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The State of the Internet

Source: HypeBot
March 7, 2010

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New York Isn't Silicon Valley. Thats Why They Like It.

Source: Michael Ricci
March 6, 2010

One sign of a dot-com revival is the North Brooklyn Breakfast Club, for local tech types. Three of its organizers are Justin Shaffer, Dorothy McGivney and Chrysanthe Tenentes.

THE two dozen or so people arranged around wooden tables, warming their hands and bellies with steaming mugs of coffee and plates of homemade biscuits, looked like just another Sunday brunch set in New York. But members of this group had braved knee-deep snow to gab about cutting-edge ideas and as they ...

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The Key to Apple's iPad? Uh-Oh, It's Magic

Source: All About Jazz
March 6, 2010

Wizard of Cupertino Steve Jobs announced Friday morning that the Apple iPad will go on sale April 3, and with that news revealed One More Thing that even iFixit won't find: It's magic. The “iPad is something completely new," said Jobs. “We're excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product. and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before." Jobs' quote about the “magical" nature ...

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Domain Name Czar Seeks .OnlineUnity

Source: All About Jazz
March 6, 2010

For the last few years, policy makers and netizens have been battling over net neutrality

The idea that the net is and should remain an open, fair platform where packets flow freely and web services just work, everywhere and without favoritism. And they're trying to find the best way to guarantee that. The problem is hardly new. ICANN, the little-understood, policy- setting body that's in charge of the net's address system, has grappled with it, mostly successfully, for years. Now ...

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British Online Copyright Laws Draw Debates

Source: Michael Ricci
March 5, 2010

An article published on Thursday in, The Guardian, discusses a debate taking place in the British Parliament around a new digital economy bill.

One amendment in particular is stirring a lot of discussion about its impact on content online. The Guardian writes:

The new proposal which was passed in the House of Lords by 165 votes to 140 gives a high court judge the right to issue an injunction against a Web site accused of hosting a substantial amount of ...

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Afropop's Hip Deep Site Launched: Music Tells Story of World

Source: Michael Ricci
March 5, 2010

Afropop Worldwide has released the Beta version of its media-rich new website to the public, a bold step towards expanding the non-profit organization's mission of connecting Americans and the global on-line community to Africa and the world through new digital and social media. The website is dedicated to the humanities-themed series Hip Deep that is part of the Afropop Worldwide weekly radio series hosted by Georges Collinet and distributed by Public Radio International to over 110 stations in the U.S. ...

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iPad Goes on Sale April 3: Pre Orders Begin in a Week

Source: All About Jazz
March 5, 2010

Apple announced Friday that the first iPads will be available on April 3 and that the long-awaited device will be available for pre-order on March 12. The launch is for the WiFi-only version, with the 3G-enabled device on sale later in the month. The release of the 3G version will also coincide with rollout of both models in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, Apple said. Apple thoughfully picked a Saturday for the debut so ...

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Touchy Touchscreens

Source: All About Jazz
March 5, 2010

You're not crazy, and neither are we: The touchscreen on the Apple iPhone really is more responsive than the screens on the BlackBerry Storm, the Motorola Droid, the Nexus One and many other phones, even though all of these devices use essentially the same touch-sensing hardware. Though handset makers buy their touchscreens as components from the same select pool of suppliers, a good touchscreen experience requires more than just hardware. It requires a bit of design alchemy blending software, engineering ...

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