December 5, 2008
IGF And The Secret War on Freedom of Speech (AMENDED)
Three years ago, the Financial Times published an op-ed by ACT president Jonathan Zuck regarding the first effort by governments like China, Iran, and Cuba to replace [...]
The Latest Fallout from the Financial Crisis – Governments Want to Bail Out The Internet
Here at the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, we saw yet another domino begin to fall in the growing financial crisis. Despite the lack [...]
On Copyright – Bad Assumptions lead to Bad Conclusions
Here in Hyderabad at the IGF I just got done listening to a panel titled “Overcoming Obstacles to Effective Digital Education” and while that is ostensibly a [...]
Live from Hyderabad! Alphabet Soup Conference Time!
ACT has two people who have flown to Hyderabad, India to participate in multiple events built around the United Nations Economic Development arm sponsored “Internet Governance Forum” [...]
November 26, 2008
Facebook holds acquisition talks with Twitter
Yahoo!Tech reveals that “Social networking company Facebook recently held acquisition talks with Twitter, the micro-blogging company, the Financial Times said. The negotiations […] put a valuation of [...]
Beware the Era of Financial Regulation and its Spillover onto Tech Companies
Remember being in grade school when a classmate’s rabble rousing would ruin it for everybody, and the teacher would hold back the class from going to recess? [...]