technology adoption

What Old Bears, Smart Phones, and New Refrigerators Have in Common.

By Timothy C. Wu on 10 April 2012 - 6:40pm

Yosemite National Park was beautiful this past weekend - filled with happy campers (the literal ones, not the euphemistic ones), flowing waterfalls (more about that in a bit) and some very smart old bears. Or at least that's what the park rangers were telling us.

Tags: Yosemite National Park, technology adoption, Don't Feed The Bears, Social Media, Smart Phone Usage

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"How Much Would You Pay To..."

By Timothy C. Wu on 14 October 2011 - 5:47pm

"...be able to take back all of the photos that you ever posted onto Facebook?"

That was the rueful question I overheard uttered by a dejected-looking woman at Bluestem Brasserie the other night. Which elicited a cackle from her dining partner, and then the somewhat unkind response, "For what YOU've been posting? Thousands of dollars!" Read more about "How Much Would You Pay To..."

Tags: Facebook, First Amendment Rights, hate speech, LGBT bullying, Princeton University, social media etiquette, technology adoption, Viki Knox

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"What Would Waldo Do?"

By Timothy C. Wu on 20 April 2010 - 2:08am

You remember Waldo, don't you? That dapper fellow in the floppy top hat and the red-and-white-striped shirt. Sort of a Cat In the Hat meets Forrest Gump meets Harry Potter. And prone to being spotted in interesting places - on the sides of skyscrapers, riding seagulls, frolicking with dolphins - in his vastly popular media series. Read more about "What Would Waldo Do?"

Tags: Social Media, New York Times, Iceland Volcano, Goldman Sachs, iPad, GPS, technology adoption, Where's Waldo

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ZeroDivide increases technology adoption among underserved communities by providing financial support, capacity building and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations that benefit low-income, minority, immigrant, non-English speaking, LGBT, seniors, and disability communities.

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