Social Media, Connectivity & Communications

In the Internet world, hope is not just a strategy, it’s a business plan.

Some rural communities are moving faster than larger suburbs in trying to plan and build new network infrastructure. It’s a matter of economic survival.

Players hope to connect their separate domains to form a 3-D Internet.

Congress enacted the immunity safe harbor contained in the CDA so as not to stifle Internet commerce by making interactive computer service providers immune from liability when it comes to the content of others. It is one thing to hold a service provider liable when it truly helps create and develop offending content that is subject to a legal complaint.

But where does one draw the line?

There is no mandate in the U.S. governing e-mail forwarding, and industry officials say imposing one would be costly and unnecessary.

Digg lets users vote on what its community should be reading.

I set my laptop next to the car and forgot it was there. When I backed up, I felt a little bump and thought “Hmmm, what was that?”

With Enemybook, a new program that runs on the social networking site Facebook, you can connect to people you loathe, display their photos and evil deeds and give them the virtual finger.

The Better Business Bureau’s http://spokane.bbb.org/ Jan Quintrall says it shows ID thieves love operating in our well-known and rural communities.

Verizon just sent out a letter, telling customers it plans to start sharing some of their personal information. Unless, they call within the next 30 days and tell Verizon not to.