We’ve frequently discussed the case of the Chinese dissident whom Yahoo divulged personal name and details and was subsequently arrested. It caused a furor 5 years ago.
They recently sued Yahoo, and Yahoo has settled.
This is one of the reasons we developed our Email ConneXion solution rather than rely on Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, and others […]

I’m not one for making predictions about what life will be like online in the near future. It’s tough. Things change all the time. However, I suspect a new trend is going to emerge.
MySpace and Facebook been dominating the social network scene (at least in North America) for the last several years. […]

If we’re in Web 2.0 now, what was it in 1994? Ready for the 8-track version of the internet?

YouTube - DEC - Glimpse of the Future, 1994

I trust by now you know all about the Virginia Tech Massacre. What you may now know is the impact it’s had on our Campus Crusade group at VT.
Campus Crusade has also responded to this in at least three websites:

TheLife.com
GobbleTalk.com: a VT-specific website for students
Leadership University

There are some fascinating things that I’ve read about […]

So what are we going to do about it?
Some want to boycott some sites for good reason. Sometimes a conversation can turn it to pro-activism.
Some endure death threats and other horrible and unspeakable acts — so much so that it keeps them from interacting online anymore.
And still in the US a […]

Okay, so what do you make of this? Stop surfing, make friends, Indian students told - CNN.com
One of India’s top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students’ performance, making them reclusive and even suicidal.
Authorities at the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) […]

China bans opening new Internet cafes - CNN.com
…14 government departments, including the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Information Industry, had issued a notice saying that “in 2007, local governments must not sanction the opening of new Internet bars.”
It said there are about 113,000 Internet cafes in China…The Chinese government promotes Internet use for […]

Social Media in China is huge. I listened to an interesting podcast over the weekend from Marketing Voices: Social Media Podcasts with Jennifer Jones. On the blog post for the podcast it says:
Of China’s more than 120 million Internet users, 43 percent are using online message boards, 76 million are using online video […]

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Well here in the States, 2008 will be another big year: presidential election year. However, we get to “prepare” for it now.
This post is not political. Neither is this blog. However, there are some interesting things going on with the ‘08 campaign already that we as ministers of the gospel should […]