« The Chinese government dictates what can and can’t be shown in overhead photographs. This is bad news for Google Maps, which continues to have run-ins with the Mainland. No worries, there is a solution. A beautiful one ». (via Censorship Has Never Looked So Good)
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« Baidu, le moteur de recherche le plus utilisé en Chine, possède lui aussi son service de cartographie. Mais il n’est pas confronté aux mêmes problèmes. Outre sa proximité avec le gouvernement, le moteur de recherche a pris une mesure préventive originale pour éviter toute critique sur son équivalent de Google Street View : Baidu a tout simplement remplacé ses photographies de paysages par des reconstitutions dessinées qui ne sont pas sans rappeler le jeu Sim City ». (via Google Maps dans le collimateur de Pékin – LeMonde.fr)
As Middle East regimes try to stifle dissent by censoring the Internet, the U.S. faces an uncomfortable reality: American companies provide much of the technology used to block websites.
(via Le format ultra-poche)
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Apocalyptic thinking is nothing new for the film business, Mr. Gianopulos said. He cited headlines that in decades past proclaimed home video, television and even radio to be a death knell for a theatrical movie business that has nonetheless continued to do well.
(via Protovis)
(via Polymaps)
The price of looking good online varies widely. Reputation.com charges $120 to $600 a year for run-of-the-mill cases. “Celebrities, politicians and high-level executives aren’t so lucky,” Mr. Tom said. “Their programs typically average between $5,000 and $10,000 a month due to the higher level of finesse necessary and because the stakes are much higher.”
Nonetheless, we should not abandon Google’s dream of making all the books in the world available to everyone. Instead, we should build a digital public library, which would provide these digital copies free of charge to readers. Yes, many problems — legal, financial, technological, political — stand in the way. All can be solved.