4 years ago I founded a small social media constancy. The idea was to manage the coming deluge of social media for businesses. Turned out to be a pretty good idea. At first many businesses didn’t believe that social media was going to be as important as it has become. What seemed completely obvious to [...]
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Innovation Is the Only Way Forward
We at The Future 500 believe absolutely in the idea that innovation, constant innovation, is a key element to the 21st Century. Those who embrace the chaos of innovation and the the order of disorder will succeed, some beyond their wildest dreams. Those who do not will be left behind. This goes for countries, companies, [...]
A New “Digital Cold War” Emerges
Last week in Dubai, Russia, China, the Arab countries, and much of Africa voted to end the Internet as an international , free and open space. They have voted instead to allow for the partitioning of the Net, in an effort to keep information – and people well regulated. (From PCMAG.com) “The Internet Society came [...]
Cyber War: Israeli Military Sites Under Mass Hack Attack
War is in cyberspace as much as it is in real space. Since mid-last week Israeli sites have been probed over 44 million times. Typically Israel is subject to a few hundred attempts per day. In air conditioned bunkers filled with servers hackers chase each other back and forth through code and over social media. [...]
“We Are Ok” Is #1 Shared Term This Morning (On Facebook)
I was on social media from the first drops of rain on. Of course I tend to spend a fair amount of time in various social media anyway. But as of last night it seemed as if everyone in the universe was on Facebook and Twitter- which apparently they were according to the attached article. [...]
California says employers can not demand access to one’s social media profiles
In a world where privacy is under constant assault, a small win. (From SFGate.com) Employers and institutions of higher education will be barred from demanding user names and passwords to social-media accounts of employees, job applicants and students under two bills that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Thursday. California is the fourth state to [...]
Open Heart Surgery : Tweeted
Social media is likely to prove as revolutionary as the printing press if not more so. I know this is a bold statement but stories like the one attached just confirm the feeling for me that we are in the midst of one of the great transformations of society, if not the greatest. I don’t [...]
Cash Mobs: This Is One Way the 99% Can Make Markets Work for It
Much has been said about how social media has helped OWS happen. Frankly it would never have happened if there was no Facebook, or Twitter, 2 for profit and very self interested companies. What has always struck me about OWS is it’s general disdain for “capitalism.” I am not going to get into why this [...]
The mobile revolution: how smartphones are putting Sudan at the center of the world
I have to admit that I had some wireless issues in Omaha on a recent trip. That the author of this article is doing what he is doing in northern Sudan is remarkable. (From The Telegraph) At a dozen other archaeological sites across the country, it was the same story. Admittedly, I was the only [...]
Unthink Rages Against the Facebook Machine
The last thing I need is another social network. But Facebook is not as useful (nor fun) as it used to be and Unthink MIGHT make some hay of this. (From Technology News) The creators of a new social network are challenging users to ditch Facebook and other networks to “unthink” and de-clutter with their [...]
