All indicators were headed to this new headline that as 2010 ends Facebook overtook Google as the most popular Internet site. Experian Hitwise reported that “8.9 percent of unique online visits were to Facebook this year, compared with Google’s 7.2 percent,” and ComScore estimates that Facebook would “surpass Google…
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After digitizing 5.2 million books Google now offers new tools that permit a fascinating view of language, culture, and evolution of thought unlike anything known before. Now anyone can analyze “500 billion words contained in books published between 1500 and 2008 in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Russian…
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As 2010 comes to an end Facebook now reports about $2B in revenue which is amazing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that Facebook estimated revenue of closer to $1.5B (which was double the 2009 revenue) and not all that long ago Facebook was criticized…
My recent interview about "Internet Privacy" by CNN’s anchor Brooke Baldwin was very timely since the next day the Department of Commerce called for the creation of a Federal Office to Guide Online Privacy and published a white paper entitled: “Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet…
Mashable reports that Zeta Interactive released its Top 10 most buzzed Social Network list and Craigslist, Friendster, MySpace all dropped out of the Top 10 from 2009! This is a fascinating list:
As Social Media evolves this list will change, but it’s interesting that Google Buzz in #10 given its…
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A recent NY Times report is critical of the daily use of the military’s use social security numbers (SSN)and birthdates, and how poorly Personal Identifiable Information (PII) is managed. Army intelligence officer turned West Point professor Lt. Col. Gregory Conti co-authored a report entitled “The Military’s Cultural Disregard for…
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Please join the webcast about Social Media Use with my good friends Michelle Cheng, Yvonne Gierczyk-Skasko, and me sponsor by the ALI-ABA (American Law Institute – American Bar Association) which be live on December 7, 2010 at 12:30pm CST. Michelle, Yvonne, and I will discuss our experiences with Facebook…
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