Callum Haywood Knows What You’re Doing And Now The World Will Too
18 year old Callum Haywood knows what you’re doing and has now shared that with the world in creating “We Know What You’re Doing,” a site that had only just gone live yesterday afternoon and has, according to CNN, already seen 120,000 unique visitors and nearly 5,000 likes on Facebook. The site features four main […]
Peeked Interest: Is privacy an outdated concept?
We all know how beautiful the UBC campus can be. Nestled close enough to both the mountains and the water—what’s not to love? Darryl McIvor and Frans Kouwenhoven have however chosen instead to focus on those who occupy our beautiful campus in creating Peeked Interest, an online dating site that has stirred up quite a […]
Roberto Luongo on Twitter? a lesson in social media profiling from the man behind the mask/screen
Many of us who use social media struggle with finding the balance between being both anonymous and authentic online. Some of us are too anonymous; refusing to take ownership for the things we say and do. And yet some of us are too authentic, giving away too much of our regular, everyday lives. It brings […]
From Picture books to Facebook
The Vancouver Sun reports that Facebook is seeking out methods to allow children under 13 to participate in the social network. The article acknowledges that though kids 13 and under are currently prohibited from registered use on the site due to federal law, there is already an estimated 7.5 million Facebook users out of the […]
Isn’t sharing, caring?: 9 out of 10 US adults believe people share too much info online
Intel’s “Mobile Etiquette” survey in 2012, aimed to “evaluate the current state of mobile manners…and examine how U.S. adults share and consume information online and how [it] impacts culture and relationships, reports that approximately 85% of US adults share information online, with 9 out of 10 US adults believing people are sharing too much information […]
Gliph me, maybe: how privacy and connectivity may be able to coexist after all
In Carly Rae Jepsen’s intensely catchy song “Call Me, Maybe” she offers her number to a stranger she has just met and acknowledges that though “it might sound crazy,” she’d like it if he called her (, maybe.) But maybe Carly Rae isn’t as crazy as she thinks she might sound. Rob Banagale, co-founder of […]
Students (rightfully? wrongfully?) expelled because of Twitter postings
According to a report by NBC Connecticut, two students, a junior and a sophomore at West Haven High School, have been expelled over written threats posted to Twitter. Authorities disclosed that teachers had found the tweets earlier this month. The junior’s tweets regard placing a bomb in a locker, while the sophomore, independent from the […]
Beaming: James Cameron may have been onto something with “Avatar”
Last week we saw the parallels between ourselves and superheroes as seen in “the Avengers.” However, it appears as though we may soon have more in common with Academy Award winning “Avatar” instead. According to BBC News, the European Commission is funding a project to “investigate how a person can visit a remote location via […]
The Avengers, the Internet, and YOU
Last weekend, superhero movie “The Avengers” grossed $207, 438, 708 (via BoxOffice Mojo). If you’re like me, and have yet to see this movie, don’t worry. The premise is simple: a bunch of regular folks with alter egos come together and are forced to co-exist for the greater good. Awesome. Except… wait a second. This […]
London 2012 O(ffline)lympics
The Olympics are a magical time. Those of us lucky enough to have been in the city during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics know this as fact. There are truly no words to describe this event. But if you’re in London for this year’s Summer Olympics and are hoping to capture a few pictures that say […]
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