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Category Archives: Web/Tech
Twitter can censor tweets by country
Twitter has announced that it now has the technology to selectively block tweets on a country by country basis. It’s a victory for countries like China and India which block or threaten to block websites carrying “objectionable” content. Twitter seems … Continue reading
Internet blackout against SOPA, PIPA
Internet users could still check Wikipedia using Google cache, as Fox News pointed out on Wednesday when the online encyclopedia blacked out in protest against proposed new US laws. Bloggers could also post on WordPress, though it too joined the blackout. What’s the fuss all about? A roundup.. Continue reading
Indian minister Kapil Sibal mocked on Twitter, Facebook
India’s communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal is being called an idiot on Twitter and Facebook for wanting Yahoo, Google and the social networks to censor offensive content. “This is unacceptable,” he said, showing officials of internet companies a Facebook … Continue reading
Two greats on the web
Jimmy Wales reflects on a decade of Wikipedia Olivia Solon, Wired.co.uk Wired.co.uk: Did you ever think Wikipedia would be as big as it was 10 years ago?Wales: I remember looking at a list of the top 100 websites and seeing … Continue reading
111 million domain names registered and counting
Starting a website? Make sure the domain name ends with a dot-com, advise search engine gurus. This website is called pressrun.net. But most internet addresses do end in com. I just came across a website which showed there were more … Continue reading
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Facebook value more than Q2 S’pore goods, services
Facebook is now worth more than the second quarter gross domestic product of Singapore's service industries and almost double the value of goods and construction made in Singapore between April and June. Privately owned Facebook is worth as much as … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore, Web/Tech Tagged ebay, facebook, gdp, goods, gross domestic product, initial public offering, IPO, second quarter, services, share, stock, yahoo Comments Off
Tim Berners-Lee calls for web studies
Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks about social networks and the need to create an academic discipline — cutting across technology, psychology, anthropology, and other fields — to study and understand the web, says Jeff Jarvis. Read his post on Buzz Machine.This … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Web/Tech Tagged buzz machine, jeff jarvis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, social network, tim berners-lee, web Comments Off
Facebook, not news, reigns in Singapore
Singapore has more broadband subscriptions than people, according to the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). But the top Singapore news website attracts only 2 per cent of the total broadband subscriptions on any given day. The Singapore Press Holdings … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Singapore, Web/Tech Tagged asiaone, bbc, broadband, channel newsasia, cnn, daily unique visitors, facebook, google trends, IDA, infocomm development authority of singapore, internet, mediacorp, new york times, singapore press holdings, sph, stomp, straits times, times of india, today, twitter, yahoo news Comments Off
Politics tops in America online, and whither Twitter
Politics is the new black in the online world — at least in America. Political websites have the biggest and most loyal audience among the niche sites. And the stories that set the blogs abuzz and Twitter a-twitter are seldom … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Web/Tech Tagged blog, Daily Kos, Drudge Report, entertainment, new media, niche, Nielsen, online, PEJ, Pew, Pew Research Center, political, politics, project for excellence in journalism, science, site, technology, twitter, website Comments Off
