Economics. 12 Trends to Watch in 2010. It's the dawn of a new year. From our perch on the frontier of electronic civil liberties, EFF has collected a list of a dozen important trends in law, technology and business that we think will play a significant role in shaping online rights in 2010. In December, we'll revisit this post and see how it all worked out. 1. Attacks on Cryptography: New Avenues for Intercepting Communications In 2010, several problems with cryptography implementations should come to the fore, showing that even encrypted communications aren't as safe as users expect.
GSM, the technology that underpins most cellphone communications around the world, uses a deeply flawed security technology. SSL (in its newer versions known as TLS), the basic security technology of the world wide web, is exhibiting similarly severe flaws. Despite flaws in how SSL is used, it's still the best system for web security around, and so it also needs to become more widely deployed. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. But how far can the FCC be trusted? Twitter Isn't About What You Had For Breakfast... - Brain B.
Small Business: Three Best Ways to Use Social Media. 12 Inspiring Stories of Successful Social Networkers. David Spark (@dspark) is a veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions. He blogs at The Spark Minute and can be seen and heard on Cranky Geeks, KQED, Green 960, and ABC Radio. Growing your social network. So many are obsessed with it. It's fun to watch our numbers grow and to get all that attention. I delved into more than 80 stories of people who have effectively grown their social network either in great numbers or strategically within their industry. Let art become life Barret Swatek is the star of the online comedy series, "My Two Fans," about an average single girl who rebounds from a broken heart with the help of her two fans.
In just six weeks, Kate Maxwell/Barret Swatek has collected more than 500 followers. Seed your network For six months and with only 150 inactive members, the LinkToCharlotte LinkedIn group was languishing. Create super users Glogster is a social network where users can create interactive posters, or "glogs. " Offer advice Selective networking. Five steps to a successful corporate Twitter presence. As Twitter gathers pace, we are seeing more use of the micro-blogging community by companies and brands. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but like blogging that went before they will come unstuck if they don't take the time to understand the platform before just wading in. First let me state my opinion about companies and brands using Twitter - or any social media for that matter.
The “screen name” you use says a lot. On Twitter I see an increasing number of accounts that are identifiable only as a company or brand name, rather than an individual. Personally, I'm not a fan of this. My logic goes something like this: For me, social media is about human interaction.People are human. I accept that this is a personal point of view.