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By Mattathias Schwartz One afternoon in the spring of 2006, for reasons unknown to those who knew him, Mitchell Henderson, a seventh grader from Rochester, Minnesota, took a .22-caliber rifle down from a shelf in his parents' bedroom closet and shot himself in the head. The next morning, Mitchell's school assembled in the gym to begin mourning. His classmates created a virtual memorial on MySpace and garlanded it with remembrances. One wrote that Mitchell was a "hero to take that shot, to...
SRI International today announced that its social network analytics technology, iLink, has been integrated into three online military communities. iLink improves the way military users share critical information across a wide variety of domains -- from battlefield problem solving, to ongoing professional development, to supporting military families. The military is currently evaluating iLink for a number of additional online communities. The technology is commercially available. "iLink...
TOKYO _ Internet bulletin boards and Web sites in which moderators check all postings in advance are proving highly popular among women. Many sites have appeared that primarily target women while functioning as online counseling services or chat communities. Why are these types of online communities attractive to many women? Many such sites employ membership systems or other prior checks among the procedures to restrict general access. For example, Women's Park, operated by Benesse Corp.,...
Text of report by Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post website on 30 June [Report by Fox Yi Hu: "Censors Stalking Macau's Net Users"; headline as provided by source] People see the hand of "Big Brother" behind interference in Macau's internet forums, especially concerning politically sensitive matters. Some forums have been shut down, one person was arrested for encouraging people to disrupt the Olympic torch relay, hackers tried to destroy all of one forum's data, and firewalls...
CrowdGather, Inc. (OTCBB: CRWG) today announced that Heather Schlegel has joined the company as Director of Community Evangelism. Schlegel will assume responsibility for the CrowdGather user experience, as well as the coordination of member and moderation services across the entire network. Heather Schlegel is an innovative Internet start-up veteran with more than 12 years of experience, contributing to more than 50 successful technology product launches. Schlegel worked for AOL as the...
NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community with over four million active members, will be broadcasting live from the Personal Democracy Forum, held today and tomorrow at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz, at Lincoln Center in New York. Personal Democracy Forum 2008 is the premier gathering place for the growing community of people who understand the ways that technology and the internet are changing the face of politics. Slated...
