Category Archives: Social Networks

The Naked Social Network

Posted on April 25, 2011 by GilPress

“What do Barack Obama, Adam Sandler, and the animated comedy Family Guy all have in common? How about David Cameron, Eva Mendes, and the former Ultimate Fighting Champion, Chuck Liddell? And what links Shrek, McDonalds, and David Beckham? The answer is that each … Continue reading →

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From Desktop Computing to the Web in Our Hands

Posted on April 1, 2011 by GilPress

Thirty-five years ago today, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne signed a partnership agreement that established the company that will become Apple Computer, Inc. on January 3, 1977. (Wayne left the company eleven days later, relinquishing his ten percent share … Continue reading →

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This Day In Information: Boston Computer Society Established

Posted on February 17, 2011 by GilPress

Today in 1977, 13-year-old Jonathan Rotenberg established the Boston Computer Society (BCS), an organization for personal computer users which will eventually grow into the largest such organization in the world.

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This Day In Information: CBBS, First Social Network

Posted on February 16, 2011 by GilPress

Today in 1978, the first public dial-up Bulletin Board System, the Computerized Bulletin Board System, or CBBS, went online.

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InfoStory Quant: 8% of online Americans use Twitter

Posted on December 10, 2010 by GilPress

In the first-ever survey from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project that exclusively examines Twitter users, it was found that 8% percent of the American adults who use the Internet are Twitter users. “It is an online … Continue reading →

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Research on Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

Posted on December 2, 2010 by GilPress

The December issue of Communications of the ACM has an article on “Business Impact of Web 2.0 Technologies” by Stephen J. Andriole. As he correctly notes, there has been a lot of talk about the impact of Web 2.0 technologies … Continue reading →

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Only Connect: What Facebook Means to Young People

Posted on November 18, 2010 by GilPress

Two interesting discussions of the role Facebook plays in the lives of the young: Jeff Jarvis on college students who “are making use of the internet that is truer to its nature: It is not a medium but is a … Continue reading →

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Metcalfe’s “Law,” Information Monopolies, and Facebook

Posted on November 15, 2010 by GilPress

Tim Wu in the Wall Street Journal today writes about Metcalfe’s “Law” (or what he calls “our convenience”) as what guarantees that the more things change in the information economy, the more the stay the same (new big monopolies for … Continue reading →

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Body-to-Body: The Future of the Social Network

Posted on November 2, 2010 by GilPress

Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) researchers have developed wearable sensors that could create new ultra-high bandwidth mobile Internet infrastructures and reduce the density of mobile phone base stations. The researchers say the technology could lead to vast improvements in mobile gaming, … Continue reading →

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Link of the Day: Who’s Number 1 in Social Networking?

Posted on October 21, 2010 by GilPress

According to comScore Russians are the heaviest social networkers worldwide in terms of time spent per user, followed by Israel and Turkey.

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