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As China's social media takes off, Beijing's censorship campaign heats up

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - May. 15 (News Analysis) - A few well-regarded intellectuals known to be critical of the Communist Party have drawn millions of followers on China's ...

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A 'like' for linguistics: Can social media save Mexico's unwritten languages?

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 02 (Special Report) - Many indigenous languages alive in Mexico today don't have formal written systems, but a growing number of computer-savvy young people want to Facebook and tweet in their native tongue. ...

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Search Option From Facebook Is Privacy Test

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Somini Sengupta, Claire Cain Miller - Jan. 19 (News Analysis) - Whether Facebook’s users will continue to divulge even more private details will determine whether so-called social search is the next step in how we navigate the online world.

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Ohio rape case: Evidence on social media creates new world for justice system

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Jan. 09 (News Analysis) - Investigators in the Ohio rape case confiscated electronic devices from those involved. Evidence from social media allows jurors to rely more on common sense and less on expert testimony. ...

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Facebook’s 2012: IPO, a billion users and a shift to mobile

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Hayley Tsukayama - Dec. 25 (News Analysis) - Facebook had what may be the most eventful year in its history in 2012. After months of preparation, the company went public in May -- with some unexpected results.

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Newsweek to halt print publication

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Chicago Tribune - By Andrew Tangel - Oct. 18 (News) - Newsweek will print its final edition at the end of this year. After nearly 80 years of publication, the news magazine will shift to a digital-only format, available online and on tablet computers, Editor in Chief Tina Brown said on the magazine's website Thursday morning. Its last printed edition will be the Dec. 31 issue.

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MediaShift . How Much Will Social Media Really Affect the U.S. Election?

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

PBS - Oct. 18 (News Analysis) - This article discusses the impacts of social media and how it affects what people think of the Election. The activity of millions of people is closely monitored and examined through various graphs and parameters. By studying the results of the data, what people are really talking about can be revealed.

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Privacy in a Digital Age: When Twitter Followers Can Track a Lost Phone - PBS

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

NewsHour - By Hari Sreenivasa - Aug. 04 (Special Report) - Privacy in a Digital Age: When Twitter Followers Can Track a Lost Phone PBS NewsHour When New York Times tech reporter David Pogue lost his iPhone, he turned to his 1.4 million Twitter followers for help. And the online crowd responded, tracking his phone down in just a few hours. Though the story had a happy ending, the experience ... and ...

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Olympic-level social media growing pains

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:04:57 -0700

Boston Globe - By Hiawatha Bray - Jul. 31 (News) - Organizers and broadcasters who hailed the London Games as the first social media Olympics may now wish the events were a little less social, as heavy smartphone use caused technical glitches and Twitter became a worldwide platform for complaints

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Facebook shares spook investors now. But long term?

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Jul. 29 (News Analysis) - Facebook shares reach lowest level ever as revenue growth slows and investors cash out.

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Olympic viewing: NBC critics loud on social media

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By David Bauder - Jul. 29 (News) - In the age of social media, NBC now has millions of television critics who make their opinions known about every aspect of Olympics coverage instantly.

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Meet the 'bots' that edit Wikipedia

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Daniel Nasaw - Jul. 25 (Special Report) - Bots write and edit Wikipedia entries, but are they any good?

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Aurora tragedy played out in social media

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By James Temple, Benny Evangelista, Casey Newton - Jul. 21 (News Report) - Jessica Ghawi, a budding sportscaster in the Denver area, teased her friend for not attending the Thursday night premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises." "Psh. Loser!" she wrote at 10:33 p.m. on Twitter. "Which is why you're tweeting now and not at the movie

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Survey OF Effects Of Cloud Outage Shows How Much Of The Web Runs On Amazon

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Forbes - By Anthony Wing Kosner - Jul. 01 (News Analysis) - All of the news reports about the Amazon Web Services Outage Friday night mentioned the same few big name companies, Netflix, Pinterest and Instagram. A few tech blogs mentioned Heroku, the well-known Ruby and JavaScript-based cloud application platform. Clearly Amazon and all of the companies affected are working on damage control, which means, for the most part, a tweet or three but no public acknowledgement on their websites.

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Wheeling and Dealing for New Domain Names

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Sarah E. Needleman - Jun. 23 (News) - Entrepreneurs and big companies are battling one another for the rights to manage hot new Web address endings, including .app, .home and .book. A gathering will give some the opportunity to horsetrade or duke it out.

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Apps Developers to Young to Drive

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Jessica E. Vascellaro - Jun. 18 (News Report) - A growing number of teenagers have joined the app-making frenzy, and Apple, the app industry's ringleader, is encouraging the trend.

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Current TV Dismisses Keith Olbermann

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Brian Stelter - Mar. 31 (News) - For nearly a year now, Al Gore and Joel Hyatt have been building their liberal cable news channel, Current TV, with the mercurial television anchorman Keith Olbermann at its center. This week, the center collapsed. Current said on Friday afternoon that it had fired Mr. Olbermann — one of the nation’s most prominent progressive speakers — just a year into his five-year, $50 million contract. It was the culmination of months of murky disputes between Mr. Olbermann and the channel that he was supposed to save from the throes of ratings oblivion.

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The State of the News Media 2012

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Pew Research - By Amy Mitchell, Tom Rosenstiel - Mar. 25 (Special Report) - In 2011, the digital revolution entered a new era. The age of mobile, in which people are connected to the web wherever they are, arrived in earnest. More than four in ten American adults now own a smartphone. One in five owns a tablet. New cars are manufactured with internet built in. With more mobility comes deeper immersion into social networking. For news, the new era brings mixed blessings. New research released in this report finds that mobile devices are adding to people’s news consumption, strengthening the lure of traditional news brands and providing a boost to long-form journalism. Eight in ten who get news on smartphones or tablets, for instance, get news on conventional computers as well. People are taking advantage, in other words, of having easier access to news throughout the day – in their pocket, on their desks and in their laps. At the same time, a more fundamental challenge that we identified in this report last year has intensified — the extent to which technology intermediaries now control the future of news.

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Kony 2012: what's the real story?

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Polly Curtis, John Vidal - Mar. 09 (Breaking News) - A 28-minute long film about the plight of children in Africa has been watched more than 21m times on You Tube. But the charity behind it is facing some criticisms for their Hollywood-style campaigning on the issue. Are the criticisms fair? Polly Curtis and John Vidal , with your help, finds out. Get in touch below the line, Tweet @pollycurtis or email polly.curtis@guardian.co.uk . Since Monday more than 21m people have viewed this film, made by an American charity called Invisible Children , about the plight of children in Uganda at the hands of the warlord Joseph Kony , leader of the guerilla group the Lords Resistance Army. His army is said to have abducted 60,000 children. With its slick Hollywood production values the film has been an almost instant viral success, dominating Twitter worldwide and having one of the fastest ever take-offs on You Tube. The hashtag #stopkony has had hundreds of thousands of Tweets. Millions of people now know something about Uganda and what is happening ...

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Put Down the Phone and Learn to Be Alone (And to Listen), Says Sherry Turkle at TED

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Wall Street Journal - By Sherry Turkle - Mar. 02 (News Report) - We constantly text and social network so we don’t have to feel lonely, but while peering into our phones we’re ignoring the people and the world around us. That’s a serious problem, one that should be addressed by technologists, regulators and norms, acc

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Kenyan chief foils robbery via Twitter

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Faith Karimi - Feb. 18 (News Report) - A Kenyan chief in a town far from the bustling capital foiled a predawn robbery recently using Twitter, highlighting the far-reaching effects of social media in areas that don't have access to the Internet.

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Web Piracy Bills Invite a Protracted Battle

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jenna Wortham, Somini Sengupta - Jan. 16 (News Report) - The Obama administration’s statement of opposition to antipiracy legislation let the technology industry claim a victory, but few in Silicon Valley or Hollywood consider the battle over.

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@MentionMachine tracks the presidential candidates: Who’s up, who’s down on Twitter?

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Cory Haik, Amanda Zamora, Natalie Jennings - Jan. 03 (Special Report) - When Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination Aug. 13, the same day as the Ames Straw Poll, those watching social streams could have rightfully assumed he had won the Iowa contest. Twitter exploded with Perry mentions, even though he didn’t participate in the straw poll, while the winner, Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), drew far less attention. Social media was the writing on the wall. Perry would soon trend up in polls, surpassing Bachmann and the rest of the field. Twitter was the early — scratch that — Twitter was the real-time warning ...

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The Apologies of Zuckerberg: A Retrospective

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wall Street Journal - By Liz Gannes - Nov. 29 (News Analysis) - At this point, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pattern on privacy is clear. Launch new stuff that pushes the boundaries of what people consider comfortable. Apologize and assure users that they control their information, but rarely pull back entirely, and

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Escaped Pet Birds Are Teaching Wild Birds to Speak English

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Stephen Messenger - Sep. 15 (News) - Across parts of Australia, reports have been pouring in of strange voices chattering high in the treetops -- mysterious, non-sensical conversations in English. But while the phenomena is certainly quite odd, its explanation isn't paranormal.

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