The dot-com IPO boom is back, baby! No profits? Check. Planning an IPO? Check. Ridiculous, expensive idea? Check!
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Despite recent changes to its personal privacy settings interface, Facebook is still under fire for past privacy-related mistakes . This time, the U.S
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See the original post: Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007. Open data is the big trend these days when people talk about “Government 2.0.” In reality, the open data movement has just begun, with governments finally starting to release data en masse in an effort to promote transparency. While projects like Apps for Democracy have received significant media attention, we are just at the dawn of the government open data app movement. “Open data apps are becoming ever-more effective, but insofar as they have actually had a dramatic ‘effect’ on the systems that most influence our lives, we still have a long way to go,” said Jake Brewer , engagement director for the Sunlight Foundation. “I always say that until my mom or dad in Middle Tennessee are actively using open data apps that our community creates, we haven’t gotten there yet
Read this article: Most Facebook users have no idea that the social network giant has a D.C. office full of lobbyists and policy wonks. But that office will be staging a Congress staffers-only briefing this week to address issues of — you guessed it — user privacy
See the article here: First, the scoreboard. Note things were a lot worse at one point — even with just an hour to go before the close: Dow: -163 S&P: -22 NASDAQ: -49 Now the top stories: There were three big comments that spooked investors over the last 24 hours . The first was the CEO of Deutsche Bank saying Greece may not be able to repay its loans. The second was Volcker predicting the end of the euro. The third were the alleged comments from Sarkozy about France threatening to pull out of the Eurozone.
View post: It seems like almost anything can be trademarked these days. The name of a product, a catch phrase , and your own name, if it’s beguiling, for that matter. All is for sale and fair game for the bidding. Businesses have been known do whatever it takes to protect their brand, including shut down another trademark that threatens to be the slightest bit akin to their own. Historically individuals and companies fight to trademark even the silliest of names. The trademark for the almighty iPad, a name that most definitely does not conjure up images of the latest slick gadget from Apple, initially had issues with Fujitsu. Back in 2003, Fujitsu beat Steve Jobs to the iPad trademark, purchasing the name for use as a mobile phone
Read the rest here: I’ve seen a lot of angst over the past week about Facebook’s moves to open up your data to other applications. To really understand how huge these changes are I had to get away from Silicon Valley and come and hang out with the geeks in Kinneret, Israel where famous VC Yossi Vardi is throwing an exclusive camp for geeks and successful business innovators. To be sure, there is some fear and even a bit of hatred here of Facebook. Let’s detail that fear and hate: 1. Facebook has broken an invisible privacy contract with its users . Most of the geeks here say they expected Facebook to be about sharing photos, videos, and thoughts with friends and family
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