Headlines for April 2nd, 2009

[modern media mom] — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:02:53 +0000

For teens, a friend online is usually a friend offline, too – "For 44%, using social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook had no effect on their relationship with their friends; 43% said it made them closer."
Avoid April Foolishness: Check That Web Address – A good lesson for anyone online: look before you share links.
April Fools: YouTube Flails, Amazon Cloud Computing In A Blimp, 3D Chrome Browsing, Google Masters A.I. – Did you catch all of these April Fools pranks?
West Virginia introduces anti-bullying bill – The premise is good intentions, but there is a lot of room for interpretation. Who will judge what is really harassment? Will you define it the same way that I do?
Cable Mulls Its Future in an Era of Wireless, Free Content – How is wireless affecting the cable industry? Will it be irrelevant one day? Or will it bring the next big thing?

Headlines for February 18th, 2009

[modern media mom] — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:08:38 +0000

It’s Time for Pirate Bay to Walk the Plank – Owners of a piracy site are on trial in Sweden.
Top 9 Dirty Tricks Scammers Use – Be careful and beware of scammers.
Verizon’s P*rn Ban And 3 Other Terms Of Service To Actually Freak Out About – Okay- the p*rn ban is completely fine with me; But check out some of these other Terms of Service you probably didn't know about.
White House launches Recovery.gov –
Facebook Yields to User Outrage: Reverts to Old TOS – For now, anyway…
Why Social Media is Killing (Bad) TV News – Suggestions for Cable TV news