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Lasers, Human Megaphones, And Guy Fawkes Masks: The Memes From Modern Protests

Lasers, Human Megaphones, And Guy Fawkes Masks: The Memes From Modern Protests

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This map from Zocdoc shows which health benefits people search for most in different states

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The New York Times’ best non-news service is going behind a paywall, and I am devastated

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Amazing, but true: More than 25% of all humans use Facebook

Revolution 2.0: Google Marketing Exec Wael Ghonim And The Facebook Page That Changed The World

Inside The Egyptian Rebellion Launched On Facebook

Inside The Egyptian Rebellion Launched On Facebook

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Lasers, Human Megaphones, And Guy Fawkes Masks: The Memes From Modern Protests

Lasers, Human Megaphones, And Guy Fawkes Masks: The Memes From Modern Protests

The hottest accessory in Tahrir Square today was the laser pointer, the newest meme-tastic tool of civil disobedience.

Revolution 2.0: Google Marketing Exec Wael Ghonim And The Facebook Page That Changed The World

In Wael Ghonim’s new book, “Revolution 2.0,” he maintains that last year’s movement in Egypt was a leaderless revolution. We recently spoke with Ghonim, who is in Cairo, still hard at work trying to improve the future for his people and his country.

Inside The Egyptian Rebellion Launched On Facebook

Inside The Egyptian Rebellion Launched On Facebook

In a new story for tablet app The Atavist, writer David Wolman explores just how important social media really was to the Egyptian uprising. Here’s an early look.

Egyptian Protesters Raid State Security, Post Government Secrets to Facebook

Egyptian rebels stormed the headquarters of the feared State Security Intelligence Directorate this weekend. They stole files indicated that secret policemen spied on Facebook accounts, harassed Coptic Christians and had advance knowledge of terrorist attacks. Then they posted the secret files–to a WikiLeaks-like Facebook group.

How Urban Planning Fans the Flames of Revolution

The accelerating role social media played in the recent uprising in Egypt has gotten a lot of people talking, but urban planning was just as vital.

Twitter, Translations, and the New Geopolitics

Twitter, Translations, and the New Geopolitics

Microblogging is growing into a foreign affairs phenomenon: While the United States government embraces Twittering in Arabic and Persian, Twitter is quietly recruiting an army of savvy geeks to develop platforms in multiple foreign languages.

Exactly What Role Did Social Media Play in the Egyptian Revolution?

The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action.

Egypt: Social Media as a Life or Death Proposition

Egypt is widely considered the litmus test for what will happen in the rest of the Arab world, but the importance of social media in its political transformation is larger than that. The use of social media in Egypt is a dramatic demonstration of a clash of cultures — of the old and new, of violence and peace, of the past and future.

Kenneth Cole’s Tone-Deaf Tweet! Vodafone’s Coerced Texts! Salad Dressing Drug Charges! Business Misadventures in Egypt Multiply

As a revolution unfolds, the forwardly fashionable, mobile operators, and even a purveyor of health foods have been caught up in Egypt’s current chaos.

BBC Cutting Arabic Services During Egyptian Unrest

In polls, Egyptians stated they trust the BBC more than Al Jazeera. So why has the BBC announced plans to cut evening Arabic-language radio broadcasts just as Egypt undergoes a revolution and the Middle East enters an era of widespread unrest?

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