Berto Jongman: 57% Value Alternative Media — But We Are Still Manufacturing Consent — and Alternative Media Including Facebook is Retarded…

US Citizens Fed Up With Mainstream Media Lies About Iraq, Iran People in the United States are fed up with mainstream media coverage of events in Iraq and Iran, CODEPINK activist organization national coordinator Alli McCracken, told Sputnik on Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik), Alexander Mosesov — McCracken’s comments come following the release of an ICM Research poll conducted exclusively …

Sepp Hasslberger: Social Network Federation Instead of Decentralization — Body Blow to Twitter and Facebook?

Las Indias about changing the way social networks are configured … to get more meaningful relations and conversations – will it work? GNU social: Federation against the social model of Twitter “Federation issues” may look like a “bug”, but they are really the result of an agreement, an implicit contract: to be part of a …

Robert Steele: PBI at Twitter & Facebook, Robert at Twitter & LinkedIn

Phi Beta Iota is under a new management team and going to another level, at the same time that Earth Intelligence Network is revitalizing and I will be spending  time with a team recreating the very popular weekly global threat, policy, and demographic report. A sample from the past is below. PDBweekly20070716 Phi Beta Iota …

Jean Lievens: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon: where do the big four go from here?

Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon: where do the big four go from here? Jamie Carter TechRadar, 22 June 2014 Search engines, social media and text messages are history. The major ‘walled gardens’ of the the internet are developing fast, but all of the big four are betting on various visions of the future. Will the …

Jean Lievens: NextCity – Building the Facebook of Neighborhoods

Building the Facebook of Neighborhoods By Nancy Scola | Next City   |   April 2, 2014 The site co-founded by Leary is a simple enough idea. We’ve become acclimated to using Facebook to connect with friends and family. LinkedIn for work. Twitter for our interests. Yet in 2014 there is no go-to online social …