"internet" Articles & Blogs:
The Old Media Is Dead—Really, Truly
| The world is about to radically change. Let me explain. The Internet business, which began to radically change the world in the mid-nineties, stalled out in 2001 partly because the Internet didn’t work very well. It just wasn’t fast enough to do all t...[Read on] |
Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave: How to Escape the Internet
| Today’s Wall Street Journal exposes the growing trend of the Internet being used as a tool of procrastination. (Surely you, person reading this on a Tuesday at four p.m., have not heard of anything like this.) Easily distracted novelists seek solace in ...[Read on] |
Will the Internet Ruin Your Children's Brains? (Hint: No) (Video)
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Tech guru Molly Wood investigates the ‘dangers’ of Internet use for teenagersPost | Today 7:00 am
Editor’s Note: Molly Wood is an executive editor and on-camera personality at CNETTV.com.
Molly hosts the weekly Buzz Report video blog, a so...[Read on] |
Finnish Government Announces Broadband for All – Is Internet the New Human Right?
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For those of you that have been following ChipChick lately, you probably know that I spent an amazing week in Finland profiling Nordic startups and Finnish culture with a group of bad-ass bloggers from around the world. So I was clearly excited when I saw...[Read on] |
Is Kayla the real life Lisbeth Salander?
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Meet Kayla: an Internet hacker from Anonymous. Is her name really Kayla? Is she even a teen girl? I don’t know and probably never will. Either way, I think it's pretty bad ass seeing what she has done in defense of Wikileaks, an organization t...[Read on] |
Facebook's Face-Lift
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Apparently Facebook users are just now deciding that they don’t want the whole world to know what they’re doing at all times. I was under the impression that it wasn’t THAT difficult to restrict users from seeing certain areas of your pa...[Read on] |
Lady Gaga Is the Star of Vanity Fair’s September Cover
| For once, the Internet rumors are true: Lady Gaga will grace the cover of our September Style issue. Here is a preview of the cover, photographed by Nick Knight. Tune in Monday morning for additional details, and more from the upcoming issue.
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When the Web Knows Too Much: Cyberstalking
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With Facebook and MySpace status updates, mobile tweets, blogs and IM away messages, the Internet makes it easy to stay in touch. But what happens when staying in touch goes too far?With the increased activity on the Internet, cyberstalking is become more...[Read on] |
Gaga Almighty
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The Music Video for Lady Gaga's new single has leaked! Thank God for the internet. This song, is like some bizarre fan-fiction that Stefani Germanotta wrote while she was in her bible studies class at Catholic School. It's real weird. In ...[Read on] |
Tina Fey's Little One Has Some Serious Swagger
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Literally started LOLing when I saw this one! Tina Fey’s daughter, Alice is photographed mid-stride looking fly as hell. Tina, on the other hand, looks like she’s a little jealous of her daughter’s swagger or is pissed at the papar...[Read on] |
Media exhaustion keeps me wishing for a glass of ....
| junkie (def) noun an enthusiastic follower; fan; devotee
True or False
I am a media junkie.
addict noun a person who is addicted to an activity, habit
addict verb to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively
True or Fal...[Read on] |
How women rule the web
| Women make up the majorities on social networking and e-commerce sites, and the time and money they spend on these sites considerably exceeds those figures for men. Even on social-gaming sites, thought to be a preserve of men, women predominate. In all, t...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin Invokes World’s Least Creative Excuse to Explain Tour Suspension
| Writing on Facebook, Governor Sarah Palin (R-the Internet), argued that “reports of tour demise are greatly exaggerated,” referring to a Real Clear Politics scoop that Palin’s One Nation cross-country publicity stunt has been summarily truncated. We...[Read on] |
Tina Brown’s New Web Strategy Is a Total Game-Changer
| Observe, DailyBeast.Tumblr.Com, a visionary component of the Newsweek Daily Beast Company’s bold new social-media strategy. A source at Tumblr says that Tina Brown and Co. have not requested the domain name, suggesting that the Newsweek Daily Beast Comp...[Read on] |
"Pop Stars Should Not Eat": The 10 Strangest Lady Gaga Quotes from That New York Magazine Piece
| From LadyGaga.com.
Vanity Fair contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis has a giant profile of Lady Gaga in this week's New York magazine. In the spirit of the Internet, though, we've condensed the piece into a series of infinitely Tweet-able and away mess...[Read on] |
E-Readers: Which One to Chose?
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E-readers have been gaining a lot of ground lately and I know they have a lot of benefits: lower cost, eco friendly (less trees), compact, and with wireless downloads possible, the Internet is at your fingertips! There’s no longer a need to feel embarra...[Read on] |
Women more likely to be discharged for Don't Ask, Don't Tell
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With yesterday's National Equality March and President Obama's promise (again) to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell (the speech transcript was released last night), we missed the story last week about government stats showing that women are more likely than men t...[Read on] |
Your FAQ technology etiquette questions answered
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With technology all around us and showing up constantly in our everyday lives, it can be difficult to remove ourselves from our various communication tools and remember how to use them responsibly. To help you out, here are some frequently asked questio...[Read on] |
Apple to Introduce Concert-Ticket App?
| From Patently Apple.
The Internet is filled with rumors today that Apple has patented something called a “Concert Ticket +,” which is like an iPad plus an iPhone ticketing app minus an iPad. Reports the Wrap: “The paperless tickets would be displaye...[Read on] |
Elena Kagan Has Support From Both Left and Right as Supreme Court Nominee
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As Internet gurus get ready for Supreme Court fight, some wonder whether nominees’ health records may come into play
Supreme Court | 05/14/2009 11:20 am
Though President Obama has reportedly been considering at least a half dozen potential Supr...[Read on] |
Christine O’Donnell Defies Ridiculously Low Expectations
| • Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell did not, as many had expected, go up in flames during last night’s Delaware Senate debate. However, she didn’t quite cast a spell on voters either, meaning that it will take a stroke of magic for her to ca...[Read on] |
An Alternative to Learning: Online Courses
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Within the last few years, online college courses have progressively become more popular. Now, to add something new, colleges are creating “hybrid” classes as well. I’ve played the part of guinea pig for both of these types of classes; not only a...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Go with the flow
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(Editors Note: Composer Eve Beglarian has developed an obsession with the Mississippi River: especially the impact of the river on the development of American culture. She's embarked on a year long odyssey traveling the length of the Mississippi River by ...[Read on] |
Women Who Dared: Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Barbara Walters, Rosa Parks and More (Photos)
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In honor of Women’s History Month, wowOwow and the website findingDulcinea.com pay tribute to 15 inspirational women who helped to shape the world in which we livePhoto Essay | Today 8:30 amIn honor of Women’s History Month, wowOwow.com has te...[Read on] |
On the Occasion of Hillary Clinton’s 2012-Campaign Kick-Off, We Remember the Greatest Hillary Ad of All Time
| Despite the lack of willingness from the candidate herself, Hillary Clinton’s 2012 presidential campaign is off to an auspicious start! Above is the nascent movement’s first television ad, which aired Wednesday in New Orleans. We know what you are thi...[Read on] |
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