The First Tweet and the American Declaration of Independence
You know you are in the Information Age when a historical infant, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet from 2006, is shelved next to a historical giant, the American Declaration of Independence, at the US Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The revelation of Twitter’s rapid rise through history has been covered in media outlets […]
Facebook copyright nearly settled
For all those arguing for an Internet free of copyright and a utopia of knowledge, think how you would feel if one of your bright ideas was turned into billions of dollars and you didn’t receive a penny. That’s how the Winklevoss brothers, Cameron and Tyler, use to feel but not for much longer. [linebreak] […]
Digital Divide Goes Deep
The digital divide debate has been going in a major way since the 1970’s. Back then it was an ideological divide on the floor of UNESCO at the United Nations. Today, it is simply a stark reality between states that are rich and states that are poor. While every new technology has a global lag […]
New media is bad for the brain
While a lot of our site is dedicated to protecting your personal computer, managing your on-line identity, and using the internet to your advantage, we have yet to tackle in depth a growing issue in the on-line world: the impact of internet technologies on your health. [linebreak] A new study has shown that children and […]
Messaging Apps
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China backs away from internet filtering
China has postponed a decision on including mandatory internet filtering software with new computers sold to consumers – a plan that originally met with much criticism. Get the full story here!
File Sharing
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Who Owns Your Data?
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Online Dating
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