Susan Crawford- BT and Ofcom

About 16 months ago, I heard Ed Richards of Ofcom speak at a CITI conference at Columbia, and blogged about it here. I remember thinking that Richards didn’t seem to think that highspeed access to the internet was all that important. The market had to demand it, and the market wasn’t being [...]

Jeff Nolan

California’s Math Education Problem Extends to Statisticians

jeffnolan.com/wp -According to these numbers from a “highly accurate” reporting system, 24% of California’s high school students are dropping out, 127,292 students. The problem with this statistic is that there are 2 million students enrolled in California’s high school system. So 24% of 2 million is 127,292 students? California’s first true count of high school [...] more »

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Ryan McIntyre

I've Been Inc'd

ryanmcintyre.com -OK, so it doesn't appear to draw as much traffic as when one of my posts was dugg, but apparently my post about the stupidity of car alarms amused the folks over at Inc. Magazine and Inc.com. Thanks for the props, Inc! more »

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Ben Barren

there aint no opensocial shindig goin on downunder.

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Martin Stabe

Depth Reporting: Just how stupid, shortsighted and out-of-touch are newspaper executives?

martinstabe.com/blog -"[P]owerful economic forces, forces that are vastly more complicated than the simplistic drivel about newspaper curmudgeons and their resistance to change, are behind the news industry's malaise today." more »

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Kara Swisher

Microsoft’s Trojan Horse (Also Google’s): Display Advertising

kara.allthingsd.com - So while all the attention is on who Microsoft is hunting next--after its latest parry at grabbing Yahoo's search business was foiled once again--has settled on Time Warner's AOL, as BoomTown reported Monday, it would be a mistake to assume that the software giant is not still ai more »

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Martin Stabe

TechCrunch: NPR Launches API That Serves Up 13 Years Of Content

martinstabe.com/blog -"National Public Radio (NPR) has introduced an API that it says will allow developers to serve up mashups that include audio, images, and full text articles from the non-profit media organization’s archives that go as far back as 1995." more »

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Michael Geist

The C-61 in 61 Seconds YouTube Video Competition

michaelgeist.ca -Tens of thousands of Canadians have spoken out against Bill C-61 over the past month.  In addition to the letters, MP meetings, and town halls, many have created mashups, videos, more »

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Michael Geist

USTR Posts ACTA Submissions

michaelgeist.ca -The USTR has posted four volumes of public submissions on its Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement consultation.  By contrast, Canada's DFAIT, which conducted a similar consultation this spring, offers only complete silence. more »

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Michael Geist

Canadian Court Awards Major Counterfeiting Damages

michaelgeist.ca -The Canadian Trademark Blog points to another court decision awarding huge damages for counterfeiting activities in Canada.  Yet another example of how the claims that Canadian law is unable to address counterfeiting concerns do not stand up to any meaningful scrutiny. more »

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