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P2P File Sharing and The Hurt Locker

Here’s something that could have far-reaching effects on Internet usage behavior in general. In one of the biggest anti-piracy efforts yet leveled at individual users, the producers of Oscar winner The Hurt Locker are laying down a legal gauntlet for illegal file sharers, seeking damages against 5,000 people in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C.  (more…)
June 1, 2010
Marketing

The Pakistan Unban

As the dressed up trucks rumble their way down the Pakistani roads, a Pakistani court lifted its ban, since May 19, on Facebook after company officials apologized for maintaining a page “offensive to Muslims.” The ban had been in effect for more than 2 weeks after users posted competing "Everyone Draw Mohammad Day" pages, wherein the sites encouraged users to post images of the prophet to protest threats made by a radical Muslim group against the creators of Comedy Central's…
June 1, 2010
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

H/o — 143 Means What? LOL!

You go on a  date and your date later text messages: "143."  You're confused. Not savvy with text lingo?  Confused by this new "language" of the digital generation? U cld always go @urbandictionary.com, or try Slang Blaster, a searchable dictionary of txt msg shorthand. Kewl? Enuf sd!
May 20, 2010
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Over 30? You’re a Demographic!

After Facebook announced that its fastest growing demo was the over 30 crowd, up pops a number of social networking sites for the generation in question, such as Eons.com and TBD.com. There is an estimated 16.5 million adults over 55 in the U.S. involved in social networks, according to ComScore, and web designers are scrambling since the demographics indicate there is a need for more content sites for these folk. Along comes NBC Digital Networks, a division of iVillage, teaming…
May 20, 2010