Wikipedia

Re-syndicated from MediaBizBloggers.com We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. —Edward Bernays My last essay on the fourth estate garnered more feedback than I have had in a long time. People sent me email generally praising the notion that something is Continue Reading →

Re-syndicated from The Jerusalem Post The annual Pacific Telecom Council (PTC) conference is known as the “Davos of Telecom”. For 34 years, CEO’s and telecom regulators descend on Hawaii to sip Mai Tai cocktails and spar over policy. This year, regulators from the US, Japan, Germany and New Zealand provided a very different vision for Continue Reading →

Have you ever wondered how to maximize the word of mouth from your Super Bowl ad? The Super Bowl remains the most watched annual TV event in the United States – an average of 44% of all homes watched last year. It’s not so much a TV show as a major cultural phenomenon. Its ability Continue Reading →

Wikipedia will become the first website being offered for free to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East. Telecomm provider Orange has teamed up with Wikimedia to offer the website data free. Any Internet-enabled phone with an Orange SIM card can access the site free of charge. Read the full article at SlashGear.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120125_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google is consolidating its privacy policy to share your data across all of its products. The new terms will combine over 60 current privacy policies, letting Google offer more personalized content. The new policy takes effect on March 1st and is another step towards Google unifying its Continue Reading →

We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes. —John Swinton, 19th Century NY Times journalist** The recent SOPA legislation had another Continue Reading →

Google and Wikipedia’s protesting of anti-piracy legislation resulted in a huge response from users online. Google collected over 7 million signatures for its petition against the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, while Wikipedia forwarded over 8 million people to their state’s representatives. Read the full article at Mahsable.com Continue Reading →

Choosing to not understand how the Internet works is no longer an acceptable option, especially for those tasked with regulating it. The late Ted Stevens made Congress’s ignorance of the World Wide Web famous when he said the Internet isn’t a dump truck, but a series of tubes. This statement was made in 2006, but Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120120_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google and Wikipedia’s protesting of anti-piracy legislation resulted in a huge response from users online. Google collected over 7 million signatures for its petition against SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act and PiPa, the Protect IP Act, while Wikipedia sent over 8 million people to their state’s Continue Reading →

Wikipedia announced that it would take part in a protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and shut down for one day. On Wednesday, Wikipedia will go black, joining popular websites including Reddit and Boing Boing. Read the full article at CNN.com Continue Reading →