December 22, 2020

NetLingo 2020 Word of the Year: Zoom

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Zoom video conferencing software usage exploded in 2020, also known as the "year of the Covid-19 pandemic." It was many people...
December 21, 2019

NetLingo 2019 Word of the Year: woke

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It's always interesting to view history in retrospect. The year of 2019 brought about massive changes and in the minds of many people, y...
November 24, 2019

About Time... Merriam-Webster adds "Brand-New" Words in 2019

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Brand new? I think not... I'm surprised the following terms were just added in 2019 to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary! According to M...
October 15, 2019

Big Box Stores = America's New Oligopoly

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And like most things that end in "opoly" it's the consumers, who pay the price. What is an oligopoly you ask? It refers to a s...
September 10, 2019

Antitrust: DOJ review targets Big Tech

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Well they're finally asking the question: Does Big Tech abuse its power? The federal government has unleashed its full investigative pow...
August 1, 2019

Our Language Is Evolving, 'Because Internet'

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What a fantastic book review, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, as seen on NPR.com ! I am super impressed with l...
July 17, 2019

Good for France for Approving Tax On Big Tech

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The recent headline "France Approves Tax On Big Tech, And U.S. Threatens To Retaliate" generated  mixed emotions until I drilled ...
June 3, 2019

From Airplane Mode to Zombieing - The New Top 50 Online Dating Terms

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Lately I've received a huge influx of online dating jargon so I just had to compile this crazy new Top 50 List of Online Dating Terms!...
May 31, 2019

Big Tech: It's Time to Break Up Facebook

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Every now and then an article in The Week comes along that feeds my passion for Internet history and ultimately shakes me to the core. And a...
April 30, 2019

YouTube's Porn & Conspiracy Problems: Fix Your Recommendation Engine

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YouTube was under fire again in early March, when a video blogger named Matt Watson detailed how pedophiles can enter a “wormhole” of YouTub...
April 16, 2019

Big Tech Scruples: Why Did Facebook Executives have to be so Ruthless?

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Facebook has weathered its share of scandals lately but this item didn't get much coverage and it really got my goat. At the end of 2018...
April 2, 2019

Hey Amazon :( If Coastal Elite Turn On You, Go Where You're Needed

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Amazon walked away from New York City due to the public outcry over the $2 billion tax incentives. Amazon, with the rest of Big Tech , is fa...
March 26, 2019

Working at Google is Not The Dream It’s Supposed To Be

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Google has a two-tier workforce, with half of the 170,000 people who work for Google classified as temporary or contract workers, and perman...