How do we restore trust and confidence in the Internet so that it can deliver on its full potential for communication, creativity, innovation and opportunity? In an era when the Edward Snowden revelations have made us aware of the pervasive surveillance that is possible, and when large-scale data breaches have exposed our most personal information, how do we feel safe when we go online? And as the next billion people look to the Internet for their future opportunities, how do we help address their fears and concerns? What are the roles we all have in bringing about an open, trusted Internet? And what are the most pressing challenges in how we collectively govern the Internet?
May 11
#807 – Can every company really be a media company?
There’s nothing fair about fair use at Soundcloud, forgotten wonders of the digital world: Second Life, new data on native advertising’s disclosure issues, more than one million click “I’m a voter” button on Facebook as opinion polls suffer major credibility crisis in UK general election, every company is a media company, part 32,556: Uber looks for an editorial director; big moves in content marketing; Dan York’s Tech Report: the power of Soundcloud, developments at Ello, and more; how Snapchat made QR codes cool again; catching up with Glenn Gaudet and GaggleAMP.
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May 11
FIR #807 – 5/11/15 – For Immediate Release
Geeks Bearing Gifts book review is up; Clammr CEO interview coming, Quick News: Nothing fair about fair use at SoundCloud, Second Life is a forgotten wonder, new data on native advertising’s disclosure issues, Facebook I’m a Voter button gets more than…
May 10
Celebrating 15 Years of Blogging! Starting with Advogato…
Fifteen years ago today I did something that I had no clue would transform my life in the years ahead. On May 10, 2000, I was sitting in cavernous basement office of Linuxcare on Townsend Street in San Francisco. It…
May 08
DNS-OARC 2015 Spring Workshop This Weekend (May 9-10) Covers DNSSEC and DNS Security
The 2015 Spring Workshop of the DNS Operations Analysis and Research Center (DNS-OARC) takes place this weekend, May 9-10, right before the RIPE 70 meeting in Amsterdam. As per usual the agenda is packed full of all sorts of sessions related to DNS in general, with a number getting into DNSSEC and overall DNS security. Read more…
May 07
Wow! Cisco To Acquire Tropo’s Communications Application Platform
WOW! In companion blog posts today Cisco and Tropo announced Cisco’s intent to acquire the Tropo team and platform: Cisco blog: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Tropo Tropo blog: Tropo joins Cisco to Power next-gen collaboration APIs As someone who…
May 06
Another Great DNSSEC Statistics Site For Second-Level Domains – rick.eng.br
Want to know how many domains are signed with DNSSEC under each top-level domain (TLD)? We now have another site to help! For over a year now, every week I use a great site that Rick Lamb maintains at: http://rick.eng.br/dnssecstat/ so that I can find out what new domains I need to add to our Read more…
May 06
TDYR 244 – Please Help ReConnect Nepal
After the devastating earthquake on April 25, there are many excellent efforts underway to help the people in Nepal. As the initial surge of help continues, the Internet Society’s (ISOC) Nepal Chapter is working to help rebuild the communication and In…
May 06
The Power of SoundCloud As A Podcast Publishing Platform
Why do I like SoundCloud as a podcast hosting platform? What advantages can SoundCloud offer podcasters? Why should you consider SoundCloud as a place to distribute your podcast? Last week SoundCloud announced that its podcasting features were now publicly available…
May 04
The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #806: May 5, 2015
Converse knows how to work with fans, bad tweets from the Houston Rockets and the City of Cleveland prompt different apologies, Johns Hopkins University students will no longer eat chicken, a change to Promoted Tweets gives more ammunition to native advertising’s critics; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Bud Light promotes misogyny, Virtual Reality is coming to journalism, listener comments discussion, Walmart laid off employees and then provided well-being health advice to them, Igloo Software promo, Dan York’s Tech Report (including ISOC support for Nepal earthquake victims, how to test your website, certificate pinning, WebRTC voice chat web app, and Soundcloud as a podcast platform), the last week on the FIR Podcast Network, PR needs more SEO (and vice versa).
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