Posts Tagged: facebook

Exploring the anti-social side of social media

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Description: The Public Isolation Project was born. As she literally X’s off the 30 days she is spending cut off from the world, Norine chronicles her experience through her blog http://www.publicisolationproject.com/. On the other side of the glass, Elliott is filming a documentary on their collaboration. They are not anti-technology, Elliott says, just hoping to inspire… Read more »

The Google-Apple-Facebook Battle

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Description: The battle for total world domination has moved well beyond the computer operating system, and even beyond the computer. The biggest contenders at the moment are Google ), Facebook and Apple. Source: Forbes.com Date: Nov 8, 2010 In the mid 1990s, when Microsoft seemed invincible, company leaders hung posters inside their offices with the letters “TWD” boldly emblazoned… Read more »

Labor board: Facebook vent against supervisor not grounds for firing

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Description: The  National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against a Connecticut company for firing an employee after she posted critical, derogatory comments about her supervisor on Facebook. Source: CNN.com Date: Nov 10, 2010 The labor relations board argues that workers’ criticism of their bosses on social networking sites like Facebook is generally “a… Read more »

Report: Facebook apps sharing user info

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Description: A Facebook representative said in a statement was taking steps to “dramatically limit” exposure of users’ personal information to companies. Source: Cnn.com Tech Date: Oct 18, 2010 Many of Facebook’s most popular apps are sharing personally identifiable information of their users with dozens of advertising and Internet-tracking companies, in violation of the social-networking giant’s… Read more »

The Internet kills Gap’s new logo

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Description: The influence of Social Media in the marketplace Source: CNN.com Tech Date: 10/12/2010 CNN) — The internet’s logo snobs won this one. Gap Inc. on Monday announced it will drop a new version of its logo after thousands of Facebook and Twitter users called for a return to the classic blue box with tall, white… Read more »