July 30, 2010
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Facebook announced a new feature called Questions this week that might be the tipping point that makes technology mediated crowdsourcing a commonly accepted everyday occurrence as a way for individuals to find answers and solve problems. Now, crowdsourcing is not … Continue reading
September 25, 2007
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In another sign that social bookmarking is hitting the mainstream, the BBC has added a social bookmarking options to their stories, allowing users to quickly bookmark stories to del.icious, Digg, Reddit, Facebook and StumbleUpon.
September 5, 2007
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Following up on a post from a few days ago regarding whether or not students want us in their space, I just came across an interesting article from the Washington Post called An Unmanageable Circle of Friends. Overall the article … Continue reading
August 28, 2007
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Got into an interesting discussion last week with a couple of faculty members who are just coming to Facebook for the first time. They have been receiving notifications from former students who have their email address in their address book … Continue reading
August 2, 2007
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VeriSign iDefense is warning Facebook users to beware when installing third party applications. While no specific applications have been named, VeriSign says that the potential is there for third party applications to gain access to sensitive personal data. On one … Continue reading