Category «Blogs»

Use Microblogging to Increase Productivity

Use Microblogging to Increase Productivity, by Jeanne C Meister and Karie Willyerd, Harvard Business Review “There are a number of internal solutions that allow employees to share messages and information with each other, including Yammer and Socialtext. Laurence Smith, Vice President of Global Learning & Development at LG Electronics in Seoul, Korea has become an …

Subjects: Blogs, Knowledge Management

The 2010 State CIO Survey

The 2010 state CIO survey – Perspectives and trends from state government IT leaders August 2010 “Two-thirds of CIOs expect lower IT budgets in 2011 through 2013. Some are turning to staff reductions, IT consolidation, shared services and other solutions to lower costs. However, they say that tight budgets stimulate creative solutions for increasing IT …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

American Customer Satisfaction Index: Internet news & information; Internet portals & search engines, Internet social media

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Report on E-Business: Internet Portals & Search Engines, News & Information, and Social Media Websites, July 20, 2010. Commentary by Professor Claes Fornell: Google Dips Sharply but Holds Off Bing; FOXNews.com Leads All E-Business Websites; Facebook and MySpace Fail to Satisfy

Subjects: Blogs, Internet

DOD Launches Updated Social Media Hub Web Page

Federal Computer Week: “DOD today launched an updated Social Media Hub Web page to provide quick links to service-affiliated Facebook, Twitter and YouTube social media sites as well as policy documents, training manuals and other information and to provide a forum for discussion. The military services have been active participants in social media. For example, …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Knowledge Management

New GAO Reports: Alien Smuggling, Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests, Federal Agencies' Use of Web 2.0 Technologies, Oil and Gas Management

Alien Smuggling: DHS Could Better Address Alien Smuggling along the Southwest Border by Leveraging Investigative Resources and Measuring Program Performance, GAO-10-919T, July 22, 2010 Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests: Misleading Test Results Are Further Complicated by Deceptive Marketing and Other Questionable Practices, GAO-10-847T, July 22, 2010 Information Management: Challenges In Federal Agencies’ Use of Web 2.0 Technologies, …

Subjects: Blogs, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Pew Research: Millennials' Likely Lifelong Online Sharing Habit

Millennials will make online sharing in networks a lifelong habit “Tech experts generally believe that today’s tech-savvy young people – the ‘digital natives’ who are known for enthusiastically embracing social networking – will retain their willingness to share personal information online even as they get older and take on more responsibilities. Experts surveyed say that …

Subjects: Blogs, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

FTC Takes Action Against Twitter, Social Network Service Settles Charges It Deceived Consumers

Twitter Settles Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers’ Personal Information; Company Will Establish Independently Audited Information Security Program: “Social networking service Twitter has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information, marking the agency’s first such case against …

Subjects: Blogs, Cybercrime, Government Documents, Internet, Privacy

Study – Measuring User Influence in Twitter: The Million Follower Fallacy

Measuring User Influence in Twitter: The Million Follower Fallacy, Meeyoung Cha, Hamed Haddadiy, Fabrıcio Benevenutoz, Krishna P. Gummadi – Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), Germany; Royal Veterinary College, University of London, United Kingdom; CS Dept., Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. “Directed links in social …

Subjects: Blogs, Knowledge Management

A Day Without Media – Research by ICMPA and students at Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

“24 Hours: Unplugged – What is is like to go without media? What if you had to give up your cell phone, iPod, television, car radio, magazines, newspapers and computer (i.e. no texting, no Facebook or IM-ing)? Could you do it? Is it even possible? Well, not really, if you are an American college student …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Mail, Internet, Knowledge Management

How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies?

Hoofnagle, Chris Jay, King, Jennifer, Li, Su and Turow, Joseph, How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies? (April 14, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1589864 “Media reports teem with stories of young people posting salacious photos online, writing about alcohol-fueled misdeeds on social networking sites, and …

Subjects: Blogs, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy