Tagged: Web

Word of Mouth
12:16 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

Mourning a Loved One Via the Internet

Credit cromely via Flickr Creative Commons

The funeral industry is embracing the digital age. Funeral homes are beefing up their websites and social media to include tributes and photographs of the departed.

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Word of Mouth
9:58 am
Tue September 18, 2012

The Coolest Police Website Ever

Credit Camer-Krasselt

Anyone who’s been online looking for DMV hours, or tried to download a fishing license application knows that government websites are rarely a good time.  No frills, no eye for design – just a lot of dense, complicated information and a wealth of webified bureaucracy.  So, imagine our surprise when we saw posts on AdWeek and Ad Age praising the beauty and functionality of the Milwaukee Police Department website.  The site was designed by ad agency

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All Tech Considered
5:08 am
Thu April 19, 2012

To Read All Those Web Privacy Policies, Just Take A Month Off Work

Credit Ronald Zak / AP
Many Web users have little idea about how, or when, they're being tracked. In this 2011 photo, Max Schrems of Austria sits with 1,222 pages about his activities on Facebook — the company gave him the file after he requested it under European law.

Internet surfers have long worried that they have insufficient control over their online privacy — despite the privacy policies many people agree to when they visit websites or use online services.

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