A video: Intro to the Semantic Web

A short introduction to the semantic web. All source material is on the Digital Bazaar wiki: http://wiki.digitalbazaar.com/en/sema…

iPads on Campus

Their arrival sparks a debate among campus CIOs over whether colleges should start giving out Apple’s much-ballyhooed computing tablet to students.

iPad Stats: Over 300,000 Sold on First Day, 1 Million Apps Downloaded

from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder

Conan O?Brian on why iPad is amazing

from CyberJournalist.net by Jon

Arab World: iPad Fever Grips Arabia

from Global Voices Online by Amira Al Hussaini

?Got my iPad :D? tweets Khalid Alsudairy, a 22-year-old Saudi student studying in Boston.

Soon enough, the news travels across the region, with well wishers congratulating him on the feat. Saudi tech blog iPhad (Ar) takes a step further and interviews Alsudairy as being ?among the first Arabs to own an iPad.?

The era of cyberespionage. Yawn.

from FP Passport by Kayvan Farzaneh

Internet news threatens traditional news channels, but what about print?

from Editors Weblog – all postings by Helena Humphrey

The term ‘journalism’ is a large umbrella covering the multitude of media and topics that come under its shelter. Indeed, branding ‘journalists’ as but a single breed of professional would be to ignore the differences between what a broadcaster, to say a newspaper columnist, does on a daily basis.

Reporters Without Borders Issues ‘Enemies of the Internet’ List

from MediaShift

On March 12, 2010, Reporters Without Borders celebrated World Day Against Cyber Censorship. The goal of the event was to rally everyone in support of a single Internet that is unrestricted and accessible to all. It is also meant to draw attention to the fact that, by creating new spaces for exchanging ideas and information, the Internet is a force for freedom. However, more and more governments have realized this and are reacting by trying to control the Internet.

All 10 tactics content is now online

Today, the final bit of content from Tactical Tech’s most recent project, ‘10 tactics for turning information into action‘, went online for the public to view and download.

Exclusive: Inside YouTube?s War Room

from Mashable! by Ben Parr

How Technology Changed American Politics in the Internet Age

from MediaShift

The 2008 U.S. presidential campaign drew the attention of the world. In the aftermath, the Obama campaign’s use of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were widely credited with helping secure the historic victory of President Barack Obama.


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