Governments Want to Control the Internet
No surprise there. Freedom of expression threatens would-be (and actual) tyrants. The Economist has some analysis.
No surprise there. Freedom of expression threatens would-be (and actual) tyrants. The Economist has some analysis.
They will, according to the New York Times and many other sources. It’s a form of advertising that they’re testing, designed to build revenue. At some point Twitter was going to have to do something like this. It was just a matter of time. I’ll be interested to see how well it works for advertisers…
I find people’s reaction to various technological tools somewhat baffling. If your child is about to use a hammer, you’ll likely give her some pointers. There’s a learning curve. If it’s a power tool, the instruction may be more careful. When the tool is technological, we tend to fear it and decline to spend the time actually learning to use it.
I subscribe to Inside Higher Ed’s RSS feed, which delivered notice of an article by Alex Golub titled The Flaws of Facebook. Now while I’m going to react negatively to a portion of his work, there are some valid issues he’s addressing. If you’re a professor who might need to place more than one level…
Your pride in your child may represent a security, safety, and privacy issue.
Then you might want to read this article on MSNBC. I was setting up my Buzz account today and found quite a number of things that I thought would concern some people. As a somewhat public figure, I expose more of my information to the public than many people would be comfortable with. Spammers can…
I’ve often wondered about this, and now there’s a discussion going at TechDirt. I suspect the commenter who points out that suing your customers is generally a bad decision, referencing the RIAA. I think that it’s very likely that one will make money via information delivery much more than by simple generation, and if artists,…
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