Monday, November 8th, 2010 09:45 am GMT -5 in Content, News Briefs, Tubes by Gabrielle Tang
RockMelt offers a completely new way to browse the web now, integrating your social networks to your browsing experience.
Tags: browser, chrome, communication, facebook, firefox, google, internet, marc andreesen, mosaic, mountain view, mozilla, open source, rockmelt, search, social media, social networks, twitter, web, youtube
Monday, October 25th, 2010 02:17 am GMT -5 in Content, Tubes by Bianca Wilson
Obama isn’t the only one who can use social media to campaign.
Tags: communication, democracy, facebook, flickr, internet, social media, social networks, twitter, youtube
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 01:42 am GMT -5 in Code, Tubes by Martimott
Everybody seems to have an answer for this question. Something similar to “Well, ya know, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, the blogs…” . This is the level zero of social media knowledge. “Didn’t you hear about how successful Obama was in reaching votes and crowd fundraising in his electoral program?”. Levels 4 and 5 of potential “knowledge”. Definetely, this is actually my current status; I am on the loop but I still don’t know how this social media really works out. I guess this is why I am in taking this course.
Tags: facebook, InnoCentive, Kiva, knowledge, social media, twitter, Wikipedia, youtube
Sunday, October 17th, 2010 01:35 pm GMT -5 in News Briefs, Tubes by Keren Ritchie
Remember the days when a blackberry was just a fruit and the iPhone had yet to enter our lexicon? In his new children’s story, aptly titled, “It’s a Book,” Lane Smith revives the disappearing ink-on-paper era.
Tags: book, electronic age, media, New York Times, youtube
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 01:22 am GMT -5 in Code by Reda Cherif
Originally aimed at socializing people through entertainment videos (music, dance), Youtube has now become a major global actor playing a political role in each and every country.
Tags: big brother, censorship, communication, conflict, data management, facebook, internet, Israel, journalism, network neutrality, photo, social media, social networks, technology, transparency, volatility, youtube
Saturday, September 19th, 2009 05:37 pm GMT -5 in Code, Content, Tubes by Michael Cervieri
Over the past decade dissident groups around the world have utilized Internet communications during crisis to broadcast their message to local and global communities. We take three case studies to see how this has been done. In the process we see that over the years, the ability to harness these technologies is moving from organizations to anyone with actual Internet access.
Tags: b92, facebook, flickr, google, iran, serbia, sokwanele, twitter, youtube, yugoslavia, zimbabwe