Most of us know the warm glow of receiving kind wishes and funny GIFs on our Facebook wall when the friendly, blue giant has kindly reminded our friends of our birthday; most of us have read articles warning us of the dangers of addiction to social media networks and have nodded, but done little more … Continue reading
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“There aren’t more women in tech because there aren’t more women in tech.” The Importance of Being Influenced.
While scrolling down my Twitter feed (it’s not dead yet) I saw the familiar face of friend and colleague, Mary, (aka @LittleMissMBA) drawing attention to the welcome increase in the number of women in tech companies. Mary was retweeting Yana Welinder and the tweet reminded me of an interesting study by University of Texas sociologist Catherine … Continue reading
Turning Surveillance on its Head
It’s hard to do anything these days without someone noticing. Between revelations by the now infamous Edward Snowden that the US government is monitoring metadata from a plethora of communication technologies, and evolving social norms that are increasingly accepting of making private information public, it’s becoming clear that our lives are on display. We’re seeing an … Continue reading
Research In Motion, very Limited
BlackBerry Points to Equipment Failure By IAN AUSTEN Published: October 11, 2011, New York Times OTTAWA — The maker of the BlackBerry said on Tuesday that the failure of a critical piece of equipment and a backup system had left BlackBerry users in several parts of the world without instant messaging service or reliable Web … Continue reading
