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April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

The Telegraph: Facebook closes in on two billion users

The Telegraph: Facebook closes in on two billion users. “Facebook is on the verge of reaching 2bn members, with the social media giant closing in on a milestone that will move it into a select group of global companies.”

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

TechCrunch: Algorithmic accountability

TechCrunch: Algorithmic accountability. “Algorithms are sets of rules that computers follow in order to solve problems and make decisions about a particular course of action. Whether it’s the type of information we receive, the information people see about us, the jobs we get hired to do, the credit cards we get approved for, and, down […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Eskenazi Art Museum Launches Limited Online Archive for Its Renovation

The Eskenazi Museum of Art is closing for renovations until the fall of 2019, so it’s started a new online archive with highlights from its collections. “Online, patrons can visit a new website called ‘Highlights of the Eskenazi Art Museum” that displays about 1,000 objects from the collection… There will also be news updates on […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

Think Disaster: a basic twitter geocode search how-to

This is from last December, but a) I think it’s important and b) it was blogged by someone whose interest is in disaster prep and response: a basic twitter geocode search how-to. “I just re-wrote and simplified my instructions for creating a fast, simple twitter geocode search, as my previous blog post has links in […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

State Library of South Australia has New Collection of “Old Colonists”

The State Library of South Australia has a new online portrait collection of “old colonists”. “For most of last century portraits of over 1,000 ‘Old Colonists’ were on display in the State Library. In 2017 they have returned as facsimiles (along with new indexes and online catalogue records) – funded by the Friends of the […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Fort Wayne (Indiana) Business Weekly: Health data now accessible through state web portal

Fort Wayne Business Weekly: Health data now accessible through state web portal. “Local health officials and residents can now assess the health of their counties through Stats Explorer, a new database for public health data in Indiana.”

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Secure Messaging App Showdown: WhatsApp vs. Signal (Lifehacker)

Lifehacker: Secure Messaging App Showdown: WhatsApp vs. Signal. “So, you’re interested in secure, encrypted chat apps. You have a few different choices, but as with any chat app, what all your friends are using is important. To that end, Signal and WhatsApp are easily the most popular. Here’s how they compare.”

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Centenary College: Centenary Archives partners to digitize Louisiana United Methodist Women publications (1884-2014)

Centenary College: Centenary Archives partners to digitize Louisiana United Methodist Women publications (1884-2014). “The Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections has completed a collaborative project to digitize its collection of publications by the Louisiana United Methodist Women and their predecessor organizations. The digitized material includes annual reports (1884-2014) and newsletters (1963-2006) – 12,000 […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Egypt Independent: Parliament considers social media draft law, would refer unmonitored Facebook users to trial

Egypt Independent: Parliament considers social media draft law, would refer unmonitored Facebook users to trial. “Paving the way for state surveillance over social media networks in Egypt, writer of the social media draft law MP Rayed Abdel Sattar told Egypt Independent on Sunday that 60 MPs have approved its potential discussion in Parliament.”

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Engadget: Home Depot left customers’ unprotected personal data online

Engadget: Home Depot left customers’ unprotected personal data online. “It’s been awhile since hackers broke into Home Depot’s servers and stole 56 million customers’ credit card information back in 2014. But recently, a tipster pointed business watchdog site Consumerist to a web address under the HomeDepot.com domain. The unprotected page stored photos of various home […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Quartz: The only thing harder than parsing Trump now is doing it for posterity

Quartz: The only thing harder than parsing Trump now is doing it for posterity. “For traditional communications like letters and phone calls, the ambiguity around record-keeping today is minimal. But the digital age has forced archivists to constantly rethink what constitutes a federal record. In 2009, then White House director of digital strategy Macon Phillips […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Brian Pfeiffer: Vermont’s New Damselfly and Dragonfly Atlas

Brian Pfeiffer: Vermont’s New Damselfly and Dragonfly Atlas. “For the better part of the past two decades, I’ve fallen hard for insects. Birding friends here in Vermont and across the continent know this well. ‘We’ve lost him to the bugs,’ some of them would say. Not entirely. (Heck, I’ve been birding nearly every day for […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Chris Brogan: You’re Going to Have to Get Good at Video

Chris Brogan: You’re Going to Have to Get Good at Video. “I’ve been experimenting with making and editing video lately. I’m not doing it for my jollies or because I think I’m damned good looking (which I am). It’s because WE (humanity) have demonstrated loud and clear that we want to CONSUME video. We prefer […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Family Search Blog: New French Census Records Aid Family History Research

Family Search Blog: New French Census Records Aid Family History Research. “How can these records help you if you have French ancestry? These census records are valuable because they provide a snapshot of families at a specific time—in this case, 1876, 1891, and 1906. As you find your family in multiple census records, you will […]

April 30, 2017 / Last updated : April 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

PRNewswire: New Memorial Database Lists Georgians Who Died in World War I (PRESS RELEASE)

PRNewswire: New Memorial Database Lists Georgians Who Died in World War I (PRESS RELEASE). ” Georgians who died in service during World War I are being commemorated in a unique way as part of the centennial observance of the ‘Great War.’ In a project sponsored by the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission, retired state […]

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