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Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Los Angeles and Early Media Reaction

October 6, 2011
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Occupy Wall Street leverages the networked culture of the internet era in hopes of expanding the conversation beyond right/left talking points and media quick hits.

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Facebook Timeline Thrusts You into the Participatory Web. Be Prepared.

September 26, 2011
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Facebook has always pushed openness and sharing on its users and this latest innovation is bound to spark concern among users who wish to maintain significant privacy controls over their profile and presence. For users that embrace the increasingly open and social nature of the web, the distracting nature of Facebook is about to multiply exponentially. Below, an outline of what you need to know and tips to prepare and protect yourself.

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Facebook Timeline Gives Away Your Age in Spite of Privacy Settings

September 24, 2011
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Facebook Timeline revolutionizes profile as we know it, unfortunately at the expense of some pre-existing privacy settings and expectations.

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Think LinkedIn is Free? You Got Sold!

August 11, 2011
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It seems every social network overextends its privileges with users once a year if not more. In the past the culprit has most often been Facebook, changing its Terms of Service and upgrading its platform to create just a bit more vulnerability for its users. It’s become an almost humorous pattern of overreaching only to retreat slightly in reaction to inevitable user outrage.

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Once-Mighty Myspace Acquired for Measly $35 Million

June 29, 2011
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Personally, I’ve had a Myspace profile seemingly forever, having joined at some point in 2004, having sensed early tremors of the first tectonic shift in social networking — the great exodus from Friendster to MySpace. I never used it much socially, especially after the great fake pornorific inbox spammings of 2006… I had already begun using Facebook at the time, gaining early-ish entry while a grad student.

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Namesake.com Invites You to Talk About Your Passions

May 29, 2011
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With Twitter becoming more and more of an echo chamber and LinkedIn lacking in conversation what it offers as a networking tool, it can be difficult to find a place on the web to provoke frank conversation, receive honest feedback, and develop professional relationships for co-creation. Namesake, a Los Angeles-based startup, is hoping to fill [...]

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