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Twitter is selling your data (in case you didn’t know)

Twitter is selling your data (in case you didn’t know)

If you're not paying for a service, then you're the product. That's been the reality of social media for some...

If you want privacy, social media may not be for you

If you want privacy, social media may not be for you

Western society has always had certain expectations of privacy that have been disturbed or reaffirmed at various times in history....

The growing reach of social media’s election impact

The growing reach of social media’s election impact

Social media and the internet in general had dramatic effects on the election in 2008. This year is proving to...

What Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney should learn from Paul (and Obama) about the internet

What Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney should learn from Paul (and Obama) about the internet

Today is a different world when it comes to political campaigns. A decade or two ago given the same candidates...

SOPA and PIPA: Everything you need to know

SOPA and PIPA: Everything you need to know

Today is SOPA Blackout Day to oppose the bills currently being proposed in Congress, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and...

The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day

The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day

The Tea Party movement was intended for Americans to harken to the revolutions of the past when tyranny and taxation...

Internet access Is a human right

Internet access Is a human right

Technology and philosophy have been at the center of more debates lately than ever before. It's clear that technology is...

Fighting America’s “Brain Drain”

Fighting America’s “Brain Drain”

The new global economy isn’t defined by the battle for the newest machines or precious ore, but a battle of...

Google tosses its hat in the political ring with Google Elections

Google tosses its hat in the political ring with Google Elections

With Iowa deciding on their choice for GOP candidate tomorrow, Google's timing is much better this election season to roll...

The major video game companies may be off the SOPA list but they still support it

The major video game companies may be off the SOPA list but they still support it

It's one thing to distance your company from a list that had proven in the last couple of weeks to...

Taliban on Twitter: How congressional attempts to block them is asinine on 2 levels

Taliban on Twitter: How congressional attempts to block them is asinine on 2 levels

Twitter is used by different people for different things. It's a communication tool for some, a news aggregator for others,...

SOPA vote delayed

SOPA vote delayed

The House Judiciary Committee has ceased without a vote to try to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) out...