April Fools’ Day / Pesce d’aprile
In the UK (from the Guardian): In Italy (from la Repubblica.it): translation:THE CONTROVERSYGreenhouse effect? It doesn't existPDL attacking the Kyoto Protocol and the EUMP Marcello Dell'Utri...
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Disintermediating their own business
Some of the greatest innovations originated by the web are based on disintermediation: one decade ago, "cut the middle man" was one of the most frequently used descriptions of how existing business...
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“not only of their security but also of their freedoms”
A recommendation proposed by PASOK's Stavros Lambrinidis has been approved with a large majority (481 on 527) by the European Parliament, giving a clear signal about where the balancement between freedom...
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Another tile in the Networked Identity mosaic
Proofile is a personal data management service, allowing users to save basic information about themselves and share it across different social networks. Their promise is not a new one:Are you fed up with...
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Ada Lovelace day
Suw Charman-Anderson encourages everybody to write about women that excel in technology, and promoted the first Ada Lovelace Day:[...] an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling...
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Newspapers as markets
What do we buy when we pay for a newspaper? Everybody says it is not the paper, and it is difficult to object. But perhaps it is not just the content as well.After reading dozens of articles about the...
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Intangibles and news
There is a rich debate going on about the role played by traditional newspapers in the online information ecosystem (Shirky, Berlin Johnson), in view of the double challenge posed by technology on both...
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Italian politics explained with flowcharts
Dario Franceschini, leader of the italian Democratic Party, proposed last week a one-off tax for incomes above €120,000. The money collected in this way would help pay a subsidy for the poorest. The...
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Social Notworking
The Urban Dictionary strikes againSocial Notworking The practice of spending time unproductively on social-networking websites, especially when one should be working. Joe - Hey, Mark is constantly updating...
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Online Reputation
As I introduced the Networked Identity as the cornerstone of the oncoming changes in the way we experience the web, I mentioned reputation as one of the three main areas in which online identity is manifested.How...
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Open Source car?
Isn't open source the opposite of branded? (in Italian, instead of "branded", I'd say "firmato": signed, as if by an individual creator) EDAG is a German Engineering and Design company, mainly known for...