A teenager’s perspective on how he uses different social networks is useful, but sociologist danah boyd warns that generalizing about what this means for all teenagers inevitably marginalizes some users who… Read more »
Facebook’s most recent episode of stepping well past the painted lines and wandering around in no-man’s land continues to reverberate, and probably won’t quiet down quickly. In case you’ve been living… Read more »
After hearing about the applications of big data for better ads, song recommendations and social media analysis, nothing makes me happier than hearing about technologists coming together with non-profits to use… Read more »
Elsevier, the publisher, has acquired Mendeley, the London/NYC developer of a very popular academic/research social network. Elsevier is hoping to become a dominant player in the expanding market for open and… Read more »
A look at which types of trending topics can be captured in Twitter data, the important ways they can be characterized, and the key distinguishing features of trends. Read more »
Why is privacy so hard? Sociologist Danah Boyd, who specializes in the way people use online social networks, says in the latest issue of MIT’s Technology Review it’s because “the way… Read more »
Is the rise of Facebook partly a result of “white flight” away from MySpace? That’s the argument made by sociologist Danah Boyd in a chapter from a recent book based on… Read more »
The push to free up more public information and make government more transparent is one of the primary goals of the “Government 2.0″ movement. But sociologist Danah Boyd warned attendees at… Read more »
Android is the hot smartphone platform currently, and that means the competition has it squarely in its sites. HTC has been the target for Apple and Microsoft, but Android is the… Read more »
Google, to its credit, is rolling with the punches thrown in response to its Buzz launch. Members of the product team spoke on an inside-the-scenes panel at SXSW today, facing industry-wide… Read more »