Webinar:  WEB 2.0 AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

Description:  In this Webinar, you will learn about what employers and employees need to know regarding this dangerous intersection of technology and employment law.

Date:  July 14, 2010

Time:  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Cost:  $0

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Online Media Daily writes that a NJ appellate court ruled that a blogger wasn’t a journalist, and so wasn’t covered by the Shield Law which protects journalists from having to reveal their sources. How much of an impact this will have nationally is unclear.  Check out the full article: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=126776&nid=113646

The text message has migrated from the province of giggling teen girls into an important component of customer relation management (CRM).  Mobile has become a powerful yet personal communication channel.  This paper examines some “best practices” for companies as they evaluate how and where to deploy the new mobile technologies.

Is Google exiting China?  Rumors predict YES!  Check out the latest buzz on the subject. 

San Francisco Business Times:  http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/03/15/daily14.html 

Information Week:  http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223800260

Wall Street Journal:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703457104575121613604741940.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond 

Founder of the Coffee Party, Annabel Park, launched the group on her Facebook page out of anger at the Tea Party and its growing influence. Her facebook page has seen it rapidly gain traction on the internet -- picking up over 138,000 fans in less than two months.

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8566574.stm

Did you miss the Search Engine Optimization 101 Webinar?  You can watch it right now! 

Today, comScore released a study on traffic to top Retail sites in Australia during the 2009 holiday season. The study found that three out of five Australians online visited a Retail site in December, as traffic to the category reached its highest volume of the year with more than 8 million visitors during the month.

A nationally-representative phone survey of minors ages 12-17 finds that 4% of cell phone owners ages 12 to 17 have sent a sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude image of themselves to someone else on a cell phone, and 15% of cell-owning teens that age have received this kind of image of someone they know personally on their cell phone. This exchange of suggestive images, also known as “sexting,” is most prevalent among older teens – 8% of 17-year-old cell-owners say they’ve sent suggestive images of themselves by text while only 4% of 12-year-olds with cell phones have done so.

Today, comScore trleased a study on growth in the global search market in 2009. The study revealed that the U.S. remains the largest search market worldwide, while Google Sites retains a commanding position in the global search market.