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Six Ways To Get Online From Anywhere

Macworld | Glenn Fleishman, Macworld.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Thanksgiving Travel Tips, Travel Tips, Online, Wireless, Log On, Wireless Internet, Internet Travel, Travel, Wifi, Airport Express, Technology News

We're all so accustomed to having Internet access in so many place -- at home, at the office, at airports, at coffee shops -- that it can be infuriati...

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The New Feminism: Questions For Jessica Valenti

nytimes.com | Deborah Solomon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Internet, Women, Feministing.com, Activism, Online, Unplug and Recharge, World Wide Web, Feminism, Social Activism, Living News

Editor of the blog Feministing.com rates the effectiveness of online activism compared to old-style models of political engagement like rallies and ma...

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Winning Online: 10 Tips for 2010 Campaigns (Part II)

Matt Dunn | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Interactive, New Technology, Online Advertising, 2010 Elections, Online, Email, Campaign Strategy, Democrats, Online Organizing, Obama Technology, Technology News
Matt Dunn

The reality is that Election Day 2010 is one year away. It's time for campaigns to start gearing up, and interactive needs to play a bigger role than it did in 2008 or 2009.

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NY Post Circulation Sinks To 508,000

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media

Read More: News Corp, Newspapers, Print Circulation, Advertising, Online Advertising, Ny Post, Print, New York Post, Online, Nydn, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, Newspaper Circulation, Fox News, New York Daily News, Media News

Nearly every paper in America has lost circulation, but The Post more than most -- down almost 30 percent in 2.5 years, to 508,000 in the most recent ...

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Yahoo Profits are Symbol of Broken System

Ben Cohen | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Corporate-Profits, Internet, Media, Capitalism, Bonuses, Online, Yahoo, Business News
Ben Cohen

It turns out, Yahoo's profits are based almost entirely on the $169 million cost cutting measures it took (2,400 workers were let go), while of course protecting corporate bonuses.

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Disney: Children's Books Now Online

The New York Times | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 09.30.2009 | Books

Read More: Children's Books Online, E-Books, Disney Publishing, Children's E-Books, Disney, Children's Books, Books, Online, Books News

LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Company hopes an ambitious new digital service it plans to unveil on Tuesday will transform how children read its story...

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Information Addiction and Our Quest for Relevancy

Scott Lachut | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Internet, Relevancy, Information, Biological Imperative, Social Web, Brain, Biology, Online, Seeking, Addiction, Wanting, Mind, Information Overload, Information Age, Beating-Internet-Addiction, Internet Addiction, Facebook Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Scott Lachut

This quest for what might be, creates a seemingly infinite feedback loop where consumption continuously renews the appetite.

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Facebook Buys Rights To "Nearly Everything You Do Online" For $47.5 Million

washingtonpost.com | Chadwick Matlin | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Media, Internet, Twitter, Digg, Social Networking, Online, New Media, Friendfeed, Media, Facebook, Facebook Status, Business News

Facebook just bought the rights to nearly everything you do online. And it cost them only $47.5 million. Facebook's purchase of FriendFeed, an obsc...

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Murdoch Pay-For-Content Strategy A Dud

Diane Francis | Posted 09.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Iranian Uprising, Newspapers, Iran, Death of Newspapers, Fox, Digital Television, Media, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, The Times of London, Blogs, Television, Internet, Online, New York Times, Citizen Journalism, New Media, Media News
Diane Francis

Murdoch and others are the King Canutes of the business world, trying to hold back the tides.

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Culture Clash

Kevin Naff | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Newspapers, Web Sites, Reuters, Online, Death of Print, Online Journalism, Baltimore Sun, Media News
Kevin Naff

Launching a major newspaper web site in 1996 offered hints of the trouble to come.

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Manage Your Online Time Wisely

WSJ | Posted 09.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Manage Time, Online Organizing, Time Management, Online, Technology News

New tools are available online to help people stay on track when they're working on the computer -- and many of them are free....

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Still Nauseous After All these Years: Blair Witch Turns 10

Jessica Rovello | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Online Marketing, Blairwitch.com, Blair Witch Project, Online, Arkadium, Viral Marketing, Online Advertising, Entertainment News
Jessica Rovello

In 1999 I was in charge of producing the Blair Witch Project's Web site and online media outreach. Here are five observations that hold the same weight in 2009 as they did in 1999.

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Congress Considers Two Bills to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Investigations, Home Town, Small Business, House of Represenatives, Money, Joe Biden, Sba, Obama, 5-14, Legislation, Make, Senate, 5-15, Barack Obama, Affiliate, Washington, Online, Foreign, Marketing, American Small Business League, Technology, Foxnews, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The American Small Business League (ASBL) estimates that over that $100 billion a year in federal small business contracts actually go to Fortune 500 firms and other clearly large businesses.

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Online Reviewers Gaining Clout

Washington Post | Mike Musgrove | Posted 08.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Reviews, Online Reviews, Yelp, Amazon, Online Reviewers, Online, Media News

If you value your spare time, don't start posting comments and reviews on Amazon, Mark Espinosa suggests. It can be a hard habit to break. ...

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The Corporate Freshman: Your Community is Your Most Valuable Tool

Alexandra Levit | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Community, Mentors, Networking, College Graduates, Online, Self-Help, Business News
Alexandra Levit

Although I don't meet with them on a schedule, the people in my "lifeline group" are the people with whom I can be vulnerable, candid, and accountable.

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The Jokes Turn Back on Joe Buck Live

Danny Groner | Posted 07.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Viral Video, Bob Costas, HBO Costas Now, Online, Online Video, Artie Lange, Kathie Lee Gifford, Bill O'Reilly, Bob Costas MLB Network, Joe Buck HBO, Joe Buck, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

Artie Lange's appearance on Joe Buck Live last evening has sparked some discussion about his appointed role on a panel discussing sports and celebrity.

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I Won't Chat! Don't Ask Me!

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Oscar Hammerstein, Depression, Linkedin, Twittering, Unemployed, Friends, Kerns, Online, Online Chat, Fields, Facebook, Internet Etiquette, Fred-Astaire, Communication, Media News
Lita Smith-Mines

Here's my appeal to certain unemployed friends: step away from your cell phones and computers!

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Netsquared 2009: Making the Virtual Proximal

Allen Gunn | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, The Extraordinaries, Online, Netsquared 2009, Virtual Friends, Netsquared, Frontlinesms, Media News
Allen Gunn

What the Netsquared conference really bears out is the essential role that live events still play in weaving the fabric of social networks.

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Online Social Networks Empower Older People

nytimes.com | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Internet, Connecting Online, Aging, Twitter, Social Networking, Online, Community, Old People, Facebook, Elderly Americans, Online Community, Living News

Like many older people, Paula Rice of Island City, Ky., has grown isolated in recent years. Her four grown children live in other states, her two marr...

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The 10 Best Online Ads Of The Year

Nicholas Carlson | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Design, Publishing, Media, Technology, Advertising, Online, Media News
Nicholas Carlson

Besides the nearly infinite amount of inventory out there, probably the biggest problem with online advertising is that usually, the creative sucks.

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Flu Attacks Media Business: Now is the Time to Act

Jack Myers | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Anergy, p53, Advertising, p53 Gene, Online Advertising, Online, Media, Media News, Media News
Jack Myers

Too many media and advertising executives are waiting passively on the sidelines accepting business as usual, even as a virus eats away at the health of their businesses.

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Ken Lerer, Huffington Post Co-Founder on the Future of Journalism

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University Journalism, Old Media vs. New Media, Web, Hearst New Media Lecture, Journalism, Online Newspapers, Ken Lerer, Internet, Future of News, Online, New Media, New York Times, Citizen Journalism, Huffington Post, Online News, Media News
Martha St Jean

Lerer said, "Traditional media outlets could have developed online," but four things came together creating what he termed the "perfect storm."

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Does Information Want to Be Paid For?

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Online, Content Aggregators, Online Media, Print Journalims, Media News
Michael Wolff

The old news media believes that all of the stuff it's been giving away for free for a decade or more it ought now get the reader to shell out for.

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Three Steps To Declutter Your Computer

Karen Leland | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Organizing, The Balanced Life, De-Cluttering, Featured Contributor, Computers, Online, Email, Spring Cleaning, Cleaning Clutter, Cleaning, Clutter, Living News
Karen Leland

My computer had become the junk drawer of my electronic life.

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I Just Quit Facebook

John DeBellis | Posted 04.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: The Internet, Twitter, Friends, Social Networking Sites, Online, Facebook, Myspace, Comedy News
John DeBellis

I got tired of getting messages from people I hadn't heard from in twenty years, who still haven't figured that I didn't want to hear from them until I read their names in the obituary.

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