Category Archives: Media

Facebook Challenges Past Relationship Configurations (Part II)

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Alan Shazan

Should students and their teachers become Facebook friends? This is an interesting issue which brings to question many assumptions about the role that teachers play in the lives of their students, which is worth exploring. Not so long ago teachers … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks Annoys White House with Release of Sensitive Documents

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Alan Shazan

The White House is one of many government bodies decidedly not pleased with the goals of the new WikiLeaks Website. Although so far the revelations of the documents seem to be far from the classified variety, nevertheless the White house … Continue reading →

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The ‘Queen of the Net’ Moves to Silicon Valley

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Alan Shazan

Mary Meeker is moving from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, to partner with Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. The venture-capital firm was one of the major supporters of the early wave of internet companies like Netscape, Amazon, and, later, Google. … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray Beginning to Break Into the Movie Market

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Alan Shazan

Blu-ray has already been on the market for five years, but there are only 3,000 Blu-ray titles available for consumers to purchase. This is compared with the light-speed rise of DVDs, which had over 20,000 titles available after the DVD … Continue reading →

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