Social Network Analysis meets the Semantic Web: What FOAF Reveals About LiveJournal

The Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF) project was begun in 1999 to explore the application of semantic web technologies (RDF/XML) to people's personal details, such as their interests, occupations and personal affiliations, with the aim of facilitating social network data-mining.  We develop here an approach to visualizing FOAF data that employs techniques of quantitative Social Network Analysis, using the foaf:knows and foaf:interest relations extracted from a crawl of FOAF files....

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From: Microsoft Research

Related topics : analysis of social network data / analysis of social networking sites / social networking visualization software / software for social networking site

Social Media in the Workplace – Social NOTworking

AlphaStaff presents the Human Resources Challenge: 22% of employees visit social networking sites 5 or more times per week, yet only 54% of employers have a policy dealing with social media inside and outside the workplace. During this presentation, participants will learn about potential legal issues involved in adopting a policy and how to avoid those issues. Sample provisions will be discussed and recommended actions addressed.

Presented by Jackson Lewis.

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From: AlphaStaff

Related topics : social media legal issues presentation / employee social networking sites / social networking policies for employees

Illinois' Social Network Password Law May Inhibit Legitimate Business Activities—Philip Gordon

The Illinois Senate and House passed a bill that will soon make their state the second in the country to have a law prohibiting employers from asking employees for their credentials to social networking sites. While this surely makes employees happy, the law and ones like it have the potential to inhibit legitimate business activities. On today's episode of LXBN TV, Philip Gordon—Chair of the Privacy and Data Protection Practice Group at Littler—explains the basics of Illinois law, how it...

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From: The LexBlog Network

Related topics : employee social networking sites / how to make a social network site

Idea Machine | Job Search via Social Media

With a world that is becoming more and more connected by social media each day, it is no surprise that employers are starting to use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to find potential employees. Social Media Intern Rosario Kennion explains how social networking, if complemented with traditional networking, can help professionals in their job search.

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From: abstraktmarketingSTL

Related topics : social media job search / internal employee social network / social media help / social media social media

How to Limit iPhone / iPad Users from Using Other Apps by Guided Access

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Guided Access is a new feature on iOS 7 which enables the owner of the device to limit users from accessing Apps other than the ones that they are currently using. Guided Access keeps the device in a single App, and allows you to control which features are available.

Suggested for teachers who wanted to isolate students to use an educational App, for parents who wants to control which App their children uses or simply disable volume...

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From: PinoyITSolution

Related topics : employee social networking sites