Cyberculture roundup: “Turkey bans gay dating website, app Grindr… “Foursquare continues to focus on the little details…

  Turkey bans gay dating website, app Grindr Gay and bisexual male dating website Grindr has been banned by Turkey’s Directorate of Telecommunication   Foursquare continues to focus on the little details. Now tells you where the action is on any given day of the week. Someone must have given Foursquare a kick up the … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Pew report on Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Online, Location-Based Services… FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack..

Can Twitter Go Public and Still Be a Champion of Free Speech? With Twitter set to make its debut on American stock exchanges, a critical question looms: Can toppling dictators also be good business? Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Online A new survey finds that most internet users would like to be anonymous online, but many … Read more

Americana roundup: Interactive: US interventions post-Cold War…FBI?s Files on Hemingway, Einstein, Marilyn & Other Icons…

Interactive: US interventions post-Cold War The proposed US military strike on Syria would be the latest in a long list of overseas intrusions. FBI?s ?Vault? Web Site Reveals Declassified Files on Hemingway, Einstein, Marilyn & Other Icons Yesterday we featured pages from Charles Bukowski?s FBI file and, along the way, mentioned William T. Vollman?s. But … Read more

Pew Report on Teens and Mobile Apps Privacy; Best of Ballmer… a Cyberculture roundup…

  Best of Ballmer: The products and moments that marked the tenure of Microsoft?s CEO Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today that he will be stepping down from his position within the next 12 months. The change was somewhat unexpected and poses questions not only about his successor, but how the company should change and … Read more