Fans of the Olympic Games will be able to keep up with their favorite athletes during the London games next summer. The Olympic Committee has recently announced athletes will be free to actively tweet and use social media to record their experiences at the 2012 Summer Olympics. While athletes may be excited to document their experiences in a new way, the Olympic Committee has also imposed some regulations on social media use including:

[Restricting] themselves to first-person, diary-type formats, must not report on events in the manner of journalists and must ensure their posts do not contain vulgar or obscene words or images.

Athletes accused of violating any regulations set by the Olympic Committee face the risk of being booted from the games.

To read more about the Olympic Games and social media, click here.

• Don't miss this op-ed from Wired WI that appeared in the Milwaukee Courier – "Broadband bridges the urban divide" http://ow.ly/5pTRZ #
• Wired Wisconsin: FCC Report Shows Need for Rural Broadband Strategy – http://ow.ly/5pAad #
• Are your grandparents on Facebook? http://ow.ly/5o4oi #
• Please join Wired Wisconsin for a discussion on the Future of Broadband Technology in Stevens Point on June 29 – http://ow.ly/5izs8 #
• Check out this op-ed from Wired Wisconsin – "Broadband bridges the urban divide" – http://ow.ly/5n68o #
• Wired Wisconsin: Launches Online Legislative Directory – http://ow.ly/5n1Ol #
• Check out how the Milwaukee Brewers are helping out with e-cycling. http://ow.ly/5maN8 #
• Tomorrow from 8am-noon the Brewers will host an eCycling event in collaboration with Waste Management. Learn more http://ow.ly/5m8I5 #

A recent study examining the use of social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn among grandparents found 22 percent to be active users. Over half of these active users reported that they log in their accounts at least once a week while another 35 percent log in more than once a month. The study also examined motivations for grandparents to  join social networking sites and found:

A quarter of participants said they had joined a social network to find old friends, one-fifth said they did it to keep in touch with friends and family, and half were encouraged to do so by younger people in their families.

In a different study, a Pew report from 2010 found a huge boom in social networking users over the age of 55. While this age group is still a small percentage of all social network users, older adults are catching up at an incredible pace.

For more information on the study, click here.

The Milwaukee Brewers are launching their “Brewing a Greener Game” week at Miller Park to an effort to promote energy efficiency and recycling. Before Tuesday’s game, fans can participate in an eCycling event cosponsored by Waste Management where they can drop up to five house hold items or unwanted computer and electronic equipment without cost.

Proper recycling of electronics is becoming essential as electronic waste grows in order to protect the environment from hazardous material found in electronics including lead.

To read more about “Brewing a Greener Game,” click here.

• Lawmakers, advocates push social networks for more protection of youngest users – http://ow.ly/5isXK #
• Verizon's 4G network officially live today – http://ow.ly/5jw1u #
• Internet company FatWallet hops the Illinois border to Beloit – http://ow.ly/5isUy #
• Please join Wired Wisconsin for a discussion on the Future of Broadband Technology in Stevens Point on June 29 – http://ow.ly/5izrd #
• Civic group envisions 'design tech' cluster in Milwaukee – http://ow.ly/5isRg #
• Please join Wired Wisconsin for a discussion on the Future of Broadband Technology in Stevens Point on June 29 – http://ow.ly/5iznD #
• Milwaukee housing authority teams up with AT&T to provide free internet to less fortunate – http://ow.ly/5ilWT #

The popular Internet radio site Pandora made its highly anticipated IPO well above the estimated price range this week and perhaps put confidence in other Internet companies looking to go public.

Pandora made its IPO at $16 a share this week, more than double the original projected price of $7 per share. With over 90 million registered users, Pandora’s success showcases a new trend in how we listen to music and how digital music is evolving. The number of Pandora users is catching up to the approximate 150 million registered iTunes accounts.

More importantly, Pandora’s strong IPO gives other Internet companies a boost of confidence to go public as well.

To read more about Pandora’s success, click here.

Online shopping company FatWallet has found a bargain in moving to Beloit. The company that finds deals for online shoppers recently relocated to Beloit from Rockton, Illinois. The cause of the move stems from newly passed legislation in Illinois that would require its visitors to pay sales tax on Internet purchases.  Worried that contracting companies would no longer work with FatWallet, founder Tim Storm moved his company 5 miles to Beloit. As Storm explains:

“This isn’t about us paying taxes or not paying taxes. It’s about us having contracts with retailers or not. We can’t just say, ‘Oh, let’s stay in Illinois and lose a quarter of a million dollars a month.’”

FatWallet , which was named one of the top small businesses workplaces by Entrepreneur magazine, may motivate other small online companies to relocate to Wisconsin who are suffering under new sales tax legislation.

To read more about FatWallet’s move to Wisconsin, click here.

• Facebook’s facial recognition: How to check your settings – http://ow.ly/5dnRI #
• Digital Textbooks Slow to Catch On – http://ow.ly/5dnPA #
• Habush lawyers lose search term privacy case, plan appeal – http://ow.ly/5dnNl #
• How Mobile Phones Are Saving Lives in the Developing World – http://ow.ly/5dnMv #

Facebook users may no longer need to tag individual photos they upload to the social networking site. The newest feature to be tested by Facebook uses facial recognition to suggest photo tags.

The facial recognition feature was announced in December and is available to most Facebook users around the world. While proponents view the feature as another advancement in social networking technology, critics are apprehensive about potential privacy issues.  Those concerned over the new feature can disable it by:

1. Click “Customize settings” in your account’s privacy settings.

2. Go to “Things others share”

3. Hit the “Edit Settings” button next to “Suggest photos of me to friends.”

4. Select “Disabled” from the drop-down menu.

For more information on Facebook’s facial recognition feature, click here

• Blog Post: Internet use growing at mind-boggling rate – http://ow.ly/59EMd #
• A new Pew study finds 13 percent of adults on Twitter – http://ow.ly/581QW #
• According to a study, 38% of college students can't go 10 minutes without tech. Do you agree? http://ow.ly/581Pt #
• Dazzling the jury: Use of technology at trial – http://ow.ly/581KV #
• Web Security: Why You Should Always Use HTTPS – http://ow.ly/581JK #
• Wi-Fi to Overtake Wired Network Traffic by 2015 – http://ow.ly/57Ln7 #