The “Internet of Things” Promises Unprecedented Change
Driving home late one recent night, Iencountered a radio talk show whose host had heard that the U.S.Transportation Department wanted...
Potential Commerce Applications Drive Facebook’s Interest in Real User Identities
Does your Facebook account informationinclude your real name, or a pseudonym? When you set up youraccount, did you provide your...
Is Google Plus Aiming For Intra-Business Collaboration?
The initial release of Google+ in lateJune precipitated a whole new round of blogging and commentary onthe Google vs. Facebook...
Path Social Network Extends Its Reach to Android OS
Path is an upstart social network, oneof several that are attempting to define a niche distinct fromFacebook's dominance. It launched...
Job Hunting? Recruiting? Fair Credit Reporting Act Standards Extended to Social Media Reporting
No surprise, privacy in the job-huntingrealm is a thing of the past. Officially, the Federal TradeCommission (FTC) announced last month...
Appreciating the Roots of the World Wide Web
Our Cambridge neighbor MIT is celebrating its150th anniversary. In honor of that event, TheBoston Globe has assembled and published a...
Adobe (and Other Un-named Offenders): I Expect Better
Like millions of Internet users, I often useAdobe Flash®Player for viewing online videos. One day three weeksago, the familiar "update"...
Buying Sociable Pepsis: Vending Machines on the Network
I never cease to beamazed by the opportunities for innovation in social media, limitedonly by one's imagination and willingness to...
Don’t Panic (Yet) Over Facebook Payments and Credits
The recent revelation that Facebook had established (inDecember, 2010) a Florida-registered subsidiary called FacebookPayments has inspired a flurry of anxious...
Consumer Privacy – The Next Battleground
I had the pleasure last week of spending twodays at the annual IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington, DC (www.privacyassociation.org/summit)....
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