ReadWriteWeb
It seems we're approaching a new age here on the Internet. Instead being anonymous, faceless IP addresses, social computing and changing technologies have allowed the lines between the "real" world and the "virtual" world to blur. Web 2.0 helped create a world where your identity is revealed in bits and pieces as you share (Read More)
: The new age is here, but the old one hasn't left...the "older" generation is still very skeptical...how many times do you hear people creeped out by the exposure while those of us leading the social networking age don't think twice
: I assume that everything I do while online is completely "naked" and exposed. Making the assumption of no anonymity seems to be a better course of action than making the assumption you have any privacy at all.
Submitted by Michaelfidler:
There aren’t many sites with 5 million users that we haven’t heard of, but Power.com is just that, and it’s a name you might be hearing a lot more of after it launches in the US today. (Read More)
: @michaelfidler I have yet to try it. I was going to until I read an excerpt of their TOS on Digg.
"Power.com will add unique links to your social sites which will allow you and your friends to conveniently access your personalized Power profile page (my.power.com/username), which contains all the value-added features and customizations you make to your Power page.
Integration of Accounts Power.com may at any time enhance your user experience with all the accounts that are added to your Power account by providing value-added services, inserting new features and functionalities, and adding new tools and widgets to your personal pages on all sites and accounts that you integrate together with your Power account."
Submitted by Transitenator:
The semantic web has been touted as the next great frontier on the Internet. Teaching computers to understand how the human brain categorizes and thinks is at the heart of this concept and promises to open the doors to easier and more efficient access to information on the Internet. For educators, this means that informatio (Read More)
Submitted by Transitenator:
To sum it all up, social media resonates with us because essentially, we’re hardwired to be chatty, and chatty in a certain way. The motivation for continued participation (the element of self interest) has to do with one of the earliest and most universal ways of determining cultural status; the strength and number of your (Read More)