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Tweeter served injunction through Twitter

Oct 8th, 2009 | By | Category: Business Law

A High Court in London has granted an order allowing service of an injunction* via popular microblogging site Twitter. In what has been dubbed “Blaney’s Blarney Order”, an anonymous Tweeter posting under the same name as blogger and solicitor Donal Blaney (donalblaney.com) is accused of impersonating Mr Blaney and infringing on his copyright and intellectual [...]



Social Technographic Ladder & Hype Cycle

Nov 25th, 2008 | By | Category: Information Technology & Operations Management

Social Technographic is introduced by Forrester Research, Inc. It is set to classify consumers into six overlapping levels of participation, (i) creators, (ii) critics, (iii) collectors, (iv) joiners, (v) spectators and (vi) inactives. The presentation point below illustrated in detail what is a social technolgraphic ladder about.



New Study Shows Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development

Nov 21st, 2008 | By | Category: Information Technology & Operations Management

In this study, the researchers from University of California, identified two distinctive categories of teen engagement with digital media: (i) friendship-driven and (II)Re interest-driven. While friendship-driven participation centered on “hanging out” with existing friends, interest-driven participation involved accessing online information and communities that may not be present in the local peer group.



Study to Explore How Social-Networking Sites Influence Voting Behaviour

Nov 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Information Technology & Operations Management

November 4, 2008 will mark a new era for technology and election. A recent study covered on Chronicle of Higher Education recently described that social-networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube, has changed the way people access and share political information. One remarkable example is on the US election this year as we have been [...]