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Google Moves Ahead With Policy Change Despite Privacy Concerns
As Google continues to move ahead with their plans to change their privacy policy more concerns have been raised, this time from members of congress and European data-protection authorities. Google new privacy policy is set
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Will Online Education Outgrow Traditional Education?
With the advent of the internet, a new medium for education has gained momentum. Throughout the 1990’s online education has evolved from basic computer-based learning programs to a custom education medium accepted worldwide. As
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Obama Uses Google Plus To Expand Social Media Presence
Doing slightly better with social media than McDonalds, tonight President Obama logged on to Google Plus to answer questions in an effort to expand the White House presence on social media networks. The event was
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33% of Small Business Turning to Viral Marketing
A new survey conducted by Staples has found that one third of small businesses are moving away from traditional advertising in place of viral and word of mouth marketing. The study asked the opinions
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Facebook Sues Marketing Firm
Facebook has taken legal action against marketing firm Adscend Media for allegedly conducting a form of spam known as clickjacking, which creates ‘likes’ on users pages without their permission. The social media giant claims that
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“95% of marketing efforts are flawed”
Speaking at the International School of Business and Media (ISB&M) in Pune, consumer behaviour expert Neale Martin has claimed that 95% of marketing efforts are flawed. “One should become a customer’s habit, and not
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Infographic: Still More Advantages of Youth
Social media and networking no longer needs validation by the business community, adapting the skills and tools of the digital realm are a foregone conclusion now. Interestingly though, while many a decision maker has
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“Citizen Travel Agencies” Take Off Today: Argo Travel Albania
Introducing a land that few tourists will know, yet many will enjoy. Argophilia Travel beckons travelers to come and explore a world of ancient civilizations, distant legends and awe-inspiring natural beauty. An untouched paradise
Read More »John Carlton Live & Interactive
by Mick Meaney
Legendary advertising copywriter and marketing mentor John Carlton is going to be on the TMN Network, tomorrow (Tuesday 04-12) at 5pm Eastern / 2 pm Pacific on Kevin Rogers and
Russian security forces shoot 3 suspects dead
Agence France-Presse Russian security forces yesterday shot dead three people suspected of organizing the suicide bombings in the Moscow metro. Security forces attempted to detain the three, but killed them after they fired back.
Read More »Organised crime fears cause ban on 500 euro note sales
By Dominic Casciani Exchange offices in the UK have stopped selling 500 euro banknotes because of their use by money launderers. The Serious Organised Crime Agency says 90% of the notes sold in the
Read More »Libya air crash inquiry under way
Aviation officials in Libya are investigating the plane crash that killed 103 people at Tripoli airport. The flight recorders have been recovered and handed over to analysts for clues on what brought down the
Read More »The Federal Reserve Would Be Shut Down If It Was Audited
The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is so out of whack that the central bank would be shut down if subjected to a conventional audit, Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, told CNBC.
Read More »US accused of violating its amnesty in Iraq
US-allied anti-Qaeda militia leader says his arrest violates amnesty deal with Americans. BALAD, Iraq – A senior anti-Qaeda militia leader allied with American forces said on Monday that his arrest was a violation of
Read More »Surveillance Society
Chris Grayling, the Shadow Home Secretary, writes: Good Government is about achieving a sensible balance. We need to protect our society against those who would destroy it. But if we throw away the founding
Read More »Soldier suicides up to 56 in 2009
As many as 13 soldiers are believed to have killed themselves in March, bringing the number of reported soldier suicides this year to 56, officials announced April 10. None of the March cases under
Read More »Councils’ surveillance powers under review
By Sarah Bunney | A MOVE to review councils’ use of anti-terror laws to spy on the public has been welcomed by campaigners and politicians who fear we increasingly live in a Big Brother-style
Read More »Council uses anti-terror powers to spy on residents
By Thais Portilho-Shrimpton | Anti-terror powers are being invoked by Epsom council to spy on its residents over minor breaches of the law, it has emerged. Epsom and Ewell Council has ordered surveillance designed
Read More »FBI Declines 2 Of 3 Information Requests
A private study said the FBI tells two out of every three Freedom of Information Act requesters that it can’t find the records they requested. The study by the National Security Archive, a
Read More »Iraq ‘shoe-thrower’ sentenced
An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush, then US president, has been given a three-year jail sentence after pleading not guilty to assaulting a foreign head of state.The sentencing of Muntadher al-Zaidi,
Read More »More than 1,000 UK police have criminal records
More than 1,000 serving police officers in Britain have criminal records, figures obtained under freedom of information laws showed on Wednesday. Convictions of the 1,063 officers include 77 for violence, 36 for theft and
Read More »Iran lacks nuclear bomb fuel: US officials
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Iran has yet to decide whether to build a nuclear bomb and currently lacks the weapons-grade highly enriched uranium needed to do so, top US intelligence officials told lawmakers on Tuesday. But
Read More »The Bottomless Bailout
By Ralph Nader | Does anybody in the federal government know or could know “who, what, where and when” of the massive, complex, vertical, horizontal, global collapse of Wall Street and its planetary tentacles
Read More »Top US cybersecurity official quits over NSA dominance
AFP | A top US cybersecurity official has quit, complaining in a resignation letter obtained by Wired magazine that US cyber protection efforts are being dominated by the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA). The
Read More »Why Did So Few Americans Give a Damn?
By William Pfaff | The documents currently being released by the Justice Department that demonstrate the Bush administration’s view of the president’s constitutional power in a “state of war” tell us things we suspected but
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