Today’s breakfast had a great crowd, which was fantastic because we crowd-sourced our topic! To kick off the year, we decided to ask Expeditioners for their Predictions for 2011 in social media and technology. It seems many of the members are placing their bets on QR codes and mobile devices. Of course it’s all speculation, [...] [...more]
Woo! Fresh blood at Twilight Camp! We were delighted to have some new-comers, and of course, always great to see some of our regulars. Once again, we did not get kicked out of Davis Kidd, which is really a shame because… The next Twilight Camp will be at the LunaWeb office! Though I suppose it [...] [...more]
You may recall that shortly after our own Dave Barger returned from the South by Southwest Conference, our podcast featured a short interview with Natalie about her preparation and ideas for this conference. Well now it’s just around the corner! Listen in to hear Natalie share some details about the informal structure and basic principles [...] [...more]
Yes, Android danger! No, but really - everyone who owns an Android needs to be aware of this study by SMobile. The high and low of it is that Google doesn't put the Android apps through the same kind of intense scrutiny that Apple does for it's market. Although we are tempted to just select "Allow" over and over to reach the end of an installation and get to eating ghosts with our new Pac-Man app, you may just allow spyware onto your phone. Scroll down into the study for a list of permissions your app may ask for and what exactly they mean. Do you know for a fact that you haven't granted any apps permission to PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS? It sounds harmless enough, but it means the app can monitor, modify, or even abort your outgoing calls. [...more]
Are social media news feeds killing mainstream journalism? Not according to Melissa Moon at WREG Channel 3. In her experience, social media is a great tool not only for sending out teasers for the stories she's covering, but also for getting tip-offs. She encourages anyone with a news story to tweet to @melissamoon3. On or off the clock, she also uses Twitter to be a reporter 24/7 by sharing stories and interesting articles she finds, not just from WREG, but also from a variety of sources. [...more]
This isn’t the Facebook podcast, but sometimes it kind of turns out that way. At the top of the news today is Facebook’s announcement on May 18th that they will be introducing “bands of privacy.” As far as we can tell, these bands will let users select a broader privacy setting instead of customizing who can see [...] [...more]
Amanda Mauck – Facebook 101 Think you know Facebook? Well, maybe you did a day or two ago, but chances are, they’ve changed something since then. It seems like the internet’s most popular social network site rolls out a new update almost daily, and for the last few months, each and everyone has a parade of privacy complaints right behind it. [...more]
A few weekends ago, Memphis endured torrential downpours of rain and tornado sirens, and the Nashville area was named a national disaster area after massive flooding. Not as much attention was given, however, to the devastation in and around Millington. Hundreds of people in the area were affected, and many lost their homes and cars. [...] [...more]
The Expeditionaries spent their Cinco de Mayo morning talking social at the monthly breakfast meeting of the Social Expedition. Dave Barger of LunaWeb spoke with the group about new Facebook features and online privacy. (Fun fact: it was Dave’s 62nd presentation in the last two and a half years on social topics, to more than [...] [...more]
May is just around the corner, and we’ll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo with our Social Expedition breakfast. LunaWeb‘s Dave Barger will be speaking this time around, and if you’ve wondered about any of the changes or features Facebook has rolled out in the past few months, you won’t want to miss it. He’ll be [...] [...more]
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