In his most recent podcast episode of Across The Sound, Joseph Jaffe reacted with irritation to a commenter downplaying Second Life because of its infiltration by porn, prostitution and gambling. Joseph responded by underscoring that that where there’s sex and gambling, there’s life.… Read the rest
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Google Gmail Seeks To Save Us From Embarrasing Ourselves
Google today promoted on my Gmail home page that it increased its email attachment limit from 10 mb to 20 mb. It’s an awesome feature, and will come in handy during last-minute frenzies to share and edit high-density presentation files with colleagues around the country:
Anyway, that link took me to a “What’s New On Gmail?”… Read the rest
Bilingual Web Barriers Underscore Power of Sight, Sound and Motion
Do you follow any blogs that spontaneously switch between multiple languages? I do, and my friend Laurent Flores is one of those cases. He lures me in through our friendship and his interesting content — in English — and then forces me to revert to my amateur, high-school French at the drop of a dime.… Read the rest
Google Wins Appeal on Copyright of Nude Images
The Washington Post confirms:
… Read the restA federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Google did not infringe on the copyrights of an adult publishing company by displaying thumbnail images of its nude photographs, handing Internet search companies a victory by allowing the display of such miniature pictures in search results.
What Picture Do Algorithms Paint Of You?
I admit it: I love data and extracting stories from them. That’s what I do for a living, though more on the story and trend analysis side. I’m not a hardcore quantitative expert, though I know enough to be dangerous and ask tough questions. Not surprisingly, I pay attention to the metrics for AttentionMax, including the search queries that lead people to my blog.… Read the rest