DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL

Joanne Bamberger, 05/29/12

PunditMom; Author, 'Mothers of Intention: How Women & Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics in America' & 2012 Election Editor/Corresp. at iVillage.com

Even though there is never a sure thing on Wall Street, many people thought this would be the exception. After all, it's Facebook we're talking about.

Adam Kirr, 05/29/12

Digital/Social Media Professional

Given that some celebrities and public figures are deciding to leave Twitter because of hateful, racist, or threatening attacks from "Twitter Trolls"; is it completely unreasonable to speculate that Twitter may enact measures to mitigate this problem?

Dan Solin, 05/29/12

Author of the Smartest series of books

Facebook's much discussed IPO has generated a lot of discussion about the "real value" of the stock. Much of the information being disseminated is both inaccurate and harmful to investors.

Laura Rossi Totten, 05/29/12

Blogger, My So-Called Sensory Life

"Things I'm Afraid To Tell You" is exactly what it sounds like: bloggers posting real, sometimes raw, self-truths.

Mehrunisa Qayyum, 05/29/12

Founder, PITAPOLICY Consulting

Women are not represented in the STEM fields professionally -- regardless of their enrollment rates in such courses at the university level. This challenging trend applies not only to the Middle East and North Africa, but to other regions as well.

Jeff A. Katz, 05/29/12

If we want to achieve the goals in front of us to make sure everyone can enjoy this luxury, we can't think that what works here is the solution that can be applied everywhere and instead of just leapfrogging, we're going to need to look before we leap.

Michael Levine, 05/29/12

Executive Director, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

When it comes to learning to read well, our country seems to be in a never-ending cycle of conflict and consternation. Enter the fray a new disruption: the transition from print to digital books.

Daniel Dicker, 05/28/12

Oil trader; CNBC Contributor and TheStreet.com columnist; Author, 'Oil’s Endless Bid'

All Wall Street needed to do was deliver a fair price -- an honest price -- to the common, middle-class investor. Instead, what they delivered was a shafting of the retail investor to the benefit of their best customers; the venture capitalists, prime brokers and inside institutions.

Don Tapscott, 05/29/12

Advisor to government and business leaders; Author, 'Macrowikinomics'

Here is my bottom line: By all means, be as open as you want online; but realize that with openness can come vulnerabilities, especially for your children.

Daniel R. Schwarz, 05/27/12

Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature at Cornell University

I am less interested in the business model than the value our culture is putting on what is still perhaps the most important news gathering institution in the world -- versus the value it is placing on a social media company.

Bill Davenhall, 05/29/12

Head of the health and human services, Esri

Making sense out of all the health data out there is daunting -- even for the seasoned health data junkie. A new app for the iPad called Health Indicators now brings consumers one step closer to seeing health data about where they live using a "geomedicine" approach.

Arianna Huffington, 05/25/12

The Edmonton Journal recently called Jeff Skoll "the greatest Canadian you've never heard of." But, in fact, Skoll, beyond being the first president of eBay, has been a pioneer in the world of cutting edge philanthropy. Today, he is being presented with Canada's highest civilian honor, the Order of Canada, for his wide-ranging philanthropic work. The Order, which will be presented by Governor-General David Johnston, carries the motto Desiderantes Meliorem Patriam ("They desire a better country"). This fits Skoll, but only to a degree. He has gone far beyond merely desiring a better country, and indeed a better world, to empowering people to achieve solutions everywhere in the world. Here is my interview with him -- a man who fits perfectly in our Inspirationals series, combining, as he does, an audacious vision, an innovative mind, and a deeply empathetic heart.

Jim Steyer, 05/25/12

CEO, Common Sense Media and author, "Talking Back to Facebook"

By the time my daughter is 18 she will have sent more than half a million texts. As a parent and a digital immigrant, I find this technology use daunting. Parents, we are conducting an experiment on our own kids in real time -- and we still have no idea what the effect will be.

Franz-Stefan Gady, 05/29/12

Foreign Policy, Military Analyst and World Affairs Commentator

Among the many definitions of war, cyberwar often (not always) fails to meet two of the most basic aspects of how we understand war; war must be lethal and political.

Shawn Amos, 05/25/12

Amos Content Group

We'll take a trip down Internet memory lane in this week's "60 Seconds of Social Media" to see how it all began.

Kevin Bermeister, 05/25/12

Founder, Brilliant Digital Entertainment

The days of unrestrained Internet downloads and open access content are approaching the end. People are the Internet's biggest content owners and they want their share of value.

Erin Mantz, 05/25/12

Writer

Reading Etan's kidnapper lured him with a simple soda, I can't help thinking I can do all the tests with my kids in the world but if push comes to shove, would they go for the Coke?