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Self-diagnosis is often prone to error, and this is usually because of one simple reason: neither you nor your computer is a trained physician.

Good article on the dangers of self-diagnosis.

Burks - I'm experimenting with this, as it is new to me...can you point out anything I might do or try differently?

This Valentine's Day article relates how a NY bakery kept business brisk during recent bad weather. Using Facebook and Twitter to remind customers of the hot drinks they serve and offering coupons helped out. The write-up also mentions a change in marketing Spot Dessert took by hiring a PR firm that would lead them into the social media as part of their advertising and communications with customers. People who frequent there are encouraged to join the fun by adding photos of their food or answering questions posted on the site. The general manager of the bakery is quoted as saying, "we wanted to create a personality around our brand." After reading this article, my response is "Mission Accomplished!"

This article dovetails with the PEW study on internet useage. It gives data of age groups and the change in the amount of time they use online email versus the time they spend on mobile email. As you would think, age 12 to 17 has moved from the web at a very high percentage.

This article gives various reasons why Hispanics may not paricipate in community and school events. Reasons vary from cultural, linguisitic or economic barriers.

Here is an article I found that helps explain some reasons why Hispanics do not participate in community forums, etc, at the same rate as blacks and whites.

This article describes people becoming less connected to communities becuase of technology usage.

Here is an interesting article on how people are becoming less connected to communities becuase of technology usage.

Hundreds of universities, and a growing number of business schools, are making recordings of lectures, seminars and conferences available to the general public via Web sites such as iTunes and YouTube.

Remake of Star Wars (A New Hope) created by fans. Each fan creates a 15 second clip (however they want) and they're put together into a movie. Interesting example of massive internet collaboration.

With thousands of doctors, nurses, and administrators, the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System depends on the latest mobile technologies to streamline its services and deliver better patient care. iPhone and state-of-the-art medical apps like AirStrip OB let Memorial Hermann physicians keep their fingers on patients' pulses even when they can't be at their bedsides. From Apple Hot News "feed://images.apple.com/main/rss/hotnews/hotnews.rss"

Facebook is planning on preserving accounts of deceased members.

Good article from Campus Technology about faculty use of educational technology

A small article about the "mega" sites that offer most of the time pirated movies.

This article is geared towards those that run businesses online, but it also gives some insight into what's ahead for the rest of us (many of us take place in online business, whether we are buyers or sellers). The article points out many developing trends, including group buying, co-creation, and social media used for customer support. I think it is fairly illustrative of the overall picture of online commerce-- enjoy!

This article discusses the growth of online shopping as well as the advantages of it.

"The Texas House approved a bill on Tuesday that would expand the number of Internet companies required to collect sales tax. The bill, which passed on a 122-23 vote, would change the definition of what it means to have a physical presence in Texas. State Rep. John Otto, R-Dayton, said it would force Internet-based companies like Amazon.com to collect sales taxes if they pay marketers in Texas to advertise for them."

Here is an article on how the Texas created a law in order to create online salex taxes.

Looks at a piece of legislation being debated right now that is intended to address piracy. "The bill would give the government legal tools to blacklist a "rogue" website from the Internet's Domain Name System, ban credit card companies from processing US payments to the site, and forbid US-based online ad networks from working with the site. It even directs the government to keep a list of suspect sites, even though no evidence has been presented against them in court."

This article discuss the future of the internet and how it will affect the human life.

Palm Beach County students take advantage of cyberspace education

Interesting article about the wisdom of crowds - "crowd sourcing"