From Consumer Watchdog: Related articles Consumer Watchdog Group Goes After Google (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) Consumer Watchdog: Times Square Animation On Google’s Privacy Abuses May Get A Sequel (blogs.forbes.com) CEO Eric Schmidt Creepily Portrayed in Consumer Watchdog’s New Anti-Google Ad (searchenginejournal.com)
Posts Tagged ‘Internet’
Google: Do not track me
Posted: 3rd September 2010 by Brant in biz, politics, techTags: Consumer Watchdog, Eric E. Schmidt, Google, Internet, privacy
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William Gibson on Google
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Google, Internet, media, privacy, William Gibson
Google is evil. I have said this many times. And I do mean it. But for a more thoughtful analysis of Google and its operation and meaning, you can turn to William Gibson [link to his Twitter account], one of my favorite writers. He penned such novels cyberpunk novels as the classic Neuromancer, Mona Lisa [...]
The end for the printed OED?
Posted: 30th August 2010 by Brant in cultureTags: books, Internet, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, publishing
Cover via Amazon It appears that the current printed version of the Oxford English Dictionary may be the last. Related articles “Will The Internet Kill The Oxford English Dictionary?” and related posts (nymag.com) Oxford English Dictionary ‘will not be printed again’ (telegraph.co.uk) Should We Care Whether the OED Goes Online Only? (gigaom.com) ‘Oxford English Dictionary’ [...]
The assault on cable TV
Posted: 30th August 2010 by Brant in biz, culture, techTags: Cable television, Internet, IPTV, media, movies, Television
Image via Wikipedia Finally. It appears that the stars are aligning in favor of a strong push for Internet TV (IPTV) over traditional cable television. All the big companies in tech (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon) are launching or have launched major initiatives to deliver streaming video over the Internet. Content creators would love this, [...]
Entertainment quote of the day
Posted: 25th August 2010 by Brant in biz, cultureTags: Fleetwood Mac, Internet, music, Stevie Nicks
Image via Wikipedia The Internet has destroyed rock. Children no longer develop social graces. They don’t hang out anymore. I’m financially stable. I’m okay. But what about the kids trying to make it in this business? If you’re not an established band, if you don’t have a hit single, they’re gonna drop you. There are [...]
Old Google v. New Google
Posted: 13th August 2010 by Brant in politics, techTags: Google, Internet, net neutrality, Verizon
Google has announced an “agreement” with Verizon which, if it became effective, would limit Internet neutrality to services existing on today’s Internet. Future services could be restricted. Does that seem consistent with this announcement produced by Google in 2006? More available from the anti-Google/Verizon site Voogle Wireless and MG Siegler at TechCrunch.
Google and net neutrality
Posted: 8th August 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Google, Internet, media, net neutrality, Verizon
A level playing field, according to which all traffic flows with equal priority to all points, and with no data sources being favored in exchange for money or other consideration, is critical to maintaining the openness of the Internet. This level playing field is called network neutrality (although more nuanced applications of the terms are [...]
Data point
Posted: 5th August 2010 by Brant in culture, politics, techTags: civil rights, Internet, justice, Scribd
The Prop 8 ruling (see below) was first published to Scribd, a site for sharing documents. According Scribd, the decision is the most viral document every posted to their popular service, and received more than 150,000 reads per hour.
Goodbye net neutrality (updated x2)
Posted: 5th August 2010 by Brant in biz, politics, techTags: FCC, Google, Internet, net neutrality, Verizon
How would you like Internet service providers to begin to charge more for premium service? And what would an Internet made up of various private agreements between large companies without public input or standards? If this sounds good to you, you will love this. Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, [...]
Your secrets: collected and sold (updated)
Posted: 31st July 2010 by Brant in biz, politics, techTags: advertising, Internet, privacy
The Wall Street Journal has published a series of reports that reflect a comprehensive review of the current state of Internet tracking. It shows, sometimes in startling detail, just how much information is being tracked, analyzed, and sold without the knowledge of users of the Net. The Journal conducted a comprehensive study that assesses and [...]
Information on 100 million Facebook users (updated)
Posted: 28th July 2010 by Brant in culture, techTags: Facebook, Internet, privacy
I have been warning for some time that Facebook’s complicated and difficult privacy settings are unfair to users who have difficulty understanding, let alone managing, their data on Facebook. Now it turns out that data on 100 million Facebook users is being shared via Bit Torrent on the Net. Not by Facebook, but by some [...]
Etiquette of technology
Posted: 28th July 2010 by Brant in culture, techTags: cell phones, communication, culture, etiquette, Internet
Paggy Nelson writes about the new etiquette developing around individuals who are always connected to networks, via their cellphones. She calls it the “etiquette of the flow.” We want to be connected and satisfying that desire is changing the rules of etiquette, and fast. Worth a read. We’ve moved from the etiquette of the individual [...]
The GeoCities look and feel on demand
Posted: 25th July 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: design, Geocities, Internet
GeoCities is no more. But in its day it was super popular. However, GeoCities sites were often explorations of the garish and annoying. It pushed bad design more consistently and vigilantly than virtually anywhere else. If you miss GeoCities you can now view any site or page inC-like format using GeoCities-izer. Click here to see [...]
Jeffrey Rosen describes a fact of life in the Internet era in a great article from the New York Times Sunday Magazine. He describes the permanence of information (text, photos, videos, tweets, etc) on the Internet and what that does to culture. Everything posted about a person remains virtually forever, and usually accessible by anyone. [...]