European Commission Favors Consumer Choice Over Net Neutrality Legislation
Posted by PCWorld
European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes won't legislate net neutrality for all, but those who want "access to a robust, best-efforts Internet with all the applications they wish" should have the opportunity to buy such a service, she said Tuesday.
It is important to ensure that Internet users can always choose full internet access, Kroes wrote in a blog post.
"I don't like to intervene in competitive markets unless I am sure this is the only way to help either consumers or companies. Preferably both," she wrote. "A badly designed remedy may be worse than the disease, producing unforeseen harmful effects long into the future."
It is better to regulate in favor of consumer choice inste[...]
Continue ReadingIt is important to ensure that Internet users can always choose full internet access, Kroes wrote in a blog post.
"I don't like to intervene in competitive markets unless I am sure this is the only way to help either consumers or companies. Preferably both," she wrote. "A badly designed remedy may be worse than the disease, producing unforeseen harmful effects long into the future."
It is better to regulate in favor of consumer choice inste[...]
For Your Programmer’s Arsenal: A Working Clippy For Any Web Page
Posted by TechCrunch
You’re hitting deadline and you want to add that special something that will totally knock your web app out of the park. Do you add rounded corners? A Tweet This button? No, motherlover, you add Clippy JS.
Clippy JS, made by Smore, is a cute little bit of Javascript code that allows you to embed Clippy, Merlin, Rover, or Links (all of Microsoft Office fame) into any webpage. You can make these folks do all kinds of things including look around, jump up and down, and even converse with your users. Why? Because it’s funny, that’s why.
You can download the code here and it requires just a little bit of Javascript in the header and footer to get the thing rolling. You can stack[...]
Continue ReadingClippy JS, made by Smore, is a cute little bit of Javascript code that allows you to embed Clippy, Merlin, Rover, or Links (all of Microsoft Office fame) into any webpage. You can make these folks do all kinds of things including look around, jump up and down, and even converse with your users. Why? Because it’s funny, that’s why.
You can download the code here and it requires just a little bit of Javascript in the header and footer to get the thing rolling. You can stack[...]
Keen On… Andrew Keen: On The Social Web’s ‘Creepiness’ And How To Stop It [TCTV]
Posted by TechCrunch
In this very unique edition of the “Keen On” web video series series typically hosted by Andrew Keen, we had the chance to turn the tables on the self-professed “antichrist of Silicon Valley.”
Keen was interviewed on stage by our own Alexia Tsotsis last week at the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC conference, so I was able to snag him just after that for a conversation about his new book, “Digital Vertigo: How Today’s Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us.” Whether you agree or disagree with what he says, a conversation with Andrew Keen is always very interesting — so it was definitely a pleasure to hear from him first-[...]
Continue ReadingKeen was interviewed on stage by our own Alexia Tsotsis last week at the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC conference, so I was able to snag him just after that for a conversation about his new book, “Digital Vertigo: How Today’s Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us.” Whether you agree or disagree with what he says, a conversation with Andrew Keen is always very interesting — so it was definitely a pleasure to hear from him first-[...]
5 Hit Points: We quiz the creators of You Don’t Know Jack
Posted by VentureBeat
The folks working at Jellyvision Games — and one obnoxious dude named after a high-calorie treat — have spent nearly two decades making me feel stupid. And they’re still doing it to this day. It was time for me to get these guys back.
These are the developers of You Don’t Know Jack. Various iterations of this highly irreverent (and often condescending) trivia game have been around since the mid-’90s, and today, a new version is out to terrorize your social network. The good news about YDKJ for Facebook? It’s a bite-sized, approximately seven-minute-long distraction that doesn’t require your friends to be physically next to you playing on the same com[...]
Continue ReadingThese are the developers of You Don’t Know Jack. Various iterations of this highly irreverent (and often condescending) trivia game have been around since the mid-’90s, and today, a new version is out to terrorize your social network. The good news about YDKJ for Facebook? It’s a bite-sized, approximately seven-minute-long distraction that doesn’t require your friends to be physically next to you playing on the same com[...]
Curt Schilling dings Rhode Island governor for damaging remarks on 38 Studios
Posted by VentureBeat
38 Studios founder Curt Schilling broke his silence today over the financial troubles that led to the mass layoffs at his video game studio.
38 Studios laid off nearly 400 employees last week after it couldn’t come up with payroll, and the state of Rhode Island reneged on a deal that would have allowed the company to claim film tax credits. Schilling said in an interview with the Providence Journal newspaper that state officials went back on a deal in which the studio was going to be allowed to defer a $1.125 million payment that was due on May 1 so that it could meet its May 15 payroll.
Schilling said that statements made by Gov. Lincoln Chafee, whose predecessor approved a deal to gi[...]
Continue Reading38 Studios laid off nearly 400 employees last week after it couldn’t come up with payroll, and the state of Rhode Island reneged on a deal that would have allowed the company to claim film tax credits. Schilling said in an interview with the Providence Journal newspaper that state officials went back on a deal in which the studio was going to be allowed to defer a $1.125 million payment that was due on May 1 so that it could meet its May 15 payroll.
Schilling said that statements made by Gov. Lincoln Chafee, whose predecessor approved a deal to gi[...]
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