Cyberculture

Google Buzz roundup (3)

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not much buzz for Google Buzz nowadays but i am hopeful. Buzz is more practical than Google Wave but needs more work. Well, it is Google, I am hopeful:) After Privacy Concerns, More Gmail Buzz Changes Coming from Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen Google Buzz Has Completely Changed the Game: Here?s How from Mashable! by … Read more

DVDs vs. Pirate copies..

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http://friendfeed-media.com/a16d7ef68be15b34f6e7f5be0d914ae9a846fc6c

via: Infographic: buying DVDs vs pirating them

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“Ebook checklist from Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

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Ebook checklist from EFF

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

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Campaign for Daniel Raduta (#draduta)

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I was informed of a donation campaign that takes place in Romania by the organizers of World Blogging Forum. Here is their statement:

It is the cause of a young Romanian, called Daniel Raduta ( http://danielraduta.ro/?page_id=2) who was diagnosticated with leuchemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.

The online campaign has helped him raise 70000 eu so far, but he needs around 150000 eu.

It?s the case that brought a new era to charity in Eastern Europe. It?s proof that people can save a life with or without the help of officials. When they turn their backs on us, we grow stronger and more ambitious. And we win.

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Google Buzz roundup (2)

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most of the Buzz stuff in my account is postings for the sake of posting, just trying Buzz. I guess after this initial phase, there will be more productive conversations there. It still looks geeky, not colorful enough to attract many of students for instance. Let’s wait a while…

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Google Buzz- not a Facebook killer in the short run. A roundup

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I like Google products, I am Gmail fan, so it is good for me and I know that Buzz is not as fancy as Facebook, yet…

New social network is a Facebook, Twitter killer

from CyberJournalist.net by Jon

A new social network is launching that is a game-changer that will blow away , and Buzz, the Huffington Post reports.

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Journalists’ love with social media

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Survey finds majority of journalists use social media sites as first port of call for research from Editors Weblog – all postings by Helena Humphrey Facebook overtakes Google News as media site traffic driver from CyberJournalist.net by Jon Facebook was the #4 source of visits to News and Media sites last week, after Google, Yahoo! … Read more

“Teens Love Facebook, Hate Blogging, Are Always Online, and Don’t Use Twitter

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Pew Survey: Teens Love Facebook, Hate Blogging, Are Always Online, and Don’t Use Twitter

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Social networks risky for career?

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Social networks put careers at risk, survey finds

from EurActiv.com by Daniela

When asked how they collect information about people they plan to hire, 43% of European human resources professionals surveyed reply that they analyse the online reputation of the candidate, mainly through search engines, social networking websites, personal sites and blogs.

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Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (4)

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* ? Turkish internet users have recently performed a virtual protest against web censorship: Visualize Dissent: Turkish Users Protest Censorship Using Google Maps * Turkish web enterpreneurship site etohum announced 15 web projects it will support in 2010. * Madde Bağımlısı announced 8 most creative blogs here. * Webrazzi announced a number of successful web … Read more

Amazon vs. Macmillan

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Amazon and Macmillan go to war: readers and writers are the civilian casualties

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

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iPad emerges as Erkan plays with his humble Sony Reader

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A few days ago, I got a Sony Reader as a gift from Ayhan. It is a way modest gadget compared to iPad but still I love it. It has immediately boosted my reading level which had been down lately. Well, with something like iPad, e-reading will be even more sensational, i guess…

Best Coverage, Tweets of Apple iPad Event

from MediaShift

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Anthro research hit the news: Don’t trust the number of Facebook friends:)

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Well, as a person who has more than a thousand friends in Facebook, I had already experienced that, now we scientify it (!):

Brain Can’t Handle More Than 150 Facebook Friends Finds Oxford Boffin
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A professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University has found out that human beings are physically limited to being able to link up and manage up

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Despite web censorship, Turks are heavy social media users

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Here is the latest news on Turks into social media: Turkey: The land that embraced Facebook, FriendFeed and startups ……… Furthermore, last year ComScore released a report showing Turkey has the third most engaged online audience in the world, with 30 hours spent online each month ? that?s actually behind the US and Canada. See … Read more

Google officially changes attitude towards China censorship

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A new approach to China from The Official Google Blog Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it … Read more