by Minter Dial | Sep 16, 2010 | Politics
Sometimes, you do have to wonder if IT is on purpose. I opened the Herald Tribune yesterday (Sept 15, 2010) and, as is my wont, turned to the world news section (page 4). Below is the spread of the top of the page. Take a look and see if you see what I saw! Hint #1:...
by Minter Dial | Aug 13, 2010 | Entertainment, Politics, Social Media, Sports
Not heard of Rémi Gaillard? If so, the chances are that is because you still only believe in mainstream media (MSM), i.e. you watch television, read newspapers and surf only the established sources on line. Rémi happens to be the most watched humorist in the world...
by Minter Dial | Jul 16, 2010 | Social Media
(Update July 28) With the massive leak of over 91,000 documents from the US Army operations in Afghanistan to Wikileaks, the notions of security, confidentiality, privacy and piracy have hit the front pages of mass media around the world. The role of the internet and...
by Minter Dial | Jun 29, 2010 | Politics
Taking a step back recently, I tried to think of all the industries that have been radically transformed by the tsunami of the Internet. Internet has a way of altering the way of the land in many different ways because, fundamentally, it changes the way we all...
by Minter Dial | Jun 10, 2010 | Social Media
The world of the Internet seems to be having a face-off with the concepts of privacy and anonymity. Google is under criminal investigation for its streetview data on GoogleMaps (BBC News). Wikileaks is under siege since one of its anonymous sources, a certain...
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