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César Albarrán Torres

Slim Tops Gates and Buffett as World's Richest Man - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by César Albarrán Torres on 11 Mar 10 - Cached
  • The Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú has taken the top spot in the Forbes annual rankings of the richest billionaires in the world,
  • erives much of his fortune from his telecommunications businesses, including the big wireless operator América Móvil.
  • César Albarrán Torres on 11 Mar 10
     
    Two of the three richest men in the world derive their fortunes, in large part, from the information business: Carlos Slim (king of Mexican telecommunications) and Bill Gates (well, we all know what he does). How much power do these two hold over the architecture, policies and whereabouts of the web?  NOTE: the fact that the richest man in the world comes from a country with 80 million poor people is in itself a worthy discussion topic. 
Tiana Stefanic

Mark Zuckerberg Unveils Facebook's Plan For Internet Domination « Forbes.com... - 0 views

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shared by Tiana Stefanic on 22 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Tiana Stefanic on 22 Apr 10
     
    The founder and Chief Executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced at a recent conference that Facebook's Open Graph project will soon enable an even greater degree of personalisation as people surf the net. I think this probably has implications for user experience, in terms of viewing popular sites through the prism of social networking - and it gives sites more authority to store data about individuals. Because Facebook seems to be so pervasive nowadays, it seems like we won't have much say in the matter...
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  • Andra Keay on 22 Apr 10
     
    Also business implications. This is direct competition for Google's increasingly personalised 'user experience', not just Buzz and the raft of location services but the uniquely personal search that has slipped quietly onto our browsers. How can we be concerned about what governments know about us when we've handed willingly to businesses so much more information!
  • Allison Jones on 23 Apr 10
     
    We do have a choice - don't have a Facebook account. It may make you a social pariah though ;)
  • Tiana Stefanic on 26 Apr 10
     
    Allison, that's a great point, I've tried to quit using the site but I stop when I realise that I won't know about upcoming social events - unfortunately its the primary means of communication used by some friends!
  • Allison Jones on 26 Apr 10
     
    Yes and I think Facebook take full advantage! A lot of my friends have been posting notes on FB about changing privacy settings now that the new features have come in. So, people are trying to resist but in a more subtle way than dropping out of FB altogether.
Katharina Otulak

Russia's Slick Internet Repression Makes China's Look Clumsy By Comparison - 2 views

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shared by Katharina Otulak on 23 May 10 - Cached
  • Katharina Otulak on 23 May 10
     
    The article talks about "Access Controlled", a new book from the Open Net Initiative that examines the new second and third generation filtering techniques employed by governments such as Russia and Belarus that are far more subtle than China's 'Great Firewall' but can censor unwanted content as effectively.
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