Tag: social media
Hedge fund uses Twitter to profitably predict market swings
The $40 million dollar fund made a profit of almost two percent in its first month of trading by using Tweets to gauge public's mood....
Who's tracking your online activities
How some websites -- like MSN and Hulu -- track your online activities by using 'supercookies,' which are nearly impossible to delete. ...
How Facebook can get you fired
The legal implications of firings that occur when online behavior meets the work place....
Survey reveals startling facts about Tweens on Facebook
In spite of law banning children under 13 from opening social media accounts, millions of tweens, often with their parents' approval, are on Facebook....
Who owns what you put on Twitter or Facebook?
Twitter updates are being used for big business advertisements. In some situations, legal ownership is up in the air....
Viral human rights activism
Syrian protests continue in the face of gruesome images of torture by the Syrian government. Human rights groups are making sure the world can see those images....
Facebook reunites people with their keepsakes after the tornadoes
An Alabama woman has started a Facebook page to return photos and other treasures that were swept away by the recent tornadoes. ...
Google, Facebook are hiding information from you
As the internet becomes personalized, programs like Facebook, Google and Yahoo are filtering out information without your permission....
LinkedIn goes public: Is a tech stock bubble growing?
Wall Street is expected to start bidding on the social networking site LinkedIn at prices that would value the company at $4.3 billion. How much is it really worth?...
Newt Gingrich, Twitter and social media on the presidential campaign trail
Republican candidates saw the new media success that Barack Obama had in the 2008 presidential campaign, now some are trying to tweet their way to the White House....
