Cyberculture agenda: “Twitter’s 136-Page Handbook for Politicians…”reverse searching Google images on your phone, “Rise of smart cities…

Twitter’s 136-Page Handbook for Politicians

An NPR article recently reveals that Twitter “has a very special handbook just for people running for elected office. And it’s 136 pages long.”
Reverse Image Search on mobile
Google’s reverse image search is one of the most underrated tools the company has created.

To hear FBI Director James Comey tell it, strong encryption stops law enforcement dead in its tracks by letting terrorists, kidnappers and rapists communicate in complete secrecy.

But that’s just not true.

Zuckerberg to the UN: The Internet Belongs to Everyone

In a speech before the UN Global Assembly Saturday, Zuckerberg told world leaders that connecting to the Internet is a human right.

Things Network
The Things Network, the community-led Internet of Things program in Amsterdam that makes it easier for developers to turn the ‘smart city’ from a dream into a reality, is expanding internationally.
The Journal of Communication published the study, “Do We Tweet Differently From Our Mobile Devices?” where researchers found that, in general, tweets sent from on-the-go tend to be both more negative and more egocentric.
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Cat lovers of the world, get your phones out. For the next two weeks, all Swarm check-ins will help Alley Cat Rescue keep stray cats off the streets. Until October 15, Foursquare will make a donation to Alley Cat each time a user checks in at a location on Swarm. Foursquare also teamed up with Grumpy Cat to bring a special sticker to Swarm to mark this occasion. To help us save as many kittens as possible, we’ve partnered with everyone’s favorite cat celebrity, Grumpy Cat. Turn that frown upside down by unlocking our limited edition Grumpy Cat sticker. Show off…

Are you ready to launch your WordPress site? Each day thousands of new sites appear on the web. That’s why you want to make sure that your website stands out and shines from the very beginning. In this article, we have prepared a handy checklist of things you should do before launching a WordPress website.

Right to Encrypt is under fire in America. Savecrypto.org is fighting for your crypto rights.

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The Intercept just published an amazing article by Jim Bamford yesterday talking about how the NSA exploited a backdoor in Vodafone to spy on Greek politicians and journalists during the 2004 Olympics.

How to Switch from Blogger to WordPress without Losing Google Rankings

Blogger is an awesome free tool to quickly start blogging. However, many Blogger users eventually realize that if they want full control of their blog, then they would be better off with their own self hosted WordPress.org blog (what’s the difference between self-hosted WordPress.org vs WordPress.com blogs). In this step by step tutorial, we will help you switch from Blogger to WordPress without losing Google rankings.

How to do Reverse Image Search on your Mobile Phone

The Reverse Image Search option in Google Images can help you quickly discover related images from around the web. Upload a photograph from your desktop to Google Images and it will show you similar images used on other websites and also different sizes of the same photo almost instantly.

Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA

Former US intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden joined Twitter Sept. 29, picking up more than a quarter of a million followers on the social network in just over two hours
A WordPress.org vs WordPress.com infographic here

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