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Cyberculture roundup: Eric Schmidt vs. Julian Assange… CISPA is back….Google vs. Bing…

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Eric Schmidt: Money is the only reason Julian Assange redacted WikiLeaks files from FP Passport by John Hudson Back in 2011, Google executive Eric Schmidt conducted a secret interview with Julian Assange while the WikiLeaks founder was under house arrest in Britain. The nature of the interview has not been revealed until now, a week … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Amazon buys my fav. Goodreads, Google’s patent move, “It?s Not Slacktivism if it Changes Culture”, Attack on Spamhaus…

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Amazon’s Plan to Own Writing and Reading Advances With Goodreads Buy from Wired Top Stories by Marcus Wohlsen Amazon looked back to its roots in bookselling and forward to its future as the global overlord of all human literary output by announcing its plan today to purchase social reading site GoodReads. Amazon acquires social book … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Yandex vs. Google on Android app store… an Interview with Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay…

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The ?six strike? Copyright Alert System is now in place: Here?s what you need to know from The Next Web by Alex Wilhelm ?Six Strikes? Anti-Piracy Plan Is Both Loathed and Watched Closely from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick ?Six Strikes? Anti-Piracy Scheme Starts Today, With Mystery Punishments from TorrentFreak by Ernesto Yandex deals Google a … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: New Laws on Privacy issues, Iranian presidential candidate does Reddit AMA, CISPA on the agenda…

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  Iranian presidential candidate does Reddit AMA from FP Passport by Neha Paliwal The Enduring Power of Radio in the Digital Age from Mashable! by Matt Petronzio Did Terrorists Use Twitter to Increase Situational Awareness? from iRevolution by Patrick Meier Those who are still skeptical about the value of Twitter for real-time situational awareness during … Read more

Erkan’s favorite service IFTTT is also victim to Twitter’s new policy.. Cyberculture roundup…

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Twitter Policy?s Latest Victim: If This Then That from Mashable! by Peter Pachal IFTTT forced to remove Twitter triggers on September 27th to comply with new API policies from The Next Web by Matthew Panzarino Why IFTTT being forced to remove its Twitter triggers is a red alert for developers from The Next Web by … Read more

Speaking of movie, book, music recommendations… Erkan’s major sources…

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I am working on a new edition of Online Tools for my Students. It is time for the 3rd version of the Part I. Check out that. It will appear soon. However, here is a brief section on online recommendation services I rely on…   14. Speaking of recommendations, LastFm is a great music place to find … Read more

A LulzSec interview, Anonymous attacks on NATO, Google & Facebook in lobbying spree and more… A Cyberculture roundup…

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A passion for change – LulzSec interview, Ryan Gallagher from open Democracy News Analysis – by Ryan Gallagher A rare and candid interview conducted with Topiary, founding member of LulzSec and self-described ?captain of the Lulz Boat? ? on becoming involved in hacktivism, fighting extortion claims, donating to Wikileaks, revolution, and the US government From … Read more

Speaking of privacy, Murdoch’s daily shows old media is not better than new media… A cyberculture roundup…

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Advertisers Announce Boycott of UK Tabloid on Twitter by Todd Wasserman MAIN FOCUS: Hacking scandal compromises Murdoch | 08/07/2011 from euro|topics Rupert Murdoch’s US-based concern News Corp on Thursday announced the closure of the British tabloid News of the World. Journalists on the newspaper have been accused among other things of hacking into the telephones … Read more

Amazon “betrays” Wikileaks. Global reactions to Cablegate (4)

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Amazon Bans WikiLeaks From Its Servers from Mashable! by Ben Parr MAIN FOCUS: Wikileaks creates a global public sphere | 01/12/2010 from euro|topics China is blocking Wikileaks‘ websites, states fear for their data security and the world learns of a planned coup d’état against Pakistan’s president. While the daily disclosures of further US dispatches are … Read more

“A Primer on Creative Commons

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A Primer on Creative Commons – The Web’s Most Prominent Content Licensing System from Freelance Writing Jobs by Jonathan Bailey Unless you haven?t been paying attention, you?ve probably at least heard of Creative Commons or seen its licenses around on various sites. However, there?s a great deal of misunderstanding regarding what Creative Commons Licenses actually … Read more

Authors selling ebooks through Amazon…and an academic roundup

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Celebrated authors bypass publishing houses to sell ebooks via Amazon Discontent over digital royalties prompts Roth, Amis and other leading names to enter into exclusive deal with Odyssey Editions E-books attracting more Turkish readers from Hurriyet Dailynews Interest in e-books, which received only lukewarm support from publishers when they first emerged, is increasing despite worries … Read more

Most annoying countries according to Google

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Google unveiled a page that lists government requests from Google. Google explains its decision here. Turkey is not at the top of the lists as she just decides to shut down sites instead of more elegant approaches:)

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Amazon vs. Macmillan

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Amazon and Macmillan go to war: readers and writers are the civilian casualties

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

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