ICANN Wants Your Input On Domains
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN is seeking public input for creating, approving and adding generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet.
Internet Radio Equality Act Loved By All
Genuine cooperation between America’s two main political parties is rare, but when it occurs, something important is usually at stake. Such is the case with the Internet Radio Equality Act, sponsored by Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat, and Senator Sam Brownback, a Republican.
Music: Fan Sites Today, Wikis Tomorrow
The painstakingly crafted band website created by a dedicated fan could become the next relic of the Internet Age. That may be a good thing.
Google Gives Playfuls Timeout
Google News has taken steps to remove the questionable Romanian news site Playfuls.com from its news content after suspicions that they were gaming the system, as first reported by Murdok.
Congress Adds Bloggers To Press Protections
The US Government is recognizing the citizen blogosphere’s function in the operation of the press by introducing new legislation to offer bloggers the same protections as traditional journalists.
Fenced Commons or Walled Gardens?
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to my friend Dan York’s May 2 post asserting that the Web is fragmenting into a xxxx of walled gardens.
Google Shareholders Support Censorship?
During the Vietnam War, an American major said, “It became necessary to destroy the village in order to save it.” Well, in a slight twist on that, Google’s shareholders have decided that they must continue censoring Google China in order to keep it alive.
Google’s Press Meeting (censorship)
There’s a lot of great reports coming from Google’s annual press and shareholder meeting, held yesterday at the Googleplex. To make it a little easier to digest, we’re going to break it down into three parts for you. Here’s part four, you can also read part one, part two and part three.
Bloggers Vs. Journalists
With the growing popularity of the blogosphere, many people believe it could be a threat for journalists. At the Web 2.0 Expo, Murdok caught up with Tris Hussey of One by One Media to discuss the growth of this matter. The print media, newspapers primarily, may need to make adjustments to keep up with the current trends.
Wrap Up of the Search Insider Summit
This week was my first MediaPost Search Insider Summit event and I was glad to have been able to participate.