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The immediacy of social media helped spread the news about bin Laden
The media and public alike are still coming to terms with Monday’s announcement that Osama bin Laden – the world’s most-wanted man, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York – has been killed in Pakistan by US commandos.
Is Google taking on Facebook in a battle for Social Media supremacy?
There have been whispers about Google creating its own social network for some time now, and while the company insists that its focus is more on social search options, the similarity between its latest tool – the ‘+1’ button – and Facebook’s ‘like’ option are fuelling more speculation.
Bridging the digital divide… Social Media: A Voice for the Voiceless
According to a research report on bridging the digital divide conducted by the Inspire Foundation, Indigenous Australians ‘remain much less likely to have access to the Internet than their non-indigenous peers’, which means that the all-important forum of social media is also out of reach.
Our thoughts are with the people of Christchurch.
Tuesday’s earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, continues to dominate the news. Although the loss of life pales in comparison with the estimated 316,000 people who died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, for Australians, with our close ties to and friendly rivalry with those ‘across the ditch’, there is an immediacy to the NZ tragedy.
iBelieve
Organised religion has long struggled with the fact that rolling with the times is the only way to stay afloat, but when you’re trying to get ancient lessons across to a Gen Y audience, how do you bridge the divide?