A Massachusetts courtroom is offering citizens the chance to speak out by experimenting with social networking. Boston’s NPR station runs the Quincy District Court, which created the OpenCourt experiment. More »

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Matt Parker and Trey Stone just owned FaceBook (well, sort of). This week’s episode of South Park satirizes the world’s most prominent social networking website, making it appear to be an idiotic diversion that detracts from socialization, not add to it. More »

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I have always suspected that Facebook and Twitter had far grander plans than just being silly social networking tools for teenagers and web-geeks, but who knew that the sites are just fronts for the police? Not just any police either, the Federal Bureau of Investigation. More »

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The increasing popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, that has taken the world by storm hit its ten millionth Tweet late Thursday night. Unfortunately, the ten billionth Tweet was no where to be found; the user had their Twitter set to “private.” More »

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Slacking off at work; we all do it. In one form or another, it’s impossible to avoid that tasty temptation that is “slacking off.” Well, now you can check your Facebook, update your Twitter, and check out the latest YouTube videos during work, without the fear of getting caught by your boss! Introducing the USB Office PANIC button! More »

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I’m going to wholeheartedly admit that I did, at one time, play Farmville. But that’s not all. I’ve played many of the extremely addicting games that are available on popular social networking sites like Facebook. A year ago, games like these didn’t even exist, and now it seems that they’re beginning to pop up all over the place! More »

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According to Confused.com, using popular social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook could cost you a 10% raise in home insurance. More »

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President Obamaa promised change while on the campaign trail and he certainly has brought a lot of it during his first year of presidency. The President recognizes that the internet and technology are valuable tools that have limitless possibilities to connect him with the rest of the nation. By utilizing online franchises such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, Obama’s administration is trying to make this the most “transparent” administration of all time.

During the interview with citizentube, the President answered questions that were submitted by actual citizens. These questions were then voted for online and the questions with the most votes were asked during the interview. Many of these questions were video questions submitted via YouTube. More »

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Last night, President of the United States, Barack Obama, gave his annual State of the Union address. Speaking for about an hour and ten minutes, the President highlighted the reality of the current situation in the United States, but also forcefully suggested several key changes that need to be and will be made. More »

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“What’s Gmail?”

That was the question that someone at the gym asked me last week. Being around so much technology and gadgets, I found the question extremely odd. Who didn’t know about Gmail? I explained what Gmail was to the person, a lady in her 30’s. Afterward, it got me thinking, if something as popular as Gmail is not known to people who are still relatively young, then what other advancement in tech don’t people know about. And we’re not talking about really old people, we’re talking about educated, folks in their twenties and 30’s. So, to make this a little more interesting, I went around and asked a few people at a bar I went with a few friends this past week. I asked 20 people about Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Digg, iPhone and Android. Here are the results. More »

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Using Twitter and Facebook to alert everyone of everything you are doing is not only annoying but dangerous. Those who tend to constantly write what they are up to are easier to track, therefore, letting burglars know when you’ll be out or away. Duh right? Except some folks don’t get it.

A survey conducted by British-based Legal & General on 2,092 social media users showed that almost four in ten (38%) of people using social networking sites post details on holiday plans and 33 percent put details about a weekend away from home. It was also found that a lot of social network users don’t really know their “friends”. More »

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Samsung has finally brought full touch screen on their phones and they are more colorful than ever. Samsung’s new ‘Corby’ phone is focusing mainly on social networking like INQ phones, except the Corby has Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter. To make the phones appeal to the younger crowd, Samsung has designed them with very vibrant colors.

Some of the basic colors are Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, Minimal White, and Festival Orange. The more important features are the 2.8 inch QVGA screen and the support for EDGE and Quad- band networks. The Corby will be arriving to many cities in Europe in the middle of September. It will cost about 150 Euros which is roughly $215 USD. Hopefully, the kids or the parents are willing to dish out that much for a social networking phone, if not Samsung may have to take their phone elsewhere. More »

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Should social media like Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Digg, be banned from the workplace?

- No, they are a part of my work

- Yes, they lower work performance

- No, I know how to manage the time without affecting my work performance

- Yes, because I don’t use them at the work place.

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