In his new book "Friends, Followers and the Future," Rory O'Connor explains how social media helps us form broader connections and stay aware of opposing views.
Google co-founder Larry Page is paranoid—and justifiably so, as his company's losing ground in the social media sphere to Facebook despite its best attempts.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 15, 2012.
The Protect IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act have generated intense opposition because of their crackdown on Internet freedom--and that opposition just won big.
As long as corporations that market popular brands to consumers demand fast, high-quality work at rock-bottom prices, consumer electronics will be made in sweatshops.
From microwave energy blasters and blinding laser beams to chemical agents and deafening sonic blasters, these weapons are at the cutting edge of crowd control.
Katy Butler, Psychotherapy Networker. July 24, 2011.
With new financial incentives, many patients are prematurely promoted to maximum treatment and patients and families are becoming victims of the war on sudden death.
When it comes to the Internet fantasyland, people are way ahead of politicians and the press in sorting out the relationship between individual secrets and social honesty.
There's a long history of the struggles of women, LGBT folks and people of color being appropriated by white men--Tom MacMaster and Bill Graber are just the latest.
