Mark Zuckerberg got bio-pic-ed and chosen Time’s Person of the Year in 2010. The iPad gave us opportunity to carry the internet with us (something our phones let us do for a couple of years, but who wants to type even 140 characters with those phone keyboards?). Foursquare joined the ranks of social media, especially […]
All I Want For Christmas Is A New iPad…
Ah, the magic of Christmas. Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile. Makes you want to break out in song. This blog tries to draw some attention to those who are doing good for others, be they charities or politically engaged organizations. We plan to do so throughout 2011 as well. But it’s Christmas […]
Net Neutrality Neutered
The FCC voted 3-2 to pass the rules it had drawn up with the ‘help’ of telecommunications companies like Verizon and AT&T. In the ways of Washington over the last several months, almost no one is happy with the plan. And yet again the Obama Administration is being called to the mat. Well, AT&T seems […]
Will Ferrell’s Good Humor Helps Cancer For College
The online (micro)charity organization ‘Crowdrise‘ has grown in presence and influence since its founding a bit over a year ago. Its goal was/is to raise money by encouraging people to sign onto ‘teams’ that use their social-media presences to reach out to their friends. The team thus pools its time and the money collected, and […]
Holiday Retailers Have “Lost Control Of Their Shoppers”!
No, we don’t mean that door-busting deals have returned to the insane smack-down ‘running-of-the-bulls-in-Pamplona‘ kinds of stuff found on Black Friday a few years ago. We are referring to a quote by Vodafone chief executive (in the United Kingdom) Guy Laurence in TheGuardian.co.uk. His point is that stores have traditionally sought to steer their customers […]
Twitter Aflutter With News Of Zuckerberg as Time’s ‘Person Of The Year’
Oh, the irony. Yes, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and subject of the fictionalized bio-pic “The Social Network” is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year (POTY in Tweetspeak). Yet the Twitto-/blogo-spheres are full of comments, reactions, and largely surprises at Time’s choice. Perhaps the medium is indeed the message, for much of the criticism of […]
Twitter And Philanthropy In The Holiday Season
“Twitter and philanthropy. They go together like a horse and carriage….” Well, it does not rhyme, but at least you are not hearing my Sinatra impression. The philanthropic and nonprofit communities have been on the forefront of many extensions of the uses of social media, largely because the financial investments are minimal. The rewards can […]
#Tech: Computing Moves To ‘The Cloud’ – Your Files Can Be There Waiting
Last week we pointed out that MobileMe‘s ‘Find My Phone’ feature is now a free stand-alone service for those who have the latest software on the iPhone 4G. If not, the fine folks at MacWorld.com figured out how to get a 3G/3GS onto the same service (although someone’s 4G is required to set it all […]