Has anyone else noticed how “big” the stories are getting in our industry? And by big, I mean, weighty, important, global, clashes-of-titanic-forces Big. A review of three days’ worth of links shows fights over Internet standards, copyright, privacy, governance…to them:
Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty (Reuters) Here’s the news reporting around the issue.
Big News: Germany Says It Won’t Sign ACTA (TD) The fight over copyright is going international in a big way.
The Piracy Problem: How Broad? (NYT) Another big issue, related to ACTA – is cord cutting. Which I think the cable companies will fight with the kind of lobbying outlined in Lessig’s “Republic Lost.”
W3C co-chair: Apple, Google power causing Open Web crisis (Cnet) A bit wonky, but shows one of many issues underpinning concern about the future of the web.
Google Pays Users for Browsing Data (DD) Google filled a user data panel quickly, though I’m not certain why. It already has this data, no?!
Google to Develop Consumer Electronic Devices (WSJ) Widely reported news (sub required) that has caused much speculation. Can Google change its stripes into a real CE powerhouse? We’ll see, I guess.
Google Lays Groundwork for Cross-Device Ads (DD) And the groundwork for an integrated Google experience across platforms.
Forrester: Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook dominate e-commerce (DMN) Dog bites man.
Report: How Americans are Spending their Media Time… and Money (Neilsen) 33 hours a week of video screen time. Wow.
Feature Friday: Highlight This Post (AVC) Fred notes how Tumblr is edging into premium services.
Yahoo Visualizes Its Content CORE (Searchblog) Yahoo has made a cool viz of its content algorithms.
Thinking Out Loud About Voice Search: What’s the Business Model? (Searchblog) I think I struck a nerve here – more on this in future posts.
Twitter, Facebook and Apps Scams (MN) You can’t buy loyalty.
How to Get Started with Pinterest (LifeScoop) I’m late to this game. I need a primer. So far, I’m still not using it. Will I be the last one on the train?
How American Express saw amazing returns by giving back (iM) Profile of OPEN Forum, which FM has been involved with from the start.
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