Google is paying around $6.5 million Belgian newspapers who complained that Google News violated its copyright. But the company is very keen to stress that this is not a payment for using the content itself. As in several countries, the case centered on Google’s use of “snippets”, short extracts of newspaper articles that appear on [...]
Laser Cats FTW! [LEGS MEDIA]
So I read this article on The Verge and I thought I should check out this #windowsrage hash tag that seems to be getting everyone all atwitter. It would seem that Windows Phone decided to kick off a poorly thought out #droidrage marketing scheme: This was promptly met with outrage and posts like this: Which [...]
The users of Facebook are overwhelmingly voting to save their right to vote on Facebook, but the vote almost certainly won’t count. The admittedly confusing situation involves a little known Facebook rule that took effect in 2009 after the company sparked a storm of complaints when it appeared to claim greater rights over uploaded material. [...]
In December, there is going to be a closed door meeting at which only governments have a voice. At this meeting, some governments are hoping to increase censorship and regulate the Internet. Google is spearheading a campaign so that the world can at least try to have a say in this – to say that [...]
Have you been seeing those idiotic “I declare this shit is mine” posts people have been posting, hoping to circumvent the Facebook terms and conditions you have already agreed to. No? Congratulations – your friends are probably geeks like you. Yep, that just about sums it up. However, what you SHOULD be worried about is [...]
Google is urging German users to fight a proposed change to the company’s federal copyright law. Officials say the change is designed to protect newspapers but Google argues it could undermine the entire concept of search. According to the Financial Times, the proposal means that a search engine would have to get permission before including [...]
Warning: Second half of the comic contains strong language. Another funny, and oh so true, comic by The Oatmeal. [Source: The Oatmeal]
Governments around the world have objected to more than 250 proposed top level domains. It brings added uncertainty to what could be a revolution in website addresses. The new system means that website addresses will no longer be restricted to ending with either a specific country code (such as .ca) or one of a short [...]
Sounds about right. Agree? Disagree? Comments? [Sarah L Via Gizmodo]
A court has confirmed Google must pay a $22.5 million penalty — and Google will consider that a relief. That’s because a consumer group had argued the punishment was insufficient, an argument a federal judge has now rejected. The penalty is a settlement of charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission after Google intentionally bypassed [...]
Fortunately for me, most of my Facebook friends leave their wall pretty much empty, so when we meet, we can still catch up on what is happening in our respective lives. But what about you guys? Has something like this ever happened to you? [Source: Brian @ Shoeboxblog]