Businessweek is reporting that Facebook is for sale. The owners of the privately held company have turned down a $750 million offer and hope to fetch as much as $2 billion in a sale – and Business Week reckons that… Continue Reading
The state of Virginia has passed a law requiring schools to teach internet safety as part of the curriculum, reports the Washington Post: “The measure’s sponsor, Del. William H. Fralin Jr. (R-Roanoke), said he wrote the bill after his oldest… Continue Reading
Forum One is organising Online Community Camp , a gathering of online community practitioners — managers, developers, business people, tools providers, funders — to discuss experience and strategies in the development and growth of online communities. Those involved in online… Continue Reading
Early May is going to be a busy time for conference go-ers. Not only is wemedia (and possibly a fringe!) coming to town on the 3rd-4th, but the Association of Online Publishers is holding a two day conference, Tomorrow’s Web,… Continue Reading
I’m not doing a very good job of writing up some of the stuff I’ve been reading recently but still wanted to draw them to your attention: A behind the scenes look at the launch of The Guardian’s Free Your… Continue Reading
The We Media Global Forum (London: 03-04 May) brings together the trailblazers of the connected society – the thinkers, innovators, investors, executives and activists seeking to tap the potential of digital networks connecting people everywhere… but entry costs a whopping… Continue Reading
The Guardian’s Simon Waldman has been spotted thinking aloud about a decentralised publishing model: What we need is a swift, easy and unpunitive licensing structure to allow content creators to distribute content; and for aggregators to aggregate – with value… Continue Reading
The good people at AOL (no, really!) have teamed up with Citizens Online to give away 30 award packages of £2K + 1 year’s broadband to to support innovative internet projects run by community groups and registered charities in the… Continue Reading
A chatroom spat turned expensive for Tracy Williams, a college lecturer from Oldham, Greater Manchester, after she lost a libel case brought against her by Michael Keith-Smith in the High Court. The Court heard that Williams described Keith-Smith as "lard… Continue Reading
Dan Gillmor appeared late last week on BBC News Online to answer questions about citizen journalism. For those who follow Gillmor (or, more likely, can’t avoid him) there’s not a whole lot new here but he does do a good… Continue Reading