Things that caught our eye
This weekend some of Europe’s biggest publishers are running a newspaper ad arguing that Google is too dominant and that the company favors its own products over those of others.
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt responds on the European Policy Blog:
While we’re fortunate to have been very successful in Europe, it’s not the case that Google is “the gateway to the Internet” as the publishers suggest.”
Things that caught our eye
Cambridge Code has done a marvelous job of gathering all the academic commentary on the Google Spain case. They may not be very up to date, but it gives a nice overview of early commentary on the case. You can find the authors, summaries and links to the works HERE.
Google Spain
Things that caught our eye
If you find yourself in need for more explanation about 3-D Printing after reading Luke Heemsbergen’s piece on 3-D Printing. Go ahead and have a look at the Wall Street Journal’s explanation on 3-D Printing. You can even download their 3-D printing graph and print it yourself!
Find the article here.
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The National Telecommunications & Information Administration, which is part of the US Department of Commerce has kept note of most (if not all) the public commentary on the request posed by the NTIA in early June comments on ‘‘‘Big data’’ developments and how they impact the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights’. On 5 August the consultation closed and the NTIA has now published all the public commentary on its website. 44 People or organisations responded including Microsoft, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reed Elsevier Inc, ARTICLE 29 Data Protection Working Party and The Internet Association which represents among other Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Ebay & Paypal, Twitter, and Netflix.
Full list of all the commentary: See here.
Things that caught our eye
The Internet’s Own Boy shows the story of Aaron Schwartz. He helped build RSS, Reddit, and parts of Creative Commons. This documentary about his brief life, is definitely worth a watch.
