How safe is your online reputation? Anyone ever posted something nasty about you on the web? Finding work, romance and friends can become a disaster if you are smeared online. In this book, you’ll see how easy it is for someone to destroy your good name and how hard it can be to get it back…
Geo-location services–mobile applications that allow users to share their physical whereabouts with their networks–are quickly gaining momentum. Checked-In gives you what you need to know to both have fun with geo-location and profit with front-runners in this race Foursquare and Gowalla…
The use of social media and political purposes isn’t entirely new. Many argue that Thomas Paine’s political tract, Common Sense, was an early example of social media in action, galvanizing people in town halls and taverns. Today, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms…