Tricia Jose
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 […]
Justin Bieber: How His Social Media Strategy Ensures His Fame Lasts Longer Than “One Time”
Photo Source: Heather Sokol If you despise (love) Justin Bieber, here’s one more reason to despise (love) him some more: he’s a social media genius. His new video “Boyfriend” (click to watch!) made its YouTube debut last night and has already surpassed 3 million hits in less than 24 hours. Bieber first made his […]
What you should know about CISPA
U.S. Congressional Attempts at legislating the digital realm were stunted back in January by widespread protests of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) — measures that sought to prevent online piracy. Even still, efforts live on in the most recent House Resolution — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act […]
New cloud technology — Google style
Wired magazine recently reported the release of a new choice in cloud storage platforms to augment the current options like Dropbox and Apple’s iCloud. Google Drive is the online giant’s newest gadget and offers storage capabilities of up to 5GB for free. Wired reported that this latest addition to the cloud space seeks to offer another option to the […]
All-in-one identity
Technology news site, Betakit, recently reported an advancement in the business of streamlining — online identity streamlining, that is — with the recent $7 million investment in the digital identity service, OneID. As OneID CEO Alex Doll told Betakit, “Many experts consider online identity to be the most important problem to be solved on the Internet […]
Time to re-think notions of privacy
Take a minute to think about how you share information everyday: online purchases, web banking, emails, text messages, ‘checking-in’ on Facebook, tweets, blog posts, etc. Almost no one is immune to digital transactions of personal information on a daily basis these days, and with each of these seemingly mundane dealings comes a certain degree of […]
Peeked interest: on campus and anonymous
The new online dating website, Peeked Interest, is raising some questions around privacy and security in an increasingly digital world. Darryl McIvor, a recent graduate of the global business program at UVic, is teaming up with Frans Kouwenhoven, a UBC software engineering student, to introduce the new style of online courtship. At this stage in development, the […]
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