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Protests, text talk, and the undeniable power of social media »

We are a generation associated with apathy, obesity and an inability to communicate effectively without the intermediary of an electronic device. We stand accused of degenerating the English language, breaking down conventional concepts of privacy, and...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Emma Elliott-Walker, Daniel Keller | Read more »

Students warned of smartphone security threat »

The number of cyber-attacks on smartphones, particularly Google’s Android system, and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have increased over the past year, leaving users at risk of malicious software infecting their devices. So...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Social networks must smarten up »

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Every day we put more and more of ourselves online. It's the undeniable state of affairs. You can try and fight it, but it's clearly a losing battle. Everything is moving to the internet: our bank accounts, jobs, shopping, entertainment, and most trans...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Andy Ollove | Read more »

Tahrir Tweeting: A revolutionary force? »

On the 6 June 2010, Khaled Said was dragged from an internet cafe in Alexandria and beaten to death by Egyptian police. An anonymous Facebook group was set up to spread the news of Said's murder and was ‘liked’ by nearly 600,000 people. Man...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Kate Beioley | Read more »

Do too many tweets make a tw*t? »

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Twitter has a bad name. Literally. It suggests that it is an outlet for the dreary majority to publish trivial information, rapidly and incessantly. Generally speaking, that’s exactly what Twitter is. 99 percent of tweets are 140-character brai...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Alex Taggart | Read more »

University of Edinburgh wanders into twit storm »

After becoming the latest organisation to delve into the joys and, apparently, pitfalls of online social networking, the University of Edinburgh has found itself at the sharp end of a dressing down from an unlikely group of internet users. They like Jo...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

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