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With the lightening quick speed at which technology is impacting various industries and the way we do business, it was only a matter of time before it began seriously impacting the workplace- and employees’ expectations. A recent Cisco study revealed that college students and young professionals expect to have workplace access to social media and…
Celebrities are public figures. And they dominate social media platforms- from Brittany Spears to Ashton Kutcher to Kim Kardashian. If you use social media, chances are you’ve heard about one of their online profiles. They are subject to many adoring fans and the harsh criticisms of an unforgiving online space. In response to the very…
Social networks and privacy debates are not strangers. Many have been debating factors for years. One area that has pretty much been deemed understood was children under the age of 13. Due to federal regulations dating back to 1998, social networks do not permit children under the age of 13 to sign up, with few…
In 1998, Congress enacted the Children’s Privacy Protection Act, limiting the ability of websites to collect personal information on children younger than 13 without parental consent. Hence, why you can only sign up for a social networking account if you’re older than 13 now and must verify your age for online forms. However, over the…
Recently, YouTube has allowed users to share in the profits from ad revenues on their pages, encouraging higher quality content. YouTube monitors its site for videos that quickly go viral, and if they do, they then reach out to the content uploader with an invitation to “Enable Revenue Sharing” on that video. It goes…
Companies will make poor decisions, and CEO’s are there to guide companies through those mistakes. We associate a brand with the actions, and failures, of their CEO. Last week, we debated the latest in the Netflix saga. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced the elimination of Qwikster. After numerous weeks dealing with frustrated consumers over price…