websites are installing new and intrusive consumer-tracking technologies on the computers of people visiting their sites—in some cases, more than 100 tracking tools at a time. Follow @whattheyknow on Twitter. Tags: Business Journalism Technology problems The tide turned today. Mark it: 31 July 2010. First in a series. For now. MORE >>

It should not be open to the general public (thus eliminating Twitter). Overall, a rather stealth technology. Benefits include customization, the addition of explanatory pages and several widgets, including Twitter feeds. Communities TechnologyIt has to be free or very low cost. It should be as simple as possible. MORE >>

Last week I launched Ghost Map, and today Im launching the first major web site Ive helped produce since Plastic and FEED. SBJ via Twitter follow me on Twitter The Basics Im a father of three boys, husband of one wife, and author of five books. Subscribe to this blogs feed Blog powered by TypePadSo what is outside.in? MORE >>

But she was just so damn stubborn, Claiming her ‘pets’ needed feeding at the trough. social social media social networking technology facebook Google+ humor humour satire twitterGrandma got run over by a social. Facebook & Google+ were the seeds. You can say there’s no such thing as addiction. MORE >>

The technology of storytelling: Joe Sabia on TED.com. iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book. Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad.  Technology. MORE >>