The U.S. Launched Dozens Of Social Networks Abroad To Promote Democracy
In the wake of the Arab Spring, the US sponsers social media to secure democratic change. http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/04/28/3431430/foreign-social-networks/
Social-Networking Technology Unlocks Mystery of Chimp Civil War
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/social-networking-technology-unlocks-mystery-chimp-civil-war-n103206 Notes of the Chimpanzees were taken over a four year period. The alpha male had died and some of the chimps followed a male named Humphrey, in the North. Others followed two brothers, Hugh and Charlie, in the South. One of the software pieces that helped figure out the [...]
Social-Networking Technology Unlocks Mystery of Chimp Civil War
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/social-networking-technology-unlocks-mystery-chimp-civil-war-n103206 Notes of the Chimpanzees were taken over a four year period. The alpha male had died and some of the chimps followed a male named Humphrey, in the North. Others followed two brothers, Hugh and Charlie, in the South. One of the software pieces that helped figure out the [...]
Managed Practice Networks Prove Effective in Preventing Heart Disease Mortality
In the United Kingdom, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust allocated their 34 local practices into 8 geographical networks, equipped with a network manager, administrative assistant, and an educational budget to deliver care packages for diabetes, childhood immunization, chronic obstructive lung disease, and cardiovascular disease. Tower Hamlets PCT outpaced England and surrounding [...]
Managed Practice Networks Prove Effective in Preventing Heart Disease Mortality
In the United Kingdom, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust allocated their 34 local practices into 8 geographical networks, equipped with a network manager, administrative assistant, and an educational budget to deliver care packages for diabetes, childhood immunization, chronic obstructive lung disease, and cardiovascular disease. Tower Hamlets PCT outpaced England and surrounding [...]
How Much Is Your Facebook Page Worth?
A short answer: less than $4/month. Data brokering is a multibillion dollar industry to collect, analyze and sell your personal information. Would you rather sell it by yourself? Tom Brewster @ BBC put his information on EBay including “one month’s worth of browsing history, posts from Facebook and Twitter accounts, [...]
How Much Is Your Facebook Page Worth?
A short answer: less than $4/month. Data brokering is a multibillion dollar industry to collect, analyze and sell your personal information. Would you rather sell it by yourself? Tom Brewster @ BBC put his information on EBay including “one month’s worth of browsing history, posts from Facebook and Twitter accounts, [...]
Why you should talk to more strangers
If you’ve ever been on a subway or public bus, you know the rules. Don’t make eye contact, stay as far away from other people as the space allows, and for the love of God, don’t talk to anyone. But what if the rules are wrong? Behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley [...]
Why you should talk to more strangers
If you’ve ever been on a subway or public bus, you know the rules. Don’t make eye contact, stay as far away from other people as the space allows, and for the love of God, don’t talk to anyone. But what if the rules are wrong? Behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley [...]
30 million people use this social network … and you’ve probably never heard of it
“We Heart It” has 30 million monthly active users. Most of them are teenage girls. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/07/30-million-people-use-this-social-network-and-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it/