5 posts and columns on Jonnelle Marte

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Anti-Sexting Campaigns Heat Up

in News on January 14, 2010 at 1:00 am PT

“Sexting,” the short–and sometimes annoying–term for “sexy texting” is getting a lot of negative attention these days as anti-sexting ad campaigns heat up online. The Ad Council has launched a series of Public Service Announcements promoting the slogan “Think before you post.” One depicts a teenage girl who keeps getting creepy comments from people who seem to know intimate things about her.

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Is Your Office Youngster the Social-Media Whiz?

in News on October 28, 2009 at 7:41 am PT

Stacy DeBroff, founder of the parent-advice site MomCentral.com, says she is constantly calling younger workers into her office for help with social networking. A twentysomething staffer once showed her an easy way to import her email contacts into her LinkedIn account, instantly adding hundreds of new connections to her profile on the professional-networking site.

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Oklahoma Abortion Law's Online-Publication Rules Come Under Fire

in News on October 13, 2009 at 8:47 am PT

A new Oklahoma law that will allow the state to publish detailed information about abortion patients online has created uproar from critics who view it as a blow to women’s rights and is providing the latest fodder in the debate over online-data privacy.

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Web Privacy for the Dead

in News on October 9, 2009 at 8:47 am PT

Who takes down your email and Flickr accounts after you’re dead? As we increasingly live life on the Web, services are popping up to help people manage their online lives after they die. At the same time, regulators are cracking down on privacy violations for the deceased.

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Is Telecommuting Here to Stay?

in News on September 30, 2009 at 8:35 am PT

More Americans are ditching office camaraderie and regular work hours for the chance to work from home in pajamas or while sipping lattes at their favorite coffee shops. The American Time Use Survey, which measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities like work, childcare and volunteering, shows that about 12 percent of full-time workers with a single job did some work at home on an average day between 2003 and 2007.