How the Internet is Ruining (or at least changing) Your Brain

Our friend Ed Stetzer recently listed and discussed a number of benefits and precautions the utilization of technology affords us today.

Many people are turned off by the topic of networking. They think it feels slimy, inauthentic. Go figure.

Facebook app lets you designate a final message (or series of messages) that can be posted after you die to make sure your profile wall doesn’t end with regrettable “last words.”

From MSNBC: A poll by the Society for Human Resource Management to be released later this week found that “39 percent of surveyed employers monitor the social media activities of employees while they are using company-owned computers or handheld devices,” said Jennifer Hughes, a spokeswoman for the group. And, she added, “40 percent of organizations …

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Michael Hyatt offers 12 ways to get more Twitter followers:

Michael Hyatt, Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Books, offers strategies and insight into the use of Social Media.

Socialnomics reports on the restrictions being placed on Olympic athletes in the upcoming games in London: * Any postings, blogs or tweets should be in a first-person, diary type format and should not be in the role of a journalist – i.e. they are barred from reporting on competition or comment on the activities of …

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RESTON, VA, December 21, 2011 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the report It’s a Social World: Top 10 Need-to-Knows About Social Networking and Where It’s Headed. The report analyzes the current state of social networking activity around the globe, providing key insights into how social networking …

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