and shared social state.

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What Shoppers Have Been Waiting For

Danny Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecommerce, Lifestyle, Style, Shopping, Web, Startups, Fashion, Web 2.0, Business, Style News

This era of Web 2.0, which in turn created consumer and shopping 2.0, has put more focus on what the consumer wants, not what businesses want consumers to want.

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Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to Global Voices

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web, Tedtalks, Language, Technology, Global Issues, Ted, tedglobal2010, Communication, World News

Blogger and geek Ethan Zuckerman wants to connect the whole of the wider world -- via some smart strategies to open up your Twitter world and read news in different languages.

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E-Commerce Is Booming

Danny Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web 2.0, Web, Internet, Fashion, Business, Shopping, E-Commerce, Business News

Traditional retail is becoming outdated. Online sales are soaring. When will we reach the tipping point when e-commerce generates more sales than brick-and-mortar retail?

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Whose Internet Is It?

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tech, Justice, Alliance, Net, Internet, Media, Web, Reform, Communications, Policy, Comcast, Neutrality, Telecom, Media News

First, we had the Supreme Court affirming the free speech rights of corporations. Now we have the DC Court of Appeals telling us Comcast owns the Int...

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O'Reilly Media's Laurel Ruma on Open Government

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: City Council Meetings, Tim O'Reilly, Government Agencies, Washington, Laurel Ruma, Jeffrey a Sorenson, Dc, Strong Community, Gov, Town Hall, City Government, Government Documents, Government Forms, Co Chair, Ruma, Sorenson, Auto Registration, Industry Experts, Government Agency, Twitter, O'Reilly, Stimulus, Pew, Nasa, Web, Government Officials, Synergy, Open Government, Youtube, Evangelist, Collaborations, Thought Leaders, Technology News

Many of us have heard about open government -- this is where government from all levels make their services available online. In addition to making...

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The Internet's Love Affair with WebTV

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Tyranny, Move, Commodity, Popularity of the Internet, Content, Social Web, Video Podcasts, Popularity, Href, Broadband Network, Democratization, Tv Partnership, Nyt, Tv Programming, Broadband, Video, Apple, Nielsen, Plan, Broadband Technologies, Neutrality, Hulu, Ugc, August, Battle, WebTV, Apple TV, Independent Tv, Webtv, Net Neutrality, Mile, Independent Programming, Net, Web, Internet, Generation, Paradigm, Phenomenon, Year, Technology News

Information is a commodity. It's an article of trade that is valued above all other products and services. Information has always been coveted but con...

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Why "Talk" Culture will Destroy the World

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Keen, Internet, Copyright, Remix, Collaboration, Nicholas Carr, Web, Michiko Kakutani, Post-Modernism, Jaron Lanier, Media, Technology, Farhad-Manjoo, Cass Sunstein, Technology News

In the New York Times, Michiko Kakutani takes on the Internet, remix culture, post-modernism and the technology-induced Decline of Western Civilizatio...

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