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Follow up to previous postings on WikiLeaks, Salon posted a copy of the December 14, 2010 subpoena to Twitter Inc. from DOJ, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Virginia, for information relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation. Salon: Court probes WikiLeaks Twitter info
News release: “As part of the U.S. Small Business Administrations mission to ensure that small business owners and entrepreneurs have access to accurate, timely and helpful information, SBA Administrator Karen Mills unveiled a newly re-designed SBA website. The new site also features the launch of SBA Direct, a dynamic new web tool with a variety …
Follow up to previous postings on WikiLeaks, see The WikiLeaks News & Views Blog by Greg Mitchell via The Nation. This blog is coded as a daily entry, so readers link to each updated posting either via Greg’s Twitter feed, or by selecting the specific date of his posting (for example, this is Day 32). …
The 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010
Generations 2010, Kathryn Zickuhr, Web Coordinator, 12/16/2010 “There are still notable differences by generation in online activities, but the dominance of the Millennial generation that we documented in our first Generations report in 2009 has slipped in many activities. Milliennials, those ages 18-33, remain more likely to access the internet wirelessly with a laptop or …
8% of online Americans use Twitter, Aaron Smith, Senior Research Specialist, Lee Rainie, Director, 12/9/2010: “Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. It is an online activity that is particularly popular with young adults, minorities, and those who live in cities.”
Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere, Jillian C. York, The OpenNet Initiative (ONI), November 2010 “Online conversations today exist primarily in the realm of social media and blogging platforms, most of which are owned by private companies. Such privately owned platforms now occupy a significant role in the public sphere, as places in which ideas …
News release: “The largest ever global research project into peoples online activities and behaviour – Digital Life – was launched today, digital day by TNS, the worlds biggest custom research company. Covering nearly 90 per cent of the worlds online population through 50,000 interviews with consumers in 46 countries, the study reveals major changes in …
Impact of War – How nine years of war has changed lives back home: “More than eight years after the attacks of 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan reverberate in ways large and small. They have transformed the U.S. Armed Forces, defined a generation of veterans, left thousands dead and wounded. Yet they have …
The Continued Rise of Blogging: “Social networks and microblogs have in recent years nudged blogging off the social media pedestal. For some consumers, who have more communication tools at their fingertips than they did a few years ago, Facebook and Twitter have supplanted blogging as life-streaming outlets. But blogs continue to be important. eMarketer estimates …
Older Adults and Social Media – Social networking use among those ages 50 and older nearly doubled over the past year, Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist, August 27, 2010: “While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. …
Official Google Blog: When we first introduced our real-time search features last December, we focused on bringing relevance to the freshest information on the web. Our goal was to provide real-time content from a comprehensive set of sources, integrated right into your usual search results. Today were making our most significant enhancements to date, giving …
