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It can be a little bit of off-topic but this is a very interesting video that my communication professor showed class before. The video basically tells you how much the internet and the social media affect our lives these days. Even though we have already known that the internet is hugely influential, you'll probably be surprised while you watch this video.

Very interesting read on what the future could look like for the way in which we get information and do every day tasks.

Whether we realize it or not, all social media websites have a certain (usually unwritten) etiquette. This article lists some basic etiquette when using Tumblr.

This article proposes that digital technologies actually AID in keeping the book a widely spread and accessible media, rather than hurting its future.

The idea of open access to scholarly journals seems to be a big debate and this article talks about how publishers make millions of dollars off of research and peer reviews that are done for free. It also talks about Aaron Swartz who led the movement for allowing access to journals by basically "stealing" them and sharing them.

Someone recently presented on the YouTube founders and mentioned Google's new integration of Google+. This article discusses the backlash by users Google is receiving about the new comment interface on YouTube.