Remember when TIME magazine chose YOU as person of the year. This year... the people have spoken and hijacked the race through online votes pushing forward "undemocratic" leaders like Kim Jong Un to the top of the list. 

About defending our right to free content as governments (such as germany's) threaten to start charging for snippets of searches on the web. 

An article about what julius ceasar could teach us about leadership and social media. Interesting as we look at building our "personal brands" 

Talks about ways to build your personal brand. 

sandy's effects on the virtual world...

Looking at how a politician turns to reddit to see legislative advice. Showing how technology/social media is being used to engage the public on political issues- even the future of their governance. 

This article explores how pursuasive video games are users and is interesting in light of our discussions on technological determinism. Talks about games ability to educate and inspire change/behaviour modification in users. 

This article on techcrunch explores an article in the atlantic about whether or not facebook gave democrats an edge in the american election. 

Facebook picking up cues from instagram and adding editing software to their IOS app. Social construction of technology? 

Instragram moves over to the web. At one point users who didn't have iphones or androids couldn't use this app. Wonder if it has to do with Facebook buying it? 

A different slant on how technology is affecting learning

An article by the CEO of Hootsuite about how email kills productivity. namely, he argues it is linear and not social. Interesting read in light of our discussions on synchronous and asynchronous communications

Researchers are working on software that tries to determine which city areas are prone to crime.

This article looks at how different large organizations are using NASA style control centres to manage social media content and analyze who's talking about them on social networking sites! 

Justin Trudeau talking social media at the Facebook Summit in Toronto - and it's impact on elections. 

Impact of smartphones on children's psychology. Looks at how constantly taking photos is affecting children's psyche and comments on parents obsession with taking digital photos. 

This article is about Salman Khan - the founder of a non-profit online school. His aim is to create the first, free world-class virtual school. 

a youtube of cbc on the use of online privacy and the LGBT issue. asking interesting questions about how government uses the internet to contact certain groups. 

Social media's impact on university "partying" and the bar scene. 

This article is a little saucy, but shows interesting developments in how we are now using wifi to overcome some of the physical barriers/challenges of long distance romantic relationships.