Social Web Facebook's identity problem: Teens hate a permanent record Facebook’s need to deliver detailed marketable profiles clashes with the teen’s freedom to change their minds – and identities – with just a couple of clicks
Social Web Snapchat flaw means expired photos don't 'disappear forever' Millions of fools and their false anonymity were easily parted
Social Web One-third of Canadians don’t go a day without checking social media: survey ‘We’ve moved from the stage where it was something that the early adopters did and then the hipsters did and then the kids did’
Social Web Virgin America’s in-flight flirting app doesn’t sound creepy at all Deliver a drink or a treat to a fellow passenger, and then follow up with an invitation to chat? What could go wrong at 35,000 feet?
Social Web Can we trust Twitter? The world’s leading news organizations and Twitter’s 200 million users have developed a symbiotic, if sometimes troublesome, relationship
Sep 27, 2012 Facebook nudges users give their gifts via social network Network trial seeks to unlock social commerce revenues by integrating purchasing into key Facebook features http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/digital-culture/social-web/facebook-nudges-users-give-their-gifts-via-social-network/article4573008/
Sep 25, 2012 Privacy flap shows Facebook’s users are also its biggest weakness Whether those Timeline messages appearing on users’ Walls are private or not, the fact the social network is reacting so strongly is a danger sign http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/digital-culture/social-web/privacy-flap-shows-facebooks-users-are-also-its-biggest-weakness/article4567358/
Sep 18, 2012 Who’s the one world leader PM Harper follows on Twitter? Of the 12,000 people he follows, only one of them is another world leader http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/whos-the-one-world-leader-pm-harper-follows-on-twitter/article4550877/
Aug 20, 2012 Annoying Facebook updates: Is the ‘underbrag’ the worst of them all? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/annoying-facebook-updates-is-the-underbrag-the-worst-of-them-all/article4489966/
Aug 09, 2012 Mommy bloggers are gaining clout – and retailers are taking notice Companies and politicians alike are paying attention because women dominate both social media and household spending http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/mommy-bloggers-are-gaining-clout-and-retailers-are-taking-notice/article4472076/