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Internet Agency Approves Domains in Native Scripts
Four countries and two territories have won preliminary approval to have Internet addresses written entirely in their native scripts as early as this summer. However, proposals for Internet addresses that would say “China" and “Taiwan" in Chinese will require a few more months of technical review. The delay is not over political disputes, but rather ...
Sneak Peek at Instapaper for iPad
Instapaper lets you strip formatting and superfluous design elements from Web articles to read them later as plain text. We absolutely love this app on the iPhone, and the iPad app currently in the works looks insanely cool. The Instapaper founder writes: I'm probably supposed to keep this secret and build everyone's anticipation to ...
Interview: Mike King of Berkleemusic and Online Music Marketing with Topspin (PT. 1)
Kyle Bylin (@kbylin), Associate Editor (UPDATED) Over the course of the last ten weeks, I've had the pleasure of taking Online Music Marketing with Topspin through Berkleemusic with Mike King (@atomzooey)as my instructor. Though, to be sure, I'm likely to a biased opinion of the course -- for some reasons I can account for and others ...
Google Official Calls for Action on Web Restrictions
A top Google executive on Wednesday called for new rules to put pressure on governments that filter the Internet, saying the practice was hindering international trade. Alan Davidson, director of United States public policy for Google, told a joint Congressional panel that the United States should consider withholding development aid for countries that restrict certain Web ...
GoDaddy Stops Selling Chinese Domains over Censorship Concerns
GoDaddy, the nets largest domain-name registrar, announced Wednesday it would stop selling .cn domain names, saying it was unwilling to comply with new rules from the Chinese government that require new and existing .cn domain-name holders to provide photo ID. The announcement comes just two days after Google redirected its censored Google.cn search engine to its ...
Consumers View iPad as Music Device Too
A comScore survey of consumer attitudes towards e-book readers and the Apple iPad revealed that 38% would use it to enjoy music - a point higher than would use the device to read books. Just 37% of respondents indicated they were “likely" or “very likely" to read books, 9% higher than those who indicated they would ...
Immitter: New Music Discovery Pandora Style
An elevator pitch for Immitter.com might be: “Pandora-style discovery of great new indie and d.i.y. music". Debuting alongside 65 other startups at yesterday's VentureBeat Spring DEMO event, Immitter's founders believe that people enjoy discovering new music. But even those willing to venture beyond the traditional label-driven model to find it, don't have the time ...
Derek Sivers on Attending Music Conventions
CD Baby founder Derek Sivers shares his tips for making your trip to SXSW or any music convention a success. Also, be sure to watch some of the suggestions that Derek gathered from others on his web site. Hint: It's not about learning and the end of the conference is just the beginning...
Youtube Quietly Drops Realtime Toolbar
From the YouTube Help Forum: “We've seen some of you wondering what occurred to the Realtime Toolbar. The Realtime Toolbar was recently retired and is no longer an available feature on YouTube." “We were excited to release and experiment with Realtime and it has inspired us for new features on YouTube in the ...
Steve Jobs Terse Replies to Fan Mail
Normally as quiet and retiring as a geek at the Homecoming dance, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been on an unusual e-mail spree in the weeks leading up to the iPad launch, according to multiple reports. By our count, Jobs has sent at least four e-mails to eager Apple nerds asking about issues such as iPad ...
