Fifty years ago this week the internet was born. It was called ARPANET then, but it contained the technology that drives the worldwide system today. For the first 25 years of its life, it was a backbone of science and engineering then with development of the web, it exploded into the commercial and individual entity […]
Posted on October 31st, 2019 by admin
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First, it was the employees of Google expressing their opinions publicly. Now it is the workers of Facebook. They are objecting to Facebook’s policy of allowing politicians’ ads to lie and spread false information. And, there is a good chance they will be heard. With the advent of social media, especially Twitter and Facebook, there […]
Posted on October 30th, 2019 by admin
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Since ancient times, publicizing the names of mass murderers and other evil-doers has been a problem. It stimulates others to do dark deeds. The phenomenon is called social contagion by the scientific community, and it has been a work in America. Mass shooters have become more common. They are aping one another in seeing their […]
Posted on October 29th, 2019 by admin
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Britain’s reputation has been taking a beating over Brexit and the inability of parliament to resolve the issue of leaving the EU. Now the EU has granted another extension until Jan. 31 with the hope that the UK can decide by then what to do. Brexit has never made sense economically. The country is tied […]
Posted on October 28th, 2019 by admin
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Amazon has descended to bush-league marketing with its “curated” toy collection for the holidays. It turns out you can get your toy selected for the guide if you are willing to pay a ton of money to have it there. Editorial space for pay is hardly a third-party endorsement that carries the weight of credibility. […]
Posted on October 24th, 2019 by admin
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President Trump has reversed himself over selecting his Florida resort and golf resort for an upcoming G7 meeting. He blamed Democrats for the decision but he was also facing a revolt from Republicans who saw the selection as corrupt. Whether he went forward with his plan or not, it is one more nail into the […]
Posted on October 24th, 2019 by admin
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Social media platforms like Facebook are trying to determine what content to take down from their sites because it is injurious and what content to leave although it skates to the edge of truth. This is a tough call under any scenario. The First Amendment, which might not apply in the social media world, is […]
Posted on October 17th, 2019 by admin
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This is an old story but it is a reminder of what can go wrong even in publicity stunts. After six months of planning and anchoring a giant net over a downtown block, the United Way of Cleveland had thousands of volunteers fill 1.5 million balloons with helium and launch them to the underside of […]
Posted on October 17th, 2019 by admin
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Whoever produced this has a tin ear and no sensitivity to the mass shootings that have occurred throughout the US. Trump and his administration claim not to know about it, but the negative atmosphere the President has spun about the media is at the root of the video. Predictably, the media have reacted in horror […]
Posted on October 14th, 2019 by admin
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Some communications decisions are no-win. Either way you send a message, you are going to be criticized. This is the position Apple found itself in with an app being used by Hong Kong protestors. The mapping software was live-tracking police movements in the territory. Apple succumbed to pressure from Beijing and pulled the app from […]
Posted on October 12th, 2019 by admin
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