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  1. COLORS: Keeping Print Media Alive by Going Online December 13, 2009

    “Colors is a magazine about the rest of the world and Colorslab allows us to turn it into a magazine by the rest of the world.”

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  2. On the World's Most Public Construction Site: The World Trade Center Towers and New Media December 13, 2009

    “When you think of the World Trace Center towers, what do you think of?”  Jeff Deitrich works in acquisitions at Silverstein Properties, the high-profile real estate development firm of the highly controversial billionaire Larry Silverstein. A few months before the terrorist attacks of 9/11 destroyed the site, Silverstein won a bid from the Port Authority [...]

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  3. Twitter Tapping (NY Times) December 13, 2009

    Interesting… see: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/opinion/13sun2.html?_r=1

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  4. Graduate Association Employs New Social Media Technologies to Broadcast Message, Raise Funds December 13, 2009

    The Association of Graduates for the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York is a non-profit organization that has recently forayed into new social media platforms in an effort to increase its global outreach and fund-raising opportunities.

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  5. Twitter! So Far So Good December 12, 2009

    The world-renowned new media service products from the U.S have been battling it out in Korea. In fact, Second Life, a free 3D virtual world developed by Linden Lab where users can socialize and connect through the Internet, was withdrawn from Korea market; Barunson Games, which has been in charge of serving Second Life in [...]

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  6. Chinese Peasants’ Version of Facebook December 11, 2009

    With the help of the Internet technology, person-to-person (P2P) microfinance is changing the way that people connect cross the borders. “WOKAI” is a non-profit organization founded in 2007, with the mission of lifting rural Chinese residents out of poverty by means of online microfinance. Inherited from a popular website Kiva.org, Wokai.org takes the Internet as [...]

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  7. Organizing 2.0 Conference Dec. 5th December 1, 2009

    I thought some of you might be interested in this conference I’m attending this Saturday, December 5th. Organizing 2.0  is a grassroots led conference of social justice organizers primarily from labor and the community organizing world. Participants range from those new to online organizing as well as experienced professionals. Organizing 2.0 • NYC: Training and Strategy Conference for [...]

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  8. Can a single website move you to take action? November 22, 2009

    Causecast.org is an online portal that attempts to join media, philanthropy, social networking, entertainment, and education to move people into action around various social causes. The online community connects users to other users, charities, NGOs, leaders, and brands that interest and inspire people through video, messaging, and various content sharing opportunities. The organization was founded [...]

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  9. Virtual Jihad: Iranian regime fights its citizens online November 16, 2009

    While Iran’s post-election political upheaval is taking place on the streets, the government pays special attentions to the online activities and exercises an expanded control over cyberspace.  Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA reported on Friday Nov 14, that Ismael Muqadam—the commander of the Islamic Republic security Forces—introduced a new police division for ‘exchange information space’.  [...]

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  10. The Unsustainable Networking of Guang’ai Charity School: An Epitome of Private Charities in China November 16, 2009

    One early morning last week, I was woken up by an international phone call from China – my home country. Lin Chi, a former colleague of mine, eagerly asked me as soon as he heard my voice: “Hey Manli, sorry to wake you up, but do you happen to know anyone here in Beijing who [...]

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