Social Networks Reveal Structure (And Weaknesses) of Businesses
Computer scientists have recreated the international and organisational structure of large corporations using publicly available data on social networks
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Which Google Reader Replacement Will You Use?
Google kills its Reader, beloved by many (but not enough).
Unintentional Interfaces: Google Reader's Censorship-Busting Power Will Be Hard to Replicate
Google's brand name made Reader work in Iranians' favor.
I Want Frictionless Privacy
Netflix now allows frictionless sharing of the movies you watch on Facebook.
A Tale of Two Newspaper Interfaces
The New York Times "prototypes" a new site design for readability, while The Daily Mail mints money by actively thwarting it.
The Ingenious Engineering Trick That Makes Amazon Menus Usable
Hysteresis + path prediction = slick UX.
Researchers Peek at the Structure of the Viral Internet
Microsoft shows how it tracked the spread of more than 1.4 billion tweets.
Computer Scientists Measure the Speed of Censorship On China's Twitter
Censorship on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, is near real-time and relies on a workforce of over 4,000 censors who stop work during the evening news, according the first detailed analysis of censorship patterns.
Global E-mail Patterns Reveal "Clash of Civilizations"
The global pattern of e-mail communication reflects the cultural fault lines thought to determine future conflict, say computational social scientists.
The Algorithm That Helps You Friend People You Don't Know
Computer scientists have developed an algorithm that uses the structure of a social network to find the best strategy for friending people you don't know.
