Iranian celebrities in Google Plus: Vahid HD Not many Iranians use g+, as much as they use Facebook, considering the fact that g+ is not filtered, “yet”, though FB has been filtered since 2009, last Presidential Election. However, most of the people who use g+ are the ones who used to use Google Reader, or … Read more
The Digital Age and the Changing Face of International Media Development from MediaShift Search for the term “international media development” and you won’t find many university departments or publications. Nonetheless, the field is over 50 years old and has exerted a major influence on many regions of the world, accounting for a budget of half … Read more
US copyright enemies list is worst ever, including countries whose crime is poverty from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Michael Geist sez, The U.S. Trade Representative released its annual Special 301 Report [an annual enemies list of countries judged not to be doing enough to police US copyrights] yesterday, unsurprisingly including Canada on the Priority … Read more
Forget Generation Y: 18- to 34-Year-Olds Are Now ?Generation C? from Mashable! by Zoe Fox HTML Editor Calls HTML5 Video Copy-Protection Proposal ‘Unethical’ from Wired Top Stories by Scott Gilbertson Google, Microsoft, and Netflix have teamed up to propose a copy protection protocol– AKA DRM — for HTML5 video. It’s just a draft right … Read more
Dear Hollywood: An Open Letter to the Hardworking Men and Women in the Entertainment Industries from EFF.org Updates by parker Dear Hollywood, You don?t need us to tell you that your position on anti-“piracy” laws has been unpopular recently. Last month?shistoric protests, with millions of Americans registering their opposition, have made that point pretty clear. … Read more
Twitter caves to global censorship, will block content on country-specific basis as required by Xeni Jardin EFF: “What Does Twitter?s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression?” by Xeni Jardin What Does Twitter?s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression? from EFF.org Updates by eva Yesterday, Twitter announced in a blog post … Read more
Internet Blackout: SOPA, Reddit, and Networked (Political) Publics This wednesday, Wikipedia, Reddit, and a range of other high profile on-line sites will go black in protest of SOPA and PIPA, legislation currently being considered by the U.S. Congress, which will impose regulations on net practices in the name of exerting greater control over “piracy.” For … Read more
Google Launches New Site With Resources for the 2012 Presidential Election from Mashable! by Sarah Kessler Facebook, NBC Joining Forces to Host Social Presidential Debate by Alex Fitzpatrick Keeping up with the 2012 U.S. election with Google.com/Elections from The Official Google Blog by A Googler From the nineteenth century?s pamphlets to the twentieth century?s TV … Read more
SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet from EFF.org Updates by corynne As promised, here?s the first installment of our closer review of the massive piece of job-killing Internet regulation that is the Stop Online Piracy Act. We?ll start with how it could impact Twitter, Tumblr, and the next innovative social network, … Read more
Why Yandex Chose Turkey As Its New Frontier With Google? Andy Atkins-Krüger Since their highly successful IPO in May this year when Yandex?s shares increased in value 55% on day one and raised $1.3 billion, the speculation (especially from me) has not been when the company would launch into new markets ? but which … Read more
Oslo Bombing Prompts Experimenting With Google+ as Breaking News Tool from Mashable! by Sarah Kessler The unstoppable new social network: a Google+ update from Editors Weblog – all postings by Florence Pichon With nearly 20 million users already, Google+ is the fastest growing social network yet. It has taken elements from leading competitors (Facebook and … Read more
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
Google+ iPhone App Now Available by Christina Warren Google+ Approaches 18 Million Users [REPORT] by Ben Parr Google+ Won’t Kill Facebook or Twitter, Google Has a Bigger Agenda from social media vb by RickLiebling 5 Ways Journalists Are Using Google+ by Meghan Peters New Directory Makes It Easy To Find Public Google+ Hangouts by Todd … Read more
Google+ About To Hit 10 Million Users [REPORT] by Stan Schroeder What Features Do You Want Google to Add to Google+? [OPEN THREAD] by Ben Parr Google Plus Anti Divorce? from Daily Bits by noemi Are you plus one-ing yet, or are you still stuck with liking? Google?s beta release of Google Plus last week … Read more
I eagerly wait for more functionalities and users to join Google+ with full force.. so far i liked it, but still hard to compete with Facebook…. What Do You Think of Google+? from MediaShift Every few months, a new social network is born, and the cycle begins again. It starts with the emails: “Joe … Read more