NASA’s warp-speed spacecraft, designed by physicist Harold White, is based loosely on drawings Matthew Jeffries’ 1965 drawings of “Star Trek’s” Enterprise. NASA’s warp-speed spacecraft, designed by physicist Harold White, is based loosely on drawings Matthew Jeffries’ 1965 drawings of “Star Trek’s” Enterprise. Artist Mark Rademaker created the visual representations […] .
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Recommended Tweeting Practices for Professionals
Tweeting practices Twitter is a great tool for keeping in touch with clients. Once you’ve got a solid following, you need to take care so they don’t lose interest. There is plenty of advice out there about must-do’s on Twitter, but don’t burn yourself out trying to follow all […] .
In iOS 8, Parents Can Control What Apps Their Kids Purchase
Apple debuted a new iOS 8 feature at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday that will enable families to share iTunes purchases and make it easier for parents to regulate their children’s transactions. Family Share, which will be available when iOS 8 launches later this year, will allow up […] .
Plus-Size Models Beautifully Recreate Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover
Plus-size swimwear company Swimsuits For All is proving sexiness comes in all sizes with a re-enactment of the Sports Illustrated 2014 Swimsuit Edition cover. The original cover, featuring supermodels Chrissy Teigen, Lily Aldridge and Nina Agdal, was released in February and showcased barely-there bikini bottoms. Instead, Swimsuits for All […] .
Report: NSA Collects Millions of Images Each Day for Facial Recognition
Written and audio messages aren’t the only forms of communication the government appears to be gobbling up. The National Security Agency is collecting “huge numbers” of photos from emails, text messages, social media, videoconferences and other forms of communication for facial recognition purposes, according to classified documents obtained by […] .
The Problem With Social Networks and Teenagers: Networks Don’t Grow With Their Users
Andrew Halls of King’s College Wimbledon recently declared that social media drives teenagers to become ” the hopelessly inadequate stars of their own second-rate biopics. ” This comment might sound harsh for some social media enthusiasts, and many reactions from the digital elite tend to deny that the […] .
SEO, Social & Email: 10 Best Practices
SEO, social media and email are three of the most important online tactics in digital marketing. Follow these 10 best practices for guaranteed success. The following best practices cover proven tactics in SEO, social media and email marketing. These expert tips are a great place to start when evaluating […] .
13 Odd Lessons from Digital Marketing
As a personal and professional blogger, social media advocate, and interested party in the evolution of content marketing, I thought I’d share a few paradoxical lessons I’ve learned throughout the past few years. 1. The Quality vs. Quantity Conundrum Two factors determine the duration of time it takes to […] .
Why Invisible Activities Matter in Social Media
Only 7% of word-of-mouth happens online . This is a key figure in understanding that leaving a digital footprint is part of a sophisticated process; diverse drivers explain why an idea goes online. For instance, when citizens want an idea to go public when it comes to a cause. […] .
In the online hunt for criminals, social media is the ultimate snitch
“I’d been looking for this robbery suspect. Detectives were at a dead end; I decide to look and see if the guy has Facebook. He does, completely unsecured, and had just ‘checked-in’ at a strip club. Search the lot, find a car matching the description of what he was seen […] .
Police Embrace Social Media
Police departments are increasingly embracing the idea of using social media sites, such as Facebook, for everything from soliciting crime tips to sharing safety-related information and improving community relations. The sites can give law enforcement an additional way to disseminate information quickly and to interact with the public. Through […] .
Social Networking and Law Enforcement
From Facebook to twitter , MySpace and LinkedIn , social media is changing the way business is done across the professional spectrum. This is particularly evident in the areas of criminology and criminal justice , where law enforcement officers and researchers alike are finding new and unique ways to […] .
Homeland Security struggles to tempt, retain cyber talent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the race to attract cybersecurity experts to protect the government’s computer networks, the Department of Homeland Security has a handicap money can’t fix. Navigating the federal hiring system takes many months, which is too long in the fast-paced tech world. “Even when somebody is patriotic […] .
Overcoming Fear: How to Break Through and Get Stuff Done
By Michael Stelzner Published August 2, 2013 Is fear holding you back in your business? Are you wondering what you can do to face your fears? To learn about the kinds of fears we deal with as marketers, I interview two small businesses owners for this 52nd episode of […]
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Do You and Google Need a Relationship Counselor?
Yeah, probably, legal scholars say. Meet the “People’s Terms of Service.” Reuters If you’re not paying for a product, the saying goes, then you’re the product being sold. Another way of saying this is that you and Google — and you and Twitter, and you and Facebook — do […]
Why are Indian women being attacked on social media?
What does a top woman journalist do when she is threatened regularly with gang rape and stripping on Twitter? And what about when her teenage daughter’s name and details of her class and school are tweeted too? "It was very disturbing. I didn’t know what to do. So for […]
It’s Time for Truth on Social Media
“If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” I heard those words early in my journalism career. Reporters are trained to verify information they receive by confirming with a trusted source, but the media landscape has changed, even since I first heard that adage. With social networks […]
The Biggest Social Media Misses of 2012 – CIO India News on
Today, a surreptitious tweet or a Facebook update accusing the government, a politician or even a celebrity can get you arrested. We present you a chronicle of incidents that erupted on social media sites and led to great outrage from people in the last one year. 1. Shaheen Dhada […]
In hurricane, Twitter proves a lifeline despite pranksters
By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:53am EDT (Reuters) – As Hurricane Sandy pounded the U.S. Atlantic coast on Monday night, knocking out electricity and Internet connections, millions of residents turned to Twitter as a part-newswire, part-911 hotline that hummed through the night even as […]