Tag Archives: internet

Facebook to increase awareness of application data access

Facebook is going to be changing the way we interface with applications. More specifically, users are going to be made much more aware of just how much access they are giving to third-party companies to their personal data.

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10 ways to improve social network security

A few simple precautions that one can take to minimise the chances that you personally will be the victim of an unethical individual exploiting your security weaknesses.

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Sinking of Pirate Bay and the future of file sharing

So anybody who has much of an internet presence has heard by now that The Pirate Bay has been shut-down for good by their ISP following further legal action and judgments in Swedish court. This whole episode brings to the forefront the need for further discussion about the ethics of file-sharing and even creative intellectual rights as a whole.

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What do we want to be? Futurists, ethics, and the social conscience

I wanted to take the opportunity today to briefly discuss once more the intent behind Future Conscience and the purpose of the site – to examine the changes in society that we feel are progressive and question the consequences of our path into the future.

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New study: Majority of Twitter just pointless babble and conversation

A new Twitter study conducted by marketing company Pear Analytics is making the rounds at the moment that analyses a cross-section of 2000 tweets collected randomly over a two week period.Continue Reading

Society 3.0 – Where all of us have a voice

Today, more than at any other point in human history, we all have the capability to have our opinion’s heard and the possibility of having others listen to what we say. Modern technology and the global community that has formed around it has given us all a voice, the question now is how are we going to use it?

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