3 Social Media Trends: Segmentation, Specialization & Socialization

You don’t need need to be an expert to conclude that social media are evolving at a rapid clip. Unfortunately, a lot of coverage seems more akin to conversations about another person’s favorite show (i.e., deta...CLICK TO READ MORE

The Unification of Experience

People today are faced with the cumbersome task of dealing with disparate content on multiple screens, via multiple platforms, and through multiple profiles. The unification of experience is the great frontier for innovati...CLICK TO READ MORE

The Loneliness of Social Media

Are we becoming more ‘social’ as our lives are progressively saturated by social media? If so, why has the number of lonely people nearly tripled in the United States over the last 20 years, according to recent res...CLICK TO READ MORE

Facebook Privacy: the Tell-All Generation Learning Discretion?

Privacy isn’t to be taken for granted in an increasingly ‘jacked in’ world, and many are taking cue. Last week’s security lapse that exposed personal Facebook chats was embarrassing for both the social ...CLICK TO READ MORE

Internet Access as a Right: the FCC’s National Broadband Plan

March 21st, 2010 Culture, Life, Technology 10 Comments

Should internet access be a right? The Federal Communications Commission thinks it should be. Unveiled on March 16, 2010, the FCC’s National Broadband Plan outlines an ambitious vision to make b.

Liberty vs Privacy: the US & EU’s Ideological Internet Collision

March 3rd, 2010 Culture, Life, Media, Stuff 7 Comments

In 1863, Alexandre Dumas, famed French author of The Three Musketeers (and known for his love of women) , and Adah Isaacs Menken , a well-known Texan actress, posed for what then qualified as scandalo.