European Court Overturns Rule on Illegal File Sharing
The New York Times PARIS — The highest court in the European Union said on Thursday that Internet service providers could not be required to monitor their customers’ online activity to filter out the illegal sharing of music and other copyrighted material. The ruling, by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, is a setback … Read more
As Investors Flee Groupon, Outlook for I.P.O.’s Darkens
The New York Times Unable to break a three-day slide, shares of Groupon tumbled again on Wednesday, as more investors dumped shares. For the first time since it went public earlier this month, Groupon broke below its offering price of $20 per share. Shares of Groupon fell 16 percent on Wednesday to close at $16.96. … Read more
Redefining Public Relations in the Age of Social Media
The New York Times By Stuart Elliot THE public relations industry has decided that it may be a good time for, well, a public relations initiative. The industry’s largest organization, the Public Relations Society of America, is embarking on an effort to develop a better definition of “public relations,” one more appropriate for the 21st … Read more
Crushing the Cost of Predicting the Future
The New York Times By QUENTIN HARDY Jeff Zelevansky/Associated Press”It’s tough to make predictions,” Yogi Berra supposedly said, ”especially about the future.” Large and diverse sets of data have become abundant as more information is posted on the Internet, from stock prices and news pages to sensor readings. Now the cost of analyzing and visualizing … Read more
Putting the Brakes on Web-Surfing Speeds
The New York Times BERLIN — State-of-the-art Web surfing, for all of its breathtaking speed, can be baffling. A favorite page gets hung up. A data-intensive application, like playing a video or downloading large files, stutters or stops. Is it the telecommunications operator? Is it the Web site? Is it the smartphone or the computer? … Read more
Adobe backs off on Flash for mobile browsers
By BARBARA ORTUTAY NEW YORK (AP) – Adobe Systems Inc. is pulling its Flash software for Web video and games from the browsers of mobile devices, though Flash will still work on mobile apps and on the Web browsers of regular computers. The move is a win for Apple Inc., which has famously banned Flash … Read more
AP Exclusive: CIA following Twitter, Facebook
By KIMBERLY DOZIER McLEAN, Va. (AP) – In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets – up to 5 million a day. At the agency’s Open Source Center, a team known affectionately as the “vengeful librarians” also pores over Facebook, newspapers, TV news channels, local radio … Read more
