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// New.Myspace, New.Problems//

nerdology:

Those of you who have been following me for a while (or know me personally) know that Myspace is one of my favorite things to talk about. I have said before that I would drop everything to be the CEO of that company, and I’m only half kidding when I say that.

When Myspace released a video of their redesigned site I was elated. Watching (fictional person) David create an account and then scroll through pictures and friends, share music, connect with musicians… It seemed to echo many of the thoughts I had for the service; take the template for Myspace Music, and grow it. Make Myspace a place for artists. The New Myspace brings us closer to a social network for artists than any other site has before. And it does it with style. Myspace is damn pretty.

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I have been using New Myspace almost two months. I think it’s pretty good. The site just opened to the public so I thought it would be worth putting some thoughts on down on text

As far as the gist of the site, the flow and basic day to day use, New Myspace makes more sense to me than Facebook. I would go as far as saying that New Myspace actually makes Facebook feel a little outdated, especially when you consider that we we live in a world of Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest.

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22 / 01
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Russia backtracks on internet governance proposals

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Russian-backed proposals calling for 193 countries to be given “equal rights to manage the internet” have been pulled at a UN conference in Dubai.

The US had threatened to block the suggested additions to an international communications treaty.

It wants the treaty to make minimal reference to the internet, warning to do otherwise risks state interference.

» via BBC

13 / 12
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// How the ITU wants to regulate the Internet//

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If we’re not careful as a society, we may end up with a closed Internet, regulated by big corporations with only their deep pockets in mind. It was a close call with SOPA, which as a unified front we were able to stop. The wheels never stopped turning after SOPA, as we have encountered ACTA and CISPA. Now it seems the ITU is trying to get in on the Internet, and bring regulations that will harm the openness of the world wide web.

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20 / 11
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// Keeping your clouds healthy//

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Cloud technology has allowed many businesses to expand and work more efficiently and effectively. The power of The Cloud allows businesses to access data from any location, at any time.

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04 / 10
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Iran Announces Plan To Launch Domestic Internet By March 2013 (And To Block Google Today)

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It seems that the Iranian government is working to take even tighter control of the country’s already heavily-censored version of the Internet.

The government said that it’s going to launch its own domestic Internet, and that the system will be fully operational by March 2013, according to Reuters and others (who, in turn, seem to be basing their reports on the Iranian media). It’s not clear whether all access to sites outside of Iran will be blocked once the domestic system is live.

» via TechCrunch

24 / 09
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When the country elected Barack Obama just four years ago, Twitter was a fledgling startup. During the campaign, Obama overtook Kevin Rose as the most followed person on Twitter, passing him at 56,482 followers.

Five years ago, according to Pew, less than half of Americans used email daily; less than a third used a search engine.

YouTube was founded in 2005 and Facebook in 2004 — and it would be a while after that until they became such integral parts of our day-to-day Internet experience.

Today nearly half of Americans own a smartphone. The iPhone is five years old.

Technology - Rebecca J. Rosen - 59% of Young People Say the Internet Is Shaping Who They Are - The Atlantic (via infoneer-pulse)

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01 / 07
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// Google’s new search results will focus on facts, using the Knowledge Graph//

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Google announced an exciting new change coming to the search engine which will bring tons of factual results to the forefront of Google searches. The new search feature is called the Knowledge Graph, which will tap into database facts to present relevant snippets of information based on your searches.

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25 / 05
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// N. Korea’s website was built with $15 and an American design template//

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The United States and North Korean relationship has been tumultuous, with a recent and big flare up when North Korea decided to launch a ‘satellite’ into space. The U.S. firmly suspected that N. Korea was launching a missile into space, which could be positioned to hit many countries including the U.S., saying the launch was a direct threat to the U.S. North Korea, not really giving an eff, launched anyways, and failed miserably.

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24 / 04
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Amazon is squeezing everyone out of business,” said Randall White, EDC’s chief executive. “I don’t like that. They’re a predator. We’re better off without them.
Amazon’s E-Book Pricing a Constant Thorn for Publishers - NYTimes.com (via infoneer-pulse)

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18 / 04
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Wikipedia Goes To College

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Wikipedia is the current king of the encyclopedia world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, remember, announced they were ceasing print publication several weeks ago. Now Wikipedia—and their parent Wikimedia Foundation—want to conquer the final frontier: Academia. If Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales and his acolytes have their way, professors will edit Wikipedia pages in their fields, add content in foreign languages, and allow their students to cite Wikipedia articles in papers.

The Wikipedia Education Program is an ambitious worldwide project aimed at “expand[ing] Wikipedia’s use as a teaching tool worldwide.” It’s also an easy way for Wikipedia to boost foreign-language content in critical markets like Brazil and the Arabic world, and for the open encyclopedia to transform itself into a bona fide research engine for academia. The move also comes, as The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal noticed, at the same time Google quietly sidelined Google Scholar, apparently to put focus on higher revenue-generating services. For the not-for-profit Wikipedia, storming the barricades of academia and being accepted there is a very desirable goal.

» via Fast Company

15 / 04
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