Article from The Huffington Post Below, a press release from AOL and The Huffington Post: Acquisition Will Solidify AOL’s Strategy of Creating a Premier Content Network With Local, National and International Reach Arianna Huffington To Lead Newly Formed The Huffington Post Media Group Which Will Integrate All Huffington Post and …
FCC Chief Revamping $8 Billion Fund
From the publication of Free Press FCC Chief Revamping $8 Billion Fund Under pressure to expand high-speed Internet access around the country, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will lay out a plan to revamp an antiquated $8 billion program to fund new broadband networks. Eliza Krigman, Politico FCC to Propose Expanding …
South Korea tops the EIU’s inaugural government broadband index, Japan comes a close second
From the publication of The Economist Group With ambitious targets for both the speed and coverage of next-generation broadband networks, the developed countries of South-east Asia score highest in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s government broadband index (gBBi), the first-ever index to assess countries on the basis of government planning, as …
Training the Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs
News on The Edge Welcome to the Social Edge update! “Social entrepreneurship is hot and getting hotter as training programs, business plan competitions and idea challenges take off on college campuses,” writes Paul Lamb. But he wonders whether the next generation of social entrepreneurs will really learn from formal training …
Let’s Fire The Economical Bullets for the Love of Egypt
Dear Dr.Kamal / Dr.Rasmy, Based on the current situation Ii have found that as a young entrepreneur me and my partners have a social responsibility towards Egypt , so we are thinking of launching an event that tell the youth you don’t need to wait to get employed you to …
Website voting booths in 53 languages for global referendum on world democracy
Vote World Parliament — democratic world parliament through a global referendum — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Website voting booths in 53 languages for global referendum on world democracy Nashville, TN, USA—Most people desire world peace, yet common wisdom often sees this quest as a notoriously elusive dream. In this Internet age, …
Sunlight Foundation Urges Real-Time Lobbying Disclosure to Follow Influence of Special Interests in Washington
New Initiative Marks First Anniversary of Historic Citizens United v. FEC Decision One year ago, the Supreme Court issued its game-changing decision on Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission (FEC), giving corporations the right to make unlimited campaign ads—often without disclosing the donors who funded the ads. Today, to combat …
Yochai Benkler on open source (media) economics
Yochai Benkler on open source (media) economics Not a new presentation, but this TED performance by Yochai Benkler is still very much worth seeing as an introduction: The twelve basic trends of the p2p economy According to the Symbionomics project, these are the twelve basic trends: (I adapted the titles …
FCC Net Neutrality Order a ‘Squandered Opportunity’
Free Press: FCC Net Neutrality Order a ‘Squandered Opportunity’ We are deeply disappointed that the chairman chose to ignore the overwhelming public support for real Net Neutrality, instead moving forward with industry-written rules that will for the first time in Internet history allow discrimination online. This proceeding was a squandered …
David Samuels | The Shameful Attacks on Julian Assange
David Samuels, The Atlantic David Samuels begins: “Julian Assange and Pfc Bradley Manning have done a huge public service by making hundreds of thousands of classified US government documents available on WikiLeaks – and, predictably, no one is grateful.” READ MORE Click here to read the newsletter.