Acxiom Corp: Some are saying it’s the The ‘faceless organization that knows everything about you’ When you think of the surveillance state, what comes to mind is usually government agencies like the FBI, IRS, DEA, NSA, or TSA, . But there’s a company you’ve probably never heard of that “peers deeper into American life,” and […]
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7-Year-Old, Max Page who Played the Darth Vader Child in a Volkswagen Commercial that Aired During the Superbowl, Has Been Released from The Hospital Following Open Heart Surgery
http://youtu.be/m0lYcm-5sV0 Max Page underwent open-heart surgery on Thursday, he has already been up walking and flashing a smile at everyone he sees. Thank in part to his doctors at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. You may remember Max Page as the boy dressed like Darth Vader from the Volkswagen Commercials that aired during last Super Bowl half time. […]
Oprah Chats with Kim Kardashian About Her Brief Marriage
http://youtu.be/83tyBwnmyQA “This interview I’d say was another level of forthrightness and honesty,” Winfrey writes on her Facebook page.”Why did she leave after 72 days? Her answer leveled me.” Oprah Winfrey wrote of the interview and why she was doing it “I genuinely wanted to know why they have become a cultural […]
Facebook to the Rescue! How Social Media is Changing Disaster Response
Alycia Williamson-Smith and her family didn’t have anywhere else to turn. It had been days since a devastating tornado ravaged Joplin, Mo., home to her second cousin James Williamson
Malta: Referendum on Legalizing Divorce Approved by Voters
“Welcome to the 21st century!” That was how one Facebook user responded to the news that Malta, the only country in the E.U.
Bethenny Frankel: From ‘Housewives’ Star to Thriving Mogul
Vulgar, vulnerable, wise and neurotic, Bethenny Frankel, Bravo’s last-minute addition to its blockbuster series The Real Housewives of New York City, was a poor man’s Housewife from the first. Not a wife nor a homeowner , she weathered patronizing barbs from older, wealthier castmates for these and other deficiencies with a captivating mix of insouciance and insecurity.
A Brief History of Internet Spam
Spam hardly needs an introduction. Anyone with an e-mail account knows the acute frustration of being inundated with offers of pills from virtual pharmacists, financial propositions from Nigerian princes and pictures for fetish sites that really, really shouldn’t exist.
Using Twitter and Facebook to Find a Job
Brian Ward lost his job on a Friday afternoon. Eleven days later he had a new one
Gen-X: The Ignored Generation?
Jeff Gordinier is tired of being force-fed the Beatles, the Summer of Love, Facebook and Britney Spears. He says being heard over the media din about boomers and their offspring, Generation Y, or “millennials” as they’re now known, isn’t just a challenge, it’s annoying
Social Media: Facebook Cozies Up to Obama and Congress
In early March, Barack and Michelle Obama appeared in an exclusive Facebook video from the White House. The topic was bullying prevention, and it was by far the highest profile in the series of online conversations the social-media behemoth has produced with various members of Congress and federal and state officials in recent months.