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Renowned media theorist Clay Shirky talks about the revolutionary possibilities created by new media.
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AnchorFree Opens Doors to Revolution
BusinessCommunityPolitics Apr 27, 2011, by Josh Koehn 2 Comments
How two guys who met in Hebrew school helped tear down walls of censorship in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya from an office in Mountain View.
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Who’s Following Castro’s Tweets
News Mar 09, 2011, by Danny WoolThough prolix speeches are as Castro as fine cigars and fatigues, the retired Cuban leader has just passed 100,000 followers on his Twitter account—Castro himself follows only 19 people. The sad thing is that he is not the most popular Cuban twitterer. That honor goes to Yoani Sanchez, a blogger and political dissident in Havana with 109,898 followers.
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Social Networks’ Role in Supporting Free Speech
BusinessNews Mar 08, 2011, by Danny WoolWhile the revolution sweeping the Middle East might not have been possible without social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, those sites have avoided joining Google, Apple, and Microsoft in the Global Network Initiative to ensure free speech and privacy online.
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Facebook and Jury Duty
BusinessNews Feb 23, 2011, by Danny WoolDo you dread receiving a jury summons? More and more attorneys are turning to Facebook to see which prospective jurors to exempt. Among the reasons cited to exempt people from jury duty are a particular fondness for crime-based TV shows, since they indicate a skewed view of the legal system, and a tendency to rant, since that indicates that the juror is too opinionated. Twitterers who tweet too much are also finding themselves exempted.
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Twitter’s Contribution to the English Language
News Feb 11, 2011, by Danny Wool 1 CommentsBy limiting messages to just a few dozen characters, Twitter is changing the way people write. While sesquipedalian monstrosities are out, the micro-blogging site has added some new words to the English language too, most recently, “Mubaraktic,” meaning, “Someone who can’t take a hint.” In keeping with a changing world, the root is neither Greek nor Latin, but Arabic.
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Twitter a Target of Facebook, Google
Business Feb 10, 2011, by Danny WoolFacebook and Google are both in low level talks with Twitter about an eventual acquisition, but the popular micro-blogging site may be tempted to stay independent.This year’s revenues are expected to be $100 million, but the site’s execs believe that this is just the beginning, and that they can grow Twitter into a $100 billion enterprise.
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Internet Blocked in Egypt to Stifle Dissent
News Jan 28, 2011, by Danny WoolFacebook and Twitter aren’t the only sites being blocked by the Egyptian authorities in an effort to stifle unrest. As protesters take to the streets, the government has shut down the entire internet, leaving people to search for other means to communicate their frustration with the regime.
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