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Google vs. Facebook on Privacy and Security Google vs. Facebook on Privacy and Security Whether you use Social Networks for games, video and photos, or just to re-connect with old friends, you should be aware of how your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is protected. This infographic details several of the ways Google and Facebook handle Privacy and Security. Graphic Charts of Crony Capitalism Being Alive and Well in Fascist America Here are Venn diagrams of the big government/big business partnership that is ruining running the United States. They were created by Stephanie Herman. I will of course lead off with the granddaddy of all big government/big business partnerships, General Electric. [Thanks to Mark Fee]
Relativistic Baseball What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? - Ellen McManis Let’s set aside the question of how we got the baseball moving that fast. We'll suppose it's a normal pitch, except in the instant the pitcher releases the ball, it magically accelerates to 0.9c. From that point onward, everything proceeds according to normal physics. Chega de reunião de condomínio! Empresa cria plataforma para assembleia virtual O mundo digital chegou às reuniões de condomínio. Para quem não gosta de comparecer às assembléias mensais, agora já é possível usar uma plataforma para participar, mesmo que virtualmente. Com ela, os moradores podem evitar as reuniões presenciais sem deixar de dar sua opinião. Segundo Carlos Henrique Cêra, um dos diretores da Superlógica, empresa responsável pela plataforma, os síndicos ou administradores podem contratar o serviço e criar fóruns de discussão entre os moradores. Todos os condôminos podem se cadastrar no site e votar ou propor melhorias para o edifício usando a internet. Os administradores moderam as discussões, incluindo tópicos ou resumindo em ata as sugestões e decisões dos moradores.
101 Short Stories that Will Leave You Smiling, Crying and Thinking post written by: Marc Chernoff Email Since its inception eighteen months ago, our sister site Makes Me Think (MMT) has truly evolved into a remarkable online community. Every day, users share their thought-provoking life stories and vote on stories that other users have shared. Yahoo e Facebook se juntam para testar a teoria dos "seis graus de separação" O Yahoo se juntou ao Facebook para testar a famosa teoria dos "seis graus de separação". Chamado de "Small World Experiment", a pesquisa tem como objetivo medir a "distância social" entre duas pessoas estranhas e usar a popularidade da rede social, que conta com mais de 750 milhões de usuários, para esse fim. Você também pode participar: ao entrar no site, o sistema vai te mostrar um "alvo" - alguém desconhecido, escolhido aleatoriamente. Aí, com base nas características daquele usuário, você precisa apontar um de seus amigos que, provavelmente, a conhecerá - ou saberá um caminho para chegar até ela.
Understanding Pearltrees: A New Way To Organize Web Content Many people search the web, read content every day and share that content. While advances in search technology has made finding information easier and easier, saving and organizing information in a way that captures a story or conversation can still be very challenging. I just posted on Techmamas.com about my first experience with Pearltrees.com; I was on a Traveling Geeks trip to LeWeb and Pearltrees was one of the French companies we met. Being a visual person, the Pearltrees online application offered me the tools to capture and organize online information in a visual format that also reflected the storyline behind the issue being discussed. I decided that my next step was to use it and see what happens. What happened – is that adding content to Pearltrees became part of my daily workflow.
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