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Google Will Start Country-Specific Censorship for BlogsGoogle figured out Twitter‘s trick for avoiding universally censoring content weeks ago, but it managed to go unnoticed — for a while. That is, until TechDows wrote about Blogger‘s plan for country-specific URLs Tuesday. At some point “over the coming weeks,” Googl... Want to Speak at TED? Now You Can AuditionThe speaker list at the Technology Entertainment Design conference, TED, has included well-known names such as Bill Gates, Al Gore and Jane Goodall. But with an audition tour the organization announced Tuesday, the roster could soon include a new name: yours. TED will host auditions in 14 countr... 4 Inspiring Examples of Digital StorytellingLayla Revis is vice president of digital influence at Ogilvy PR Worldwide. Her specialties include international affairs, tourism and multicultural marketing. In 2011, Sundance Film Festival created The New Frontier Story Lab, an initiative created to foster the development of a new style of medi... ‘Mob Mentality’ Destroyed SOPA, Says Viacom CEO“Are you surprised at the speed [SOPA and PIPA] fell apart?” AllThingsD‘s Peter Kafka asked Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman at a gathering of several hundred media and technology professionals in Laguna Nigel, Calif., Tuesday morning. “It became a mob mentality,” Dauman ... President Obama’s First Google+ Hangout: How’d He Do?President Obama held the first all-digital interview from the White House on Monday night. Like a modern day reincarnation of FDR’s fireside chats, the video chat brought the president directly into the homes of thousands of Americans via a Google+ hangout. Over 227,000 people submitted que... WikiLeaks Plans to Move Servers Offshore — to Sealand? [REPORT]WikiLeaks might be looking for a lawless off shore place to keep its servers, according to a Fox News report — which also speculates that place could be the Principality of Sealand. Just six miles off the eastern coast of the U.K., this platform — an unrecognized micronation — ... How an Innovative Startup Turned Retail On Its Head [VIDEO]While Harvard Business School grads Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna were looking for a business idea, they noticed that the beauty product industry was seriously behind the times on the online retail side. They discovered that some of the biggest pain points for customers included the ... Google to Congress: We’re Still Not EvilGoogle sent a 13-page letter to Congress Monday explaining changes to its privacy policy that the search giant announced last week. Those changes are scheduled to go into effect for Google’s 350 million global users on March 1. The letter is a response to a letter Congress sent to Google l... Viacom CEO: Our Strength Is Not Technology“We know what we do well,” Philippe Dauman, president and CEO of Viacom, said on stage at AllThingsD‘s Dive Into Media conference in Laguna Nigel, Calif., Tuesday morning. “We create content in many forms and work across multiple screens. We work with partners all over the... Facebook Subscribe Is Ruining the News FeedYou know who I’m tired of seeing on Facebook? Me. Whenever I post an update, no matter what idiotic thought pops into my head, it jumps right to the top of the pack. That’s because back in September I signed up for the Subscribe feature on Facebook, which lets me run a feed for read... |