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June 2011

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June 2011 Issue

The Social Era of the Web Starts Now

And a big, complicated clash will determine whether Google or Facebook dominates it

31 May 2011

8 min read

Features

In-depth articles from top experts, Spectrum editors, and contributors

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

How I Learned to Live Google-free

A quest to quit the most pervasive company on the Web

06 Jun 2011

13 min read

Careers Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Facebook Philosophy: Move Fast and Break Things

Hacker culture is alive and well at Facebook

01 Jun 2011

5 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Mr. Silicon Valley Goes to Washington

Google and Facebook try to make their voices heard

01 Jun 2011

5 min read

Careers Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Parlez-vous Facebook?

Harnessing the power of its own social network, Facebook translates itself into 70 languages

01 Jun 2011

2 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Privacy, Publicness, and the Web: A Manifesto

As Google, Facebook, and other companies exploit our data trails to help us connect and communicate, we the people need to establish some basic rights

31 May 2011

3 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

The Revolution Will Not Be Monetized

Stratospheric valuations for social media titans assume vast advertising revenue that will never arrive

31 May 2011

10 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Separating Work, Friends, and Family on Facebook Isn’t Easy

What happens when Facebook’s notion of openness runs afoul of the desire for a private life

31 May 2011

0 min read

Careers Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Rating the Cuisine at Google and Facebook

Where would you rather go for lunch?

31 May 2011

6 min read

Careers Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Campus Life at Facebook and Google

It’s like the difference between public and private school: Facebook and Google have very different vibes

31 May 2011

5 min read

Consumer Electronics Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Facebook vs. Google: Game On

FarmVille has led a social-game ascendance that will sway the Facebook-Google struggle and threaten the digital gaming industry

31 May 2011

10 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Protecting Online Privacy

We do care about our privacy online, and we can protect it from surveillance

31 May 2011

7 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

What Are You Allowed to Say on China’s Social Networks?

Social networking sites, founded on the promise of free expression, have run into political trouble in China

31 May 2011

7 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

How Many “Friends” Can You Really Have?

Can social networks expand the evolutionary limit on how many people anyone can truly be close to?

31 May 2011

5 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Feature Special Reports

Virtual Reality and Social Networks Will Be a Powerful Combination

Avatars will make social networks seductive

31 May 2011

10 min read

Energy Topic Review Type

Book Review: The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps

Peter D. Ward's imaginative blend of science and fiction starkly depicts the dangers of rising sea levels

08 Jun 2011

2 min read

News

Insight and analysis on the latest advances in technology

Consumer Electronics Topic Type News

How Sony's Antipiracy Approach Made It a Hacker Target

In the fight to control access to the PlayStation 3, Sony won a battle but lost much more

28 Jun 2011

6 min read

Energy Topic Type News

Phased-Array Radar Could Improve Tornado Prediction Times

But cost could keep it decades away

28 Jun 2011

3 min read

Biomedical Topic Type News

Fixing the Brain-Computer Interface

Researchers are addressing the sizable population for whom BCI doesn't work

17 Jun 2011

3 min read

Aerospace Topic Type News

Full-Spectrum Farming

In a small town in eastern Germany, an imaging company is deploying a private satellite network to boost crop production

15 Jun 2011

4 min read

Semiconductors Topic Type News

First Graphene Integrated Circuit

IBM researchers take next step in building graphene-based electronics

09 Jun 2011

3 min read

Consumer Electronics Topic Type News

Computex: Five Ways to Connect

Companies at Taiwan's big computer show introduced tools that integrate our technology-driven world

08 Jun 2011

3 min read

Opinion

Spectrum editors and columnists comment on major tech trends

Careers Topic Type Opinion

New Networks Need New Insults

How the pajamahadeen went from heroes to milksops in a few quick years

31 May 2011

3 min read

Telecommunications Topic Type Special Reports Opinion

Facebook and Google Put My Grandmother on the Map

Friended by a Milik, Poland, native, the author reflects on the social Web's long embrace

31 May 2011

3 min read

Departments

Articles on DIY projects, engineering careers, and tech history

Telecommunications Topic Type Special Reports News

Social Networking Crowds Out Blogging

Social networking is on the rise everywhere, while blogging lags far behind

02 Jun 2011

1 min read

DIY Topic Hands On Type Special Reports

Send a Tweet to Your Office Door

And let your coworkers know what you're up to

31 May 2011

4 min read

DIY Topic Type News

Nintendo's 3DS: Best of a Dying Breed

Can Mario make the leap to 3-D?

31 May 2011

4 min read

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