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“Social media, the first amendment, privacy; the law is so far behind in that trend. Blogs and all of that, that is a constant challenge for me today because everybody wants to talk the way they want to talk and in my job, I’m required to actually surveil peoples’ e-mails; I’m required by law. I look for certain words; well, that was ok when people used words. Now when they use ‘r u,’ I can’t surveil that. The privacy issue with kids and MySpace, that whole area of law, think about it; constitutional law was what we learned. There’s nothing in constitutional law that we learned 30 years ago, so if you’re into that, there’s going to be a lot of time. We need that because it’s evolutionary.
Globalization—if you think about what happened in the financial markets, the meltdown, it’s because there’s so much connection and therefore there are a lot of things going on in that arena where every country’s financial rules, they’re looking at them and comparing them. That’s another area- comparative law. Comparative law when it comes to the environment and financial services; those are two big things.
Health—the whole health debate; you may be thinking just about the politics but there’s a lot of law behind that. HIPA, all those rights, and think about the things they’re talking about from a political perspective—there’s a lot of law behind that.
Those are just three areas that are not only specific in terms of thinking outside of the box, but they actually go back to a lot of the fundamentals that are part of the law. Those are just three; that social media one, I don’t even want to tackle that one; I’m assigning that to my kids. Just think about it—it’s out there before anything has been screened. You think about the things that go on—it’s called the social media. There used to be the 6 o’clock news; there’s the 24 hour news, there’s the instant news now.
I think some of it’s great, I think some of the positive things about the technology, I just learned this, the fact that you could text five digits on your phone and the money was in Haiti instantly. But, a lot of people don’t realize how much legal work was behind the contractual agreement between the phone companies. There was a lot of legal work that was done in order for that to happen but yet young people, my daughter was one of them, it’s like, ‘ok mom,’ and then I start thinking; well I know what really happened. They had to get into a contract about that, but those are the kinds of things that at the end you see the result is phenomenal. Think about that 20 years ago—could not have happened.”
LG Text Ed was in session this weekend at BlogHer '11, the world's largest conference for women in social media, which was held on Aug. 4–6 in San Diego. At the LG Lounge, attendees learned about the LG Text Ed program, a comprehensive educational campaign that addresses teen mobile phone misuse and provides parents with valuable resources so they can teach responsible phone use to their children. Offering a candid opportunity to learn how parents can best tackle potentially dangerous mobile phone behaviors, LG created a unique chance for bloggers to hear from LG Text Ed advisory council members, actress Jane Lynch and best-selling author Rosalind Wiseman.
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The Yankee Group reports that companies that incorporate rich media into their communications see increased interaction with their content, stronger competitive positioning, higher-quality leads and greater customer loyalty. This is supported by our recent multimedia survey which revealed that press releases with multimedia content were viewed on average 77% more than text only releases.
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Does an original scroll written by Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, reveal evidence that Christ’s birth was not divine? An unlikely hero, history professor Jefferson Burke is tapped by circumstance to find the lost Biblical text that could alter the course of the world. Learn about the book here, http://bit.ly/lMBcnU Learn about this author here, http://www.acecollins.com/ Action Adventure
Unilever, one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, has created the first mobile app to capture the real-time social elements of Facebook, Twitter and mobile phone activity to produce a record of unforgettable nights out.
The Lynx Stream, developed for deodorant brand Lynx / AXE and launched today in the UK, collects every video, picture, text, tweet, check-in and status update a group of friends makes to produce an automatic Stream of the night and highlight video, which can be watched online and shared through social networks.
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During a round of Truth or Dare, Abby Miller confesses her crush on Jake Chilson to her friends. That night, she gets a creepy text message warning her to stay away from Jake. It may have been sent by a jealous classmate or, as Abby begins to suspect, a ghost. Learn more about this and the other You’re Invited to a Creepover books here, www.CreepoverBooks.com Tween girls, ages 8-12
In the days when “tweets” were bird sounds and a “text” was a book, workplace blunders had a limited audience. Now, however, these missteps can receive broad exposure -- with unhappy consequences: Three out of four (76 percent) human resources (HR) managers polled by Robert Half said technology etiquette breaches can affect a person’s career prospects.
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With recent studies citing that mobile distractions such as texting can be even more dangerous than drinking and driving, parents are looking for answers on how to best educate and promote responsible mobile phone use to their teens. As part of her role in the LG Text Ed campaign, an educational program aimed at parents, Jane Lynch shot a series of entertaining and educational viral videos for LG Mobile Phones about mobile phone misuse. With the goal of educating parents about the importance of talking to their kids about responsible mobile phone use, the LG Text Ed video series addresses issues such as “sexting,” mobile harassment and text etiquette, while helping parents learn how to use mobile phones to communicate better with their kids. In the series finale, Jane drives right to the point and addressees the potentially damaging consequences of texting while driving.
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LG Mobile Phones, one of the leading manufacturers of texting devices and a popular brand among teens, joined together with other technology leaders, content providers, students and educators to focus on ways to educate and empower parents on safe mobile phone usage at the inaugural, Generation Mobile Forum, hosted by the FCC on Dec. 14 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington D.C.
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LG Mobile Phones, one of the leading manufacturers of texting devices and a popular brand among teens, joined together with other technology leaders, content providers, students and educators to focus on ways to educate and empower parents on safe mobile phone usage at the inaugural, Generation Mobile Forum, hosted by the FCC on Dec. 14 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington D.C.
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New consumer research shows that the overwhelming majority of Americans (83 percent) agree that the United States is suffering from a good news deficit, with six in 10 Americans saying they don’t even know where to look for good news anymore. On the heels of this LG Electronics-commissioned study, the company is unveiling its plans to help address this issue with its newest interactive billboard in Times Square.
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OfficeMax® Incorporated (NYSE: OMX), a leader in office products and services, today announced that its free popular holiday eGreeting website powered by JibJab, ElfYourself.com, will be brought to life as a featured themed float in the historic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® on November 25, 2010. OfficeMax’s float titled “Elves Raise the Roof” will feature a whimsical, imaginative design where dancing elves will take over the rooftops of Victorian-era houses performing ElfYourself dances from Disco to Hip-Hop to Classic. To celebrate this memorable event, OfficeMax is launching a special text-to-win contest called the OfficeMax Thanksgiving Day Sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip for four to Disney World® or one of 100 OfficeMax $25 gift cards.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/officemax/46656/OfficeMax® Incorporated (NYSE: OMX), a leader in office products and services, today announced that its free popular holiday eGreeting website powered by JibJab, ElfYourself.com, will be brought to life as a featured themed float in the historic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® on November 25, 2010. OfficeMax’s float titled “Elves Raise the Roof” will feature a whimsical, imaginative design where dancing elves will take over the rooftops of Victorian-era houses performing ElfYourself dances from Disco to Hip-Hop to Classic. To celebrate this memorable event, OfficeMax is launching a special text-to-win contest called the OfficeMax Thanksgiving Day Sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip for four to Disney World® or one of 100 OfficeMax $25 gift cards.
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