Tag Archives: social media

Antisocial Media

Posted on August 22, 2011 by joash b.

Should social media be blamed for the London riots? Continue reading →

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Pop Culture Politics

Posted on May 4, 2011 by anna j.

In a world where social media rules, are we beginning to depend too much on a constant stream of information from Twitter and Facebook? Back in the day (way before my time), people used to actually turn on their home … Continue reading →

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Facebook Flips the Switch – the Good, the Bad and the Annoying

Posted on December 16, 2010 by aliera p.

In the middle of updates touting facial recognition for photos, Facebook has managed to sneak in another update, a change to the layout of Pages across the network. You might recall about a month or so ago when people were complaining about what happened when they decided to merge their Facebook Place with their Page. I guess Facebook is of the mind that misery loves company, because they’ve now leveled the playing field and unrolled the new Page layout to everyone, removing that illusion of “choice.” Continue reading →

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Hypochondriacs Beware: New Ad Campaign with Symptoms

Posted on December 15, 2010 by kate h.

I once saw Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy act when he was in town – an experience worth a blog post of its own. One of his rants centered on how our lives and general well-being are directly connected to our cell phone batteries. Slowly sinking to the ground, he demonstrated the staggering effect of a dying cell phone battery literally draining the life out of its user – an exaggeration not so exaggerated. Continue reading →

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Google Helps Us Teach Parents Tech

Posted on December 13, 2010 by aliera p.

Ten minutes before the alarm was set to go off one recent weekday morning, I awoke begrudgingly to the sound of my husband’s cell phone ringing. As calls that early in the morning typically portend a family mishap or disaster, I cranked up the cranial capacitors and set my exhausted neurons in motion. (I’m not exactly a morning person after all.) Continue reading →

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