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Boston-area students gathered in front of the State House in downtown Boston on Friday, April 11, to demonstrate in support of a social issue that directly affects very few of them—prison reform. This rally, which was organized and advertised almost entirely through Facebook, brought students from various schools and backgrounds together in pursuit of a common goal: CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) reform. This was remarkable, not just in regards to the technology that enabled its success, but moreover, in the engagement of the rally’s participants. In an age stereotyped by its decreasing...
...Boca Raton, Fl., recently bought the money magazine Worth, and also owns the plastic surgery-oriented magazine NewBeauty. Sandow Media’s current publications target wealthy readers—the same audience sought out by 02138. 02138 captured headlines last year for its coverage of the Facebook-ConnectU lawsuit. The magazine published in its November/December 2007 issue an article, “Poking Facebook,” about the controversial creation of the networking Web site. 02138 also posted Zuckerberg’s Harvard College application, his personal diary, and an e-mail he wrote to the College?...
...keep alive the memory of endless idyllic hours of vacation, socialization, and relaxation—in other words, Spring Break ‘08, WHOO! Our tans have already faded, and we’ve already forgotten most of the inside jokes that inspired the captions in our facebook albums. But one phenomenon that frequently characterizes both European tourism and island vacations seems to have followed us back to Cambridge—or rather, our adventures abroad have alerted us to a reality that always existed at home. The overpriced foreign restaurants that frequently lure hungry, naive, unsuspecting tourists have...
...with the extra resources from News Corp. Yahoo will likely enjoy a higher purchase price, which will satisfy its investors. Plus, Microsoft can then integrate Yahoo search and content into News Corp.'s MySpace (which lacks a built-in Internet search feature), making it a more serious threat to Facebook...
Facebook.com founder Mark E. Zuckerberg will soon shake a lawsuit that has dogged his multi-billion dolllar social networking site since its inception in a Kirkland House dorm room, according to the New York Times. The Times reported yesterday that Facebook and ConnectU—a similar site launched by three Harvard graduates who allege that Zuckerberg stole the concept after working for them—will soon settle their competing law suits. Neither Facebook, ConnectU, nor Facebook’s attorneys returned requests for comment yesterday. A lawyer representing ConnectU declined to comment. According to the Times...