Yahoo has been secretly scanning your email and handing it over to US intelligence [Updated] The Next Web by Bryan Clark For years, Yahoo has been scanning the email of unknowing users and then turning this information over to US intelligence agencies. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Reuters broke the story today that Yahoo is … Read more
Mozilla open-sourced its logo redesign, and here are the finalists The Next Web by Natt Garun In June, Mozilla announced that it would be redesigning its logo with the help of the internet’s collaboration. Along the way, it asked its community members to provide feedback on every step, shaping the logo into what the Web believes … Read more
Open Access Is a Human Rights Issue EFF.org Updates by Elliot Harmon A BBC article has been making the rounds this week about #icanhazpdf, a “secret codeword” that people use to access research papers from limited-access journals. The idea is simple: when researchers—or, for that matter, curious readers—find a reference to an article that they can’t … Read more
The Pirate Bay offline after police raid in Sweden Mashable! by Stan Schroeder BitTorrent indexing site The Pirate Bay has been offline since Tuesday morning after police in Sweden raided the site’s server room, seizing servers and other equipment. The Pirate Bay is offline after Swedish police allegedly seize servers You might have noticed that … Read more
Şu adresten kaydolmanız gerekiyor: https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/02/14/-/ninth-annual-igf-meeting?Itemid=28&filter_reset=1 15 Ağustos son tarih… Ninth Annual IGF Meeting From Tuesday 02 September 2014 To Friday 05 September 2014 The Ninth Annual IGF Meeting will be held in Istanbul, Turkey The registration period is from 18 June to 15 August. Journalists and other media representatives interested in applying for accreditation for the IGF 2014 … Read more
Pew: 47% of US Facebook users, or about 30% of all Americans, get news from the social network Given that Facebook is the world?s largest social network with over 1.15 billion users, it?s no surprise that many turn to the platform for news. In the US, about half of adult Facebook users, or 47 percent, get news … Read more
Saudi pays $190.7m for 469 Istanbul apartments gulfnews.com Manama: A Saudi businessman is paying $190.7 million (Dh700.27 million) for 469 apartments inIstanbul, a Turkish daily reported. The sale by Agaoglu Group, one of the highest flyers in the Turkish real estate industry, made up nearly 10 per cent of Beyond Istanbul: Turkey’s lesser known … Read more
Internet domain name watchdog ICANN to launch a huge regional hub in Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News ICANN will perform its operational activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa from a hub based in Turkey. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY – Internet domain name watchdog ICANN to launch a huge regional hub in … Read more
Final Europarl Committee Rejects ACTA: Internet-Lobbyists, 5-0. from TorrentFreak by Ernesto A lot of prestige had been building up toward today?s vote in the International Trade committee (INTA), which was about to give its recommendation to the European Parliament on the ACTA treaty. Six months ago, it looked like a no-brainer. Then, protests on the … Read more