Category Archives: Social Networks

The First Social Network

Posted on February 16, 2013 by GilPress

Today in 1978, the first public dial-up Bulletin Board System, the Computerized Bulletin Board System, or CBBS, went online. It was developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess and reportedly connected more than 250,000 callers before it was finally retired with … Continue reading →

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How Long Does It Take to Build an App?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by GilPress

How Long Does it Take to Build an App? infographic by Angelina.

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How Professors Use Social Media

Posted on January 4, 2013 by GilPress

  Source: Best Colleges Online

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Nielsen Creates New Twitter Monitor

Posted on December 19, 2012 by GilPress

The Wall Street Journal reports on the expansion of “The National People Meter” to the Twitterverse: Earlier this month, Nielsen published its 2012 Social Media Report, finding that “consumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any … Continue reading →

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Social Media Decoder

Posted on June 17, 2012 by GilPress
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The Rise and Fall of Social Networks

Posted on June 8, 2012 by GilPress

Textfiles.com brings us a 1982 assessment of the “golden age” and subsequent decline of Bulletin Board Systems: What ever happened to real bulletin-board systems? 

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Genealogists Drown the 1940 Census

Posted on April 3, 2012 by GilPress

I blogged before (see A Calculating People, February 23, 2012) about the release yesterday of the 1940 census records. Today, the Web site of the National Archives and Records Administration displays an apology for the difficulties people had in accessing the web site, … Continue reading →

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Only Connect: One in Five People Worldwide on Social Networks

Posted on March 15, 2012 by GilPress

According to eMarketer, there will be 1.43 billion social network users in 2012, a 19.2% increase over 2011.

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Highlights of ComScore’s Summary of 2011 in Information

Posted on February 9, 2012 by GilPress

From comScore’s just-released  2012 U.S. Digital Future in Focus Social: Social Networking accounted for 16.6 percent of all online minutes at the end of 2011 and is on track to surpass Portals as the most engaging online activity in 2012. … Continue reading →

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MIT Study Proves the World is Not Flat

Posted on December 27, 2011 by GilPress

Researchers at MIT and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, modeling the diffusion of social contagion by studying the spread of Twitter from 2006 to 2009, have found that “the site’s growth in the United States relied primarily … Continue reading →

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