It's going from bad to worse to farce for free speech in India. In fact, by the time you reach the end of this blog, its contents might be illegal on the subcontinent.
Now, following Obama's veto, thousands of parents will get all excited. The veto will be imposed to everyone by default. Why? Because Obama said so.
Earlier today, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) announced a $300m investment in social media site, Twitter, following months of negotiations.
If you were asked who could harvest a trove of personal data from 10 million Facebook users in just three weeks you might guess company CEO Mark Zuckerberg over Jason Zada. You'd be dead wrong.
By so enthusiastically embracing this newfound ability to share everything, artists' work is being inherently devalued in the rush to simply "get it out there." Sure, you're anxious to share your passion with the world, but think about who is really benefiting from all your hard work before you click that submit button.
Gene Marks's epic poverty fail, faith-based slavery in a Georgia prison, and making the mundane crunk.
It's that time again -- time to look around the corner and make predictions about the new year. Here are 10 technology and business trends that will affect businesses and consumers alike in the coming year.
You know the world has changed in a fundamental way when you look at many of the news stories this year and realize that they had something remarkable in common: social media.
Here's a shocker for some. By two important measures, teens are safer online now than they were before the advent of social media. The good news comes at a time when the majority of American youth are using social media, most notably Facebook.
Every ounce of attention, positive or negative, feeds more power to the content receiving it. That's the power of shutting up: it keeps you from voting for what you despise.
When you go onto Facebook or Twitter, your stuff has to be stored somewhere. It's called "the cloud" and if it were a country, it would be the fifth largest country in the world in terms of global warming emissions.
Like many people, I've been irritated by the status updates of my Facebook friends. 

What a freaking idiot, I've sighed inwardly when I saw someone's sandwich update.
You have created your dream product and now what? Buzz is everything, you need to get potential customers to be talking about it.
When Facebook rolled out their latest changes, a lot of longtime users did some major eye-rolling. "Here we go again," a lot of users thought.
Still want to write the family letter? Just send me the link. I won't think less of you for being non-traditional. I'll think more of you for embracing change.
If used properly, these devices not only protect, but can also help teach kids the right habits. And the goal should be to eventually remove the software or device once the kid has gotten older, or earned the required level of trust.