Category Archives: Mobile Devices

Mobile devices are the future of computing and worlds that embrace these platforms may have a big lead when we are freed from the cords of our desktops and laptops.

UPDATE: Arizona Legislature Pulls Back H.B. 2459

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Notice to all you comment trolls, Facebook ‘stalkers,’ and general miscreants on the web: the Arizona law that would make it a crime to “annoy” or “offend” someone through the use of “any electronic or digital device” has been recalled … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Speech On the Internet Is Under Attack, Again

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Two stories I heard on the news in the last 24 hours makes me wonder if I accidentally mistook my Hyundai for a souped up DeLorean and drove it to 88 mph. Why the time machine references? Because two proposed … Continue reading →

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Minnesota’s Anti-Bullying Statute: Weakest in the Nation, Slated for Revision

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

I’ve been saying it for a while now, but a new report by the U.S. Department of Education confirms that Minnesota’s anti-bullying statute is the weakest of the forty-six states it analyzed (four states, however, lacked state-wide polices altogether).  At … Continue reading →

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Is Your Bank Tracking Your Movements: Bait and Switch Journalism Wants You To Think So

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

I received a link to this story from Huffington Post this morning with the apparently outrageous news that Ally Bank was somehow tracking its customers’ movements and using that information to bolster its profit margins.  This seems like a major … Continue reading →

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U.S. Government’s Open Source Center Uses Power of Social Media to Track Political Unrest

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Have you ever thumbed out a tweet or Facebook post thinking to yourself, ‘this is so narcissistic, no one will ever read this or care about it if they do’?  Maybe not, or maybe you’re so into yourself that you … Continue reading →

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If the ECPA Was a Person, It Could Rent a Car…

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

This week marked the 25 anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the 1986 law that forms the basis of digital privacy in America.  Written broadly to anticipate new forms of technology, it is nevertheless showing its age.  If measured … Continue reading →

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Blocking Cell Phones in San Francisco: A Constitutional Conundrum

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Remember back in February when Egypt’s uprising was capturing the world’s attention? The country’s brutal dictator, Hosni Mubarak, shut down the Internet to prevent protesters from organizing and sharing information about the crackdown with the rest of the world.  This … Continue reading →

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Google+: All the Sharing of Facebook, Now with 100% less Zuckerberg

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Last week, Google announced its long-awaited answer to Facebook: Google+.  The new social networking service debuted (as an invitation-only beta), along with a refresh of the look and feel of Google’s signature products like Search, Gmail, Maps, etc.  I’m still … Continue reading →

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Social Media Continue to Power Protests Around the World

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

It’s clear by now that social media alone did not topple Hosni Mubarak in Egypt or Zine al Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, but they played an important role in mobilizing support and spreading the word to others that they, … Continue reading →

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Is Internet Access a Human Right? Reflections in the Wake of the Egyptian Protests

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

Is access to the Internet a universal human right that should be recognized by the United Nations?  This question, buzzing around the world this week, is certainly one that I hadn’t thought of at length until now, so I posed it to … Continue reading →

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