Posts Tagged ‘Social media’
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A historian, a librarian and a snowman walked into a bar. What? You have heard this one already? Recently, the American Historical Association (AHA) held its annual conference in Denver, Colorado. The conference started on a Thursday, just like the snow and freezing temperatures. The attendees were from all around the world and not all…
Read MoreThe Oxymoron of Fake News
Much focus is on the validity of news these days and even more questions as to why it’s so prevalent. This interesting information came to us from Information Today Europe in their article, “Fake news – the awful truth.” There are several reasons why people produce fake news stories or entirely fake news sites. Follow…
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Think about the many ways in which we can search the web. First, there are various browsers to choose from: Chrome, FireFox, or Internet Explorer, for example. Then, you have search engine such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Then, after you choose those, you can search using Booleans or keywords. The rise in social media,…
Read MoreConvenience is Strategy
Recently Facebook announced it was integrating food delivery in its app, allowing users to order delivery without actually logging out of Facebook. On the footsteps of that announcement, Google followed suit with an update that allows users to order food delivery directly through Google Maps. This interesting information came to us from CNBC in their article,…
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DATAVERSITY is launching a new conference dedicated to Graph Databases and Technologies. Graphorum will be held in Redwood City, California on January 30 – February 1, 2017. This event will be co-located with the Smart Data Conference. Graph technology is the the very popular analytic solution in visualizing relationships that matter. Graphorum is designed to accommodate…
Read MoreThe Power of Pokemon Go
It has been years since I played a video game, unless you count Trivia Crack or Words With Friends on my smart phone. So when I first heard about the release of Pokemon Go, it went right on by as information I did not need to retain. Then my friends start posting photos of where…
Read MorePutting the Social Back Into Social Media
It is a move that will make personal social media users happy and create angst for the businesses and non-profits that use social media to engage with their customers and constituents. Facebook has announced it is prioritizing content from friends and family. Inquisitor brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Facebook To Become More Social…
Read MoreAI Working With Social Media
I am not sure this qualifies as a huge accomplishment in the world of science and technology, but thanks to a new app called Dango, machines are starting to get pretty good at memeing. Motherboard brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “AI Is Learning to Meme.” Teaching machines how to naturally communicate with…
Read MoreLearning Opportunities from AAP
There are several webinars and educational opportunities in the works over the next couple weeks with enough variety to find something of interest to you. The Publishing & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) will be featuring guest speaker Cassidy Sugimoto from Indiana University Bloomington to talk about altmetrics in a webinar being offered…
Read MoreSocial Content Going Live
The trend seems to be all about live content. After year’s of YouTube pushing old and older content, Twitter’s Periscope live-streaming app got the attention of users ranging from celebrities to churches to social activists and more. Now Mark Zuckerberg wants his share of the pie. The Motley Fool brought this interesting information to our attention in…
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