Influential technology companies and groups want the U.S. government to lift restrictions on publicizing secret requests for user data as the fallout continues over the scale of government surveillance.Google, Facebook and Reddit are among the many signatories to a letter dated Thursday asking for more transparency in national-security related investigations. The letter's addressees include President Barack Obama, the National Security Agency and many House and Senate members."Basic information about how the government uses its various law enforcement--related investigative authorities has been published for years without any apparent disruption to criminal investigations," according to the letter, a copy of which was provided to IDG News Service."We seek permission for the same information to be made available regarding the government's national security--related authorities," it said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of The Group, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As they now become digital publishers, newspaper organizations have a glut of audience insight into what both readers want and advertisers want to know. “Newspapers … are among the most trusted brands for providing valuable a ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, the US government finally relented on letting technology companies publish more detail about national security requests; today, some bigger firms are taking advantage of the looser rules. Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo have updated ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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O'Reilly Media and Safari Books Online are donating over $100 million in "educational content and tools" to K-12 schools across the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The uprising against the tech industry has gone global, but just because we're afraid of a fated Terminator-like world doesn't mean we are headed into a catastrophe.From anti-Google bus vandalism to Uber drivers being attacked in Paris, the rise in anti-tech tension is hard to miss. Some suggest... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter is diving even deeper into data. The social media platform is now giving publishers and brands more insights into how their tweets perform. Today, the company introduced analytics for Twitter Cards, which allow companies to track how media-filled tweets perform—such as how many users... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As more readers favor Kindles and iPads over pulp-based books, Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins is mining digital data to determine how publishers can maximize profits.Having worked at EMI records for over a decade, Chantal Restivo-Alessi knows what it's like to have the digitization of... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ecommerce has become an oasis for many publishers looking to diversify revenue streams in a downward ad market. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Telegraph Media Group made more than £60m last year, The Guardian can reveal. It is the third successive year that the company has managed to increase its operating profit.TMG is expected to report what amounts to a record figure formally in the spring when it files its accounts for the full... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Local newspaper publisher says it faced tough market in 2013, but has made no closures or redundancies during the downturnSir Ray Tindle's newspaper group made a profit of £1.4m in the year to the end of March 2013, as the publisher reported that it has not closed any titles or forced any... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From big data to responsive design to the next iOS, technology has become inextricably linked to publishing. No one has a perfect model for it yet though. In many cases, content has raced ahead of monetization. In other instances, it's reversed. Neither side is stopping to wait for the other to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The turn-the-page Web catalog—tested widely in the 2000s as an alternative to e-commerce sites—once looked like an emerging shopping platform led by now-defunct tech providers such as RichFX. But the concept died on the proverbial vine. With the massive proliferation of tablets, however, the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Switzerland-based standards group wants to stop the madness of having a different charger for every laptop, and will publish a technical specification for universal laptop chargers early next year. The specification from the International Electrotechnical Commission will cover “a wide range of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A customer representing the Poarch Band of Creek Indians walked into Barnes & Noble in Spanish Fort, Ala., and bought an entire display in the children's section. As a result, nearly 500 children in the tribe will receive at least one new book this holiday season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Mail and Daily Mirror parent companies to get share of weather information business's €190m sale to General AtlanticThe owners of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror are among a group of publishers sharing a pre-Christmas windfall of £50m, thanks to PA Group's €190m (£126m) sale of its weather... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Union’s top legal advisor ruled on Thursday that laws requiring communications providers to retain all data, even to combat crime, are incompatible with fundamental rights. Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said in a published opinion that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. is looking for a buyer for its Brooklyn-based local newspaper operation. Capital has learned that the global publishing conglomerate, which also owns The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, has issued a prospectus to potential b ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the transparent marketplace it's what you do, not what you say, that makes the difference, and that's good for sustainabilityIn New York's Central Park recently, an old man was selling "Banksy paintings" for $60 apiece. His booth was right next to others selling everything from second-hand... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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He was the scourge of Mitt Romney in the 2012 US election, now Obama's 'backroom Brit' is heading Labour's digital response team for its 2015 campaignIn his new book about the 2012 US presidential election campaign, the Time journalist Mark Halperin singles out the role played by a young Briton... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Commission's call today for stronger data privacy protections could help the web's biggest data collectors like Google and Facebook fight data requests from the U.S. government.As expected, the Commission published a collection of recommendations for stronger data protections,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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