New reports have suggested that at least 25% of all young people have become bored with the superficial nature of social media sites, while one third appear to be more enthusiastic than ever. Nevertheless, a huge key demographic of Twitter, YouTube and Facebook users are logging onto the sites less and less, according to the [...]
While most people would likely have a good guess or two as to who would currently be the most popular person on new social networking service Google+, few would have likely thought it to be the founder of their biggest competition. Nevertheless, such is exactly the case, as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg currently takes the [...]
With Apple preparing to integrate social networking into its new iOS mobile operating platform, it is looking increasingly likely that something of a Twitter Vs Facebook showdown may be on the cards. One of the key aspects of the new software brought to light at last weeks WWDC in San Francisco was integrated Twitter support, [...]
Facebook informed its application developers Monday about the possible leakage of private information on the site caused by some of its applications. The warning was made in light of the widespread rumors that many Facebook applications are sharing private information about users without their consent. Facebook engineer Mike Vernal blogged that media stories of the [...]
Some iphone users have started lamenting over the new Facebook update on their phones. It seems it is grabbing the contact book and uploading the information online, whether you allow it to or not. Discover more on this situation in this short article about the Facebook iphone debacle. One iphone user named Paul has been [...]
Apple has upgraded its misc jukebox, on this Wednesday Apple announced iTunes 10 major improvement to its media management software and music jukebox. Basically, this upgraded iTunes 10 is aimed to be a social networking element with the purpose to aid helpers discovering new music genre. The Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs elaborated the functioning of [...]
Many questions have been raised about the Filipino authorities regarding the controlling of situation of hostage crisis. Recently eight Hong Kong tourists have been put to death in Manila which has spawned a wave of grief and rage among the aborigines of Hong Kong. While giving briefing to the press conference on Tuesday the Chief [...]
Three Colombian teenage boys were shot dead after being threatened to leave a Colombian town of Puerto Asis. The recent killings of Colombian teenage boys had shaken the south-western town of Colombia. The most stunning episode of the killings had been related to facebook. The names of all the three killed were on the facebook [...]
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All that talk of UFC not “getting” the Internet? Yeah, it’s time to put that idea to rest. The company’s longtime TV partner, SpikeTV, launched ultimatefighter.com earlier today, a place where mixed martial arts fans can watch the entire Ultimate Fighter library online. For free. Let that sink in—still think Dana White hates the Internet? In addition to serving up all 231 fights in the show’s history, fans can also interact with each other on social networking services like Twitter and Facebook . Not a bad job, really. The site mirrors MTV Networks other “verticals,” like those associated with The Colbert Report and The Daily Show . Full episodes can be streamed, or fight fans can pick out individual fights from the 11-season library. Perhaps you fancy seeing Kimbo Slice’s first fight again? Or maybe you’re a newcomer to the sport, and want to see how Forrest Griffin made his name? It’s all there for you, free of charge. Oh, and the videos are fully embeddable. Handy. The site serves advertisements à la Hulu , so be prepared for the occasional U.S. Marines commercial. Gotta pay the bills somehow, folks. Web sites don’t build themselves. One thing to note: season 11, which begins next week on SpikeTV, won’t be available on the Web site for a little while. The current rough plan is to make the episodes available after the season’s conclusion, to sorta bridge the gap between season 11 and 12. In the meantime, though, fans can check out the Web site after every new episode that airs on TV to watch exclusive coverage of said episode. Terribly constructed sentence, yes. You know, things like post-show analysis (Dana White chips in after the first episode), unseen footage, etc. And not just “meh, lame” bonus footage, either. We’re talking full fights that, for whatever reason (time constraints, I’d imagine) never made SpikeTV in their entirety. Twitter, darling of the Internet, has been integrated into the site pretty visibly. On the right-hand side is a small box that monitors UFC-related hash tags, including #UFC, #TUF, #DanaWhite, etc. This might not seem to exciting on a random Thursday afternoon, but during UFC events—pay-per-views, The Ultimate Fighter, SpikeTV Fight Nights, and so on—the trash talking should really fly. Just as easily accessible is the show’s Facebook page, where you can view photos and post comments about, I don’t know, how amazing GSP is, or whether or not you think Frank Mir is a jerk. (He is, but he’s the greatest jerk in history.) The very idea of UFC giving away fights is pretty much unthinkable, when you consider that three-quarters of the company’s revenue comes from pay-per-view buys. In the kick-off meeting this morning, SpikeTV explained that it took “many meetings” to convince UFC brass to go along with the idea of putting fights—any fights!—online for free. We all know that UFC actively pursues people who go offer illegal streams of their events—the company just recently sued the owners of two Web sites that were offering illegal UFC 111 streams —so finally making at least some of its content available online is a move that should be applauded. Remember, this is a company that lived and died (well, mostly lived these days!) on its pay-per-view buys, so giving away fights for free may felt a little strange at first for Dana White & Co. And now we wait for Frank Mir to choke out Shane Carwin, setting up Lesnar v. Mir II. That has pay-per-view buys written all over it.
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Pretty much spot-on, this . There’s an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that argues that Americans should badger Congress and the president, asking them to hold off on doling out stimulus dollars to electronic medical record systems that don’t have appropriate privacy safeguards in place. As it stands, electronic medial records aren’t exactly sealed—insurance companies can peek at them, as can pharmaceutical companies. So, let’s instead focus on creating an electronic medical record system that’s as foolproof as possible. Slight issue: when is your data, medical or otherwise, ever truly secure? Before I get into this, let the record show that I’m pretty much in full agreement with the op-ed, which was written by a psychiatrist. Thirty-five years on the job gives her a pretty strong leg to stand on. The main argument is that today’s electronic medial records, as set by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act , are as porous as something porous . High-minded, yes. Not every Joe can see what medicine you’re taking, but in some cases your employer can, or your insurance company can. “What? Johnson’s on Prozac? Keep an eye on him, Mack.” “Will do, boss.” Granted, that’s a Doomsday scenario, but it’s certainly something that can happen given the nature of electronic medical records. So that’s that part of the equation, that electronic medial records as we have them today aren’t fully respectful of the privacy that every patient expects. Here’s the thing, and again I say that I agree with the op-ed: your data is never safe, anywhere. Electronic medical records falling in the hands of, well, anyone other than you and your doctor, is simply par for the course. How many times do we hear of big box merchants losing credit card records? How many times do we hear stories of dumb kids putting comprising photos of themselves on Facebook , then their schools or employers find out? For that matter, how many Facebook accounts have been hacked in recent months? (Ever get a Facebook message from a “friend” saying that he’s stranded in London and needs $2,000 as soon as possible?) How many e-mail and bank accounts are phished every day, creating a complete nightmare for the victim? It’s sorta the nature of electronic data as a thing , that makes it easier for it to fall into the wrong hands. It’s pretty much impossible for The Man to get a hold of your medical records when they’re physically in a safe at your doctor’s office. Unless the insurance company, or your icky boss, Metal Gear Solid s his way into the office, you can pretty much assume that no one untoward is going to see said records. That’s not the case when these records are a mere few keystrokes away from anyone on the planet. Of course, the benefits of electronic medical records are manifest: your primary care physician can zip them on over to the specialist you’re going to see later today in no time at all. Storage costs go way down: how much does it cost to store reams of paper versus a couple of files on a hard drive? I should probbly mention that I haven’t been to a doctor in years, so they might be using robots and dark matter to look at patients these days for all I know. So yeah, it’s tricky. Electronic medical records, by their very nature, as far more easily accessible than paper-based ones. We need to ensure that the proper safeguards are in place before embracing them full steam ahead, while keeping in mind all of the advantages of an electronic system.
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