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08/19/2014

The weekend’s grim story  about a call center agent leaping to his death off a building in Cebu City came on the heels of another suicide, that of  actor Robin Williams. Both traditional and social media were…

‘Social media as surveillance, action tool for emergencies’

Anie M. Paujana, Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/14/2014

THROUGH a combination of basic journalism skills and technology, social media can be used as an effective surveillance and action tool during emergencies and natural calamities in the country, Maria Ressa, founder and CEO of news website…

Facebook’s Slingshot for fleeting posts

06/18/2014

NEW YORK  — Facebook is taking another stab at ephemeral mobile messaging with an app called Slingshot. The app is designed to appeal to fans of Snapchat and other messaging apps that let people send self-destructing messages…

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