Mike Tuttle

We already know that Facebook is the fastest-growing thing on the Internet, ever. It claims 10% of the world’s population as its members. Now, a new study out of Sweden fills in some more detail about how Zuckerberg’s baby is …

Despite a world of opportunities just a click away, there has been no significant shift in the uptake of lifelong learning over the past decade according to new research. Pronouncements at government level about the creation of ‘a learning society’ …

A new online tool can help small companies and entrepreneurs evaluate their awareness of intellectual property and learn how to protect it. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark …

Researchers at MIT are working on a project that could bring sci-fi fantasies to reality. But, then again, when aren’t they? Nowadays, if you want something built, you take wood or other materials and build or cut it out of …

The past year seems to have seem to have played host to a wave of activism and social involvement in the United States the likes of which we have not seen since the Vietnam War era. Sure, there have been …

This week, the Washington Post ran a story on an example of a potentially disturbing trend in Human Resources practices. They told the tale of Justin Bassett. Bassett was interviewing for a new job. In the course of the interview, …

Identified.com released an infographic on the evolution of gaming and the power of combining social networking with gamification to encourage those aged 18-29 to share professional information. The gaming technique is helping young people manage their career presence online in …

It seems hardly news to say that the search market in the U.S. is up since 2008. Of course it is. But, sometimes it is stunning to see all the numbers in one place in a nice little graphic. And …

Pinnable Business has put together a very handy infographic that can help you makes sure the images you upload to Pinterest do the work you intend them to. Lots of businesses are hopping on board Pinterest, one of the fastest-growing, …

NASA’s activities in social media were recognized on Monday in New York when the agency’s official Twitter feed, @NASA, received a Shorty Award for the best government use of social media. The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media …

A strong majority (85%) of online-connected global citizens in 24 countries use the internet for emails while six in ten (62%) use it for social networking, finds a new poll by global research company Ipsos for Reuters News. One in …

Cafe4tune, a new social network which allows individuals and organizations worldwide to interact in virtual, 2D and 3D web environments, launches today in Beta with companion iPhone, iPad or Android apps. Since Cafe4tune was first introduced in 2011, more than …

Skimlinks has released a comprehensive API suite to make it easy for up-and-coming companies to earn an immediate and seamless revenue stream, and gain valuable insights into their users’ shopping habits. Skimlinks APIs will allow developers to build on top …

Whether you’re a business tycoon, a Hollywood celebrity, or just an average Jane out hunting for a job, how you represent yourself online is something you should have at least a passing concern about. Whether we like it or not, …

Mark Stevens advertises on Rush Limbaugh’s show, even after the latest Limbaugh scandal. He remains unbowed by the current advertiser boycott that is decimating Limbaugh’s advertiser base. Yesterday, Mark Stevens was on the Fox Business Network show Varney and Co. …

A secret to success in today’s communications arena is not just the actual production of content, but incorporating the voices of our social audiences into the content mix by building social collaboration into the strategy. In other words, it’s an …

When Facebook came out on the side of employees and job seekers who did not want to reveal their passwords to prying employers, people cheered. The company that is increasingly seen as in control of far more personal info than …

Underscoring soaring consumer interest in use of internet and social media such as Facebook and Twitter to aid in shopping, a new national survey by Leo J. Shapiro and Associates (LJS) found that two-thirds of owners use their smart phone …

SocialMatica now features comprehensive dashboards for the GOP primary election that combine and weight online and traditional poll-based rankings for each GOP candidate. SocialMatica has developed a weighted algorithm that marries online social media sentiment, gathered via its semantic data …

According to a new Swedish study, young people who are big users of Internet social media do not abandon traditional media. Instead, the two are used together. Almost all 9- to 24-year-olds use the internet. Most of them do so …

Twitter can be a great tool for boosting one’s popularity, or at least public profile. But, some celebrities are deciding that its just not worth the trouble. Recently, Alec Baldwin dropped off Twitter, then came back. But, then he ended …

A University of California, Riverside professor and several other researchers have developed a model [PDF] that uses data from Twitter to help predict the traded volume and value of a stock the following day. A trading strategy based on the …

Brian Glicklich, a spokesperson for Rush Limbaugh’s show, published an opinion piece yesterday in Politico that takes aim at Media Matters For America. Limbaugh has maintained for weeks that the backlash against his “slut” comments about Sandra Fluke has not …

Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook’s Mark, and former Marketing Director of Facebook herself, struck out on her own last year to start her own social media business R To Z Studios. But, before that, Randi worked in corporate America. She …