Impact
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Impact assesses the role of technology and its effects on evolving industries, society and environment. It explores moral conundrums, environmentally friendly fixes, and revolutionary technological uses that tackle world issues. This section emphasizes how technology has the power to change people’s lives and create a lasting impact.
Just another indication that the Obama team “gets” social: Pinterest
If there's one thing that can be said about Barack Obama and his chances of winning re-election, it's that he's...
Privacy versus copyright filters make the RapidShare ruling a catch-22
As business models go, the file-sharing business model has proven to be precarious at best in the last few months....
A lack of social media understanding is killing @RickSantorum and @NewtGingrich in the primaries
Assuming that Mitt Romney gets the GOP nomination to take on Barack Obama in November, most will attribute his success...
The latest reality of online safety: we’re all being watched
There are so many threats to online security and privacy that many have simply given up on the notion of...
Twitter is selling your data (in case you didn’t know)
If you're not paying for a service, then you're the product. That's been the reality of social media for some...
If you want privacy, social media may not be for you
Western society has always had certain expectations of privacy that have been disturbed or reaffirmed at various times in history....
The growing reach of social media’s election impact
Social media and the internet in general had dramatic effects on the election in 2008. This year is proving to...
What Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney should learn from Paul (and Obama) about the internet
Today is a different world when it comes to political campaigns. A decade or two ago given the same candidates...
SOPA and PIPA: Everything you need to know
Today is SOPA Blackout Day to oppose the bills currently being proposed in Congress, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and...
The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day
The Tea Party movement was intended for Americans to harken to the revolutions of the past when tyranny and taxation...
Internet access Is a human right
Technology and philosophy have been at the center of more debates lately than ever before. It's clear that technology is...
Fighting America’s “Brain Drain”
The new global economy isn’t defined by the battle for the newest machines or precious ore, but a battle of...
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