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Cyberculture agenda: Bitcoin’s creator… Ada Lovelace… Twitter’s warning about state-sponsored attacks…

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Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius  Wired Top Stories by Andy Greenberg and Gwern Branwen WIRED has determined that Bitcoin’s creator is probably Dr. Craig Steven Wright. Twitter warns of state-sponsored attacks for first time  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Some users receive notice that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Instagram’s Justin Bieber Problem fixed… “Inside the Aaron Swartz Day hackathon…

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How Instagram Solved Its Justin Bieber Problem Wired Top Stories by Cade Metz Back in the day, Bieber pics would receive so many “Likes” that they’d crash Instagram. Here’s how they fixed it. Inside the Aaron Swartz Day hackathon Newsweek Columnists: Christopher Dickey by Seung Lee Golden light flooded the room through the tall, stained windows all … Read more

Literati roundup: after all Google’s scan of millions of books has been declared legal…”Digital Islamic Humanities Project…

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Google’s audacious project that scanned millions of books has been declared legal The Next Web by Owen Williams Google Books, a project that involved scanning tens of millions of books to make them available online, was met with resistance from authors around the world. A group of authors sued Google in 2008 claiming that the project violated copyright and … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “96% of Recruiters Use Social Media to Find High-Quality Candidates…

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Survey: 96% of Recruiters Use Social Media to Find High-Quality Candidates All Facebook by Kimberlee Morrison A Few Tips for Blogging Growth Daily Blog Tips Blogging is competitive and if you are new to it, you might face a tough challenge. In order to create a fan base and gather an audience around your blog, you need … Read more