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June 15, 2011
New Online Sales Site Demands Transparency from Users
A new marketplace website hit the web today with a new concept: complete transparency. According to Mashable, through the Copious site, buyers and sellers must disclose their true identity when trading items online.
Copious, which will compete with eBay, Craiglist and Etsy in the saturated online marketplace arena, requires its buyers and sellers to connect their accounts to Facebook and be transparent in their onsite actions — purchases, shares and comments on for-sale items included.
The site eradicates anonymity from its ecommerce experience. Here, privacy is replaced with trust and transparency, or so the startup contends.
“Building around real identity means no more anonymous transactions between aliases, no more sifting through reviews from equally anonymous third-parties, and no more recommendations based solely on what you’ve bought in the past,” says Copious co-founder and COO Jonathan Ehrlich. Read more
May 27, 2011
Students on the Road to Success through Social Media and Gaming
The next generation of students is turning to social media and online gaming to learn the in’s and out’s of success in the collegiate world, reports Mashable.
Social media and online games have the potential to convey 21st century skills that aren’t necessarily part of school curricula — things like time management, leadership, teamwork and creative problem solving that will prepare teens for success in college and beyond. Making the transition between a highly structured environment in high school to a self-driven, unstructured environment in college can prove a huge challenge for many kids.
Educators spend a lot of time thinking about how to fix this problem. The solution doesn’t lie solely with games, but a lot of the psychology that motivates teens to play games holds potential. We need to figure out how to tap in. Read more
May 19, 2011
New Twitter App Indicates Your Social Media Influence
Mashable, an online social and digital media source, has picked up a story regarding a new way to track a person’s Twitter influence very easily and effectively. The app allows Twitter users to view any other user’s influence and how it in turn influences others.
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May 17, 2011
New Social Networking Sites Provide Greater Privacy
There are a bevy of new social networking sites designed with the intent of mimicking real life relationships. The New York Times discusses the growing number of websites created with the sheer purpose of reaching specific friend circles more directly, without resorting to mega networking giants Facebook or Twitter.
There are times when you just have to tell your friends about something — but not necessarily your Facebook friends.
Just ask Becca Akroyd. When Ms. Akroyd, a 29-year-old lawyer in Sacramento, Calif., wanted to share a picture of her new vegetable garden, she didn’t turn to Facebook. Instead she posted it on Path, a service that lets people share pictures, videos and messages with a small group. Read more