Digital Humanities Is Social Media as Dangerous as the Telephone? It was expected to cause the “destruction of community because [it encourages] far-flung operations and far-flung relationships.” At the same time, it was called the “antidote to provincialism.” It's not Facebook. It's not Google. It's not even a technology invented in this century - or the last. Dave Copeland View comments
Yahoo Yahoo Still Sinking Despite $7 Billion Alibaba Deal Now that Yahoo is gradually untangling itself from Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba, does the U.S. Web portal's future look any brighter? Not really. Antone Gonsalves View comments
Apps Apps Should Respect Users' Preferences Facebook's Open Graph is too tempting for app developers. All they need is the slightest bit of permission from the user, and then they can go nuts posting all kinds of app activity for all that person's friends to see. Some apps can't resist the chance to promote themselves, and they run the risk of disrespecting their users. Here's a case study. Jon Mitchell View comments
Facebook Order Dinner Without Leaving Facebook Now it's easier than ever to nosh while you're posting a status update. Ordr.in, a Google Ventures-backed startup, offers a Facebook app that turns ordering food for delivery into a social experience. Social Dave Copeland View comments
Science Read/Write Daily: The Animals Are Pwning Us Today's theme is wild technology. We homo sapiens-type people are proud of our technology, but we'd better give credit where credit is due. Lots of other species can literally eat us without having to invent any weapons to help them. Some can even outsmart us. Science Jon Mitchell View comments