By now, consumers and citizens may have detected a pattern: New technologies allow new types of privacy invasions, which then lead to ad hoc remedies – until the next type of intrusion. As the string of Google violations shows – along with dozens of new privacy laws passed since the 1970s – the pace of this cat-and-mouse privacy quest has quickened in the Digital Age.
Tech-savvy Newark Mayor Booker: Government flunking social media
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Cory Booker, the constantly tweeting mayor of Newark (NJ) who intends to run for the U.S. Senate, said that the federal government needs to reinvent the often overly formal way it uses social media.
Rupert Murdoch to spend billions on video rights
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Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper and book publishing arm is to spend billions of dollars on video rights, as it seeks to turn the print business into a multi-media operation.
How social media is becoming as important a live event as the live event itself
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In our age of the dual television and smartphone screen, watching Twitter during live events has become intertwined with the actual watching of the broadcast itself. You can always DVR a show for later, but experiencing the Twitter jokes as they happen is something else entirely.
Sec Clinton: Government Has Left Media Message Void That Jihadists Filled
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At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she created a new unit at the State Department to counter jihadist propaganda in social media.
Battle lines drawn in online search war
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The battle lines in the new search wars have now been drawn.
Online News Viewing Cuts into Cable Viewership
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Cable news shows may be seeing a dip in viewership among digital-savvy US consumers. According to a January survey by AYTM Market Research, 37% of internet users surveyed said they watched less cable TV news than they did five years earlier.
Rep Zoe Lofgren talks the 2013 tech agenda
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A Q&A with Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA).
Bexar set to turn the page on idea of books in libraries
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Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and other county leaders announced plans to launch the nation's first bookless public library system, BiblioTech, with a prototype location opening in the fall