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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Betabeat: As Banks Start Nosing Around Facebook and Twitter, the Wrong Friends Might Sink Your Credit
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Betabeat: As Banks Start Nosing Around Facebook and Twitter, the Wrong Friends Might Sink Your Credit
From the article: “A new wave of startups is working on algorithms gathering data for banks from the web of associations on the internet known as “the social graph,” in which people are “nodes” connected to each other by “edges.” Banks are already using social media to befriend their customers, and increasingly, their customers’ friends. The specifics are still shaking out, but the gist is that eventually, social media will account for at least the tippy-top of the mountain of data banks keep on their customers.”
WSJ: Surveillance Company Says It Sent Fake iTunes, Flash Updates
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WSJ: Surveillance Company Says It Sent Fake iTunes, Flash Updates
From the article: “The Wall Street Journal unveiled on Saturday the “Surveillance Catalog” – an online database containing highlights from surveillance industry marketing documents. The documents show dozens of companies making and selling everything from “massive intercept” gear that can gather all Internet communications in a country to “hacking” tools that allow governments to break into people’s computers.”
AP: US Launches ‘virtual’ Embassy For Iran
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AP: US Launches ‘virtual’ Embassy For Iran
From the article: “More than three decades after the bricks-and-mortar U.S. embassy in Tehran was shuttered and diplomatic relations with Iran were severed following the Islamic revolution and hostage crisis, the Obama administration has opened a virtual embassy for Iran to encourage dialogue with the Iranian people.”
OpenCUNY.org Roundtable on Fostering Student-Based Media @ CUNY IT Conference
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12/2/11>>9:30AM-10:45AM>>John Jay College CUNY>>MORE INFO
