Tag Archives: social networking

The China model of government Internet censorship

Essay: March 9, 2011
Some people were shocked when the Internet in Egypt and then Libya was all but shut down. They shouldn’t have been. It’s not all that hard to ‘pull the plug’ on the Internet, especially in countries with a relatively small number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). It’s not high tech. When guys with guns show [...]
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Facebook: Betrayal of privacy is also business dilemma

Impact: Online Information    May 27, 2010
The road to social networking may be paved with good intentions but it can lead straight to…wherever Facebook is going. The recent ruction over the betrayal of user’s privacy at the social networking giant Facebook has not only raised many an eyebrow (and not a few voices) but has also raised questions about the business [...]
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Petimo: A cuddly social networking toy for kids

News: Communications    May 9, 2010
Petimo and its navigation menus. Credit: Mixed Reality Lab It’s kind of round. It’s kind of furry. It’s for kids about 6 to 10 years old. It just won a first prize at the 2010 Innovation Circus in Milan, Italy. It’s called Petimo and it’s a social networking computer interface that doesn’t look or work [...]
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