22-23 Kasım’da Özgür Web Teknolojileri Günler…

http://www.ozgurwebgunleri.org.tr/2013/ Özgür Web Teknolojileri Günleri 2013, 22-23 Kasım’da İstanbul Yeditepe Üniversitesi’nde. Etkinliği, Linux Kullanıcıları Derneği ve Yeditepe Üniversitesi Bilgisayar Topluluğu beraber düzenliyor. Özgür Yazılım A.Ş. ve Gittigidiyor’un sponsorluğundaki etkinlik, Türkiye‘de web teknolojileri ve özgür yazılımla ilgilenenleri buluşturacak. Etkinlikte “Ölçeklenebilirlik” ana teması etrafında 2 gün boyunca 3 paralel salonda 30’un üzerinde konuşmacı; seminerler, uygulamalı seminerler ve … Read more

Europshere roundup: More spying row as “Fresh claims emerge in US-Germany spying row…

  Morning Brief: NSA Monitored 60 Million Calls in Spain in One Month NSA Monitored 60 Million Calls in Spain in One Month Top News: A report that the National Security Agency monitored 60 million Spanish telephone calls over the course of a one-month period prompted calls from Spain that that the United States must explain the extent of … Read more

Journalism roundup: three new studies from Reuters Inst. and more…

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, has issued three new studies that may be of interest: Is there still a place for public service television? Effects of the changing economics of broadcasting, edited by Robert G. Picard and Paolo Siciliani https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/Publications/Working_Papers/Is_There_Still_a_Place_for_Public_Service_Television.pdf Women and journalism, Suzanne Franks https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/publications/risj-challenges/women-and-journalism.html Climate change and … Read more

Journalism news: UK intel officials enter Guardian offices to destroy Snowden docs. Still they don’t get it…

UK intel officials enter Guardian offices, destroy hard drives with Snowden docs   Glenn Greenwald, left, with David Miranda, who was held for nine hours at Heathrow under schedule 7 of Britain’s terror laws. Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters The UK government smashed the Guardian?s hard drives in hopes of stopping the Snowden leaks The Guardian Editor … Read more

“Partner of NSA leaks journalist held for 9 hours… a Journalism roundup

Partner of NSA leaks journalist held for 9 hours The partner of the Guardian journalist who worked with Edward Snowden to expose US surveillance tactics was detained for almost nine hours August 6, 2013 filed handout picture released by the Brazilian Senate showing Brazil-based Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, who was among the first to release … Read more

“Acts of Journalism and the Espionage Act… A journalism roundup…

New York Times launches new interactive ads for mobile The New York Times is out with some interesting new ad formats specifically tailored for their iPad app. Developed by the Times? Idea Lab, the new formats emphasize interactivity and a push to connect the app to other features on the iPad, including: Acts of Journalism … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Google’s Balloons to Bring the Internet to Remote Regions…PRISM scandal…

Google Launches Balloons to Bring the Internet to Remote Regions Google is launching huge balloons to bring the Internet to remote and difficult terrain ? think mountain ranges, archipelagos and jungles ? beginning with New Zealand. How Google plans to use balloons do deliver broadband to the great unwired Wired has a neat story out … Read more