Squeak of the Week

Entries from April 2011

The Problem of Sock Puppets

April 29th, 2011 · No Comments

Earlier this month, when a user on the website Metafilter started a thread critiquing Dilbert creator Scott Adams, a newly registered and anonymous user came to his defense. Turns out that the user, who went by the handle, "PlannedChaos", was…

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8in8′s Nighty Night

April 29th, 2011 · No Comments

8in8 – Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, and Damian Kulash (OKGo) – produced 8 songs in 8 hours. Buy the album for just $1 from BandCamp!

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Social Media: A New Jury Selection Tool

April 28th, 2011 · No Comments

Facebook, Twitter, and other services have become a major resource for both prosecutors and defense attorneys, letting them glean more insight than they can get from jury questionnaires.

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LivingSocial Buyers Richer, Smarter Than Groupon’s, Study Says

April 28th, 2011 · No Comments

Two-thirds of both sites' users are women.

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News Corp. taking bids for MySpace

April 28th, 2011 · No Comments

The $100 million asking price is roughly a sixth of the $580 million Rupert Murdoch's News Corp originally paid for the social network.

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