BBC NEWS | Technology | End of an era for early websites Yahoo-owned GeoCities once boasted millions of users and was the third most popular destination on the web. Yahoo, which acquired the site for $3.57bn (£2.17bn) in 1999 at… Continue Reading
15 Twitter Users Shaping the Future of Publishing "A lively ongoing conversation is taking place on Twitter (Twitter) about where the publishing industry is headed. With digital media overshadowing its legacy media counterpart, publishers are struggling to figure out pricing,… Continue Reading
New York Times, still uncertain on charging, sets seven digital priorities » Nieman Journalism Lab Video and transcript of an internal meeting to discuss the digital future of the NY Times… (tags: news2.0 newspaperwebsites journalism nytimes strategy newspaperbusiness) Secretary General's… Continue Reading
AT&T Boss Asks Employees to Fake It | Save the Internet "The company’s top policy officer sent a memo to workers on Monday urging them to hide their company affiliation before posting anti-Net Neutrality comments to the Federal Communication Commission’s… Continue Reading
Late last year, and early this year, I embarked on a social media training roadshow (for Headshift) that took me to the far corners of England, Scotland and Wales. My purpose was to show each of the finalist communities taking… Continue Reading
The Guardian's Rusbridger: The Mutualized Future is Bright (Columbia Journalism Review) "trafigura.. was the latest example of what I think of as the mutualization of a newspaper. Our readers have become part of what we do." (tags: guardian news2.0 newspaperbusiness… Continue Reading
Against Transparency | The New Republic Lawrence Lessig on why, sometimes, transparency isn't the best plan… (tags: transparency government politics democracy culture technology lessig freedom)
Google cleared of responsibility for indexing defamatory comments – Telegraph However, Mr Justice Eady, a High Court judge who specialises in defamation cases such as the recent Max Mosley trial, ruled on Friday, July 17, that Google was not a… Continue Reading
Googland: [G] Google climate change tools for COP15 (tags: climatechange cop15) London asks developers to help it free official data | Technology | The Guardian The Greater London Authority is holding an event this month to ask developers how it… Continue Reading
The Manchizzle: Manchester Blog Awards shortlist announced Glad to see Kate and friends are still going strong in Manchester… (tags: hyperlocal manchester blogging local bbcmanchesterblog) The Top 100 UK tech folk to follow on Twitter – Pocket-lint (tags: twitter technology… Continue Reading