Étiquette : digital economy (Page 27 of 31)

11 octobre 2016 / noflux

BitTorrent Inc conteste depuis longtemps l’idée selon laquelle son protocole P2P ne sert qu’à pirater des contenus protégés par le droit d’auteur. Signe du désir de se rapprocher de l’industrie culturelle, le groupe a essayé dès février 2007 de proposer une plateforme avec des contenus payants (BitTorrent Entertainment Network) mais cela n’a pas fonctionné et elle a fermé en 2008.L’on pourrait aussi citer le partenariat avec Rapid Eye Studios tissé en 2015 pour produire des séries télévisées qui seront proposées en priorité sur le réseau P2P, toujours dans cet effort de ne pas uniquement servir à relayer des contenus mais aussi d’en créer. Force est de constater que la sauce a du mal à prendre pour certains de ses projets. Now en est la démonstration la plus flagrante aujourd’hui.

Source : Streaming : BitTorrent trébuche dans le divertissement – Business – Numerama

Privacy Scandal Haunts Pokemon Go’s CEO

7 octobre 2016 / noflux

“To our opinion, the real challenge lies in motivating the user to provide the data constantly, even after the exciting appeal of technological innovation at the beginning wears off. The data acquisition process should be entertaining for a possible contributor to engage him in the long run. We convince that entertainment and fun are an important design aspect of such data collecting services.”

Source : Privacy Scandal Haunts Pokemon Go’s CEO

3 octobre 2016 / noflux

BPI Chief Executive Geoff Taylor says that it’s time for web services and related companies to stop supporting similar operations. “It’s time to stop illegal sites like this building huge fortunes by ripping off artists and labels. Fans have access now to a fantastic range of legal music streaming services, but they can only exist if we take action to tackle the online black market,” Taylor says.

Source : YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI – TorrentFreak

3 octobre 2016 / noflux

With the launch, Facebook will become the latest company to try to beat U.S. classifieds giant Craigslist on mobile phones, where more and more shopping is taking place. Craigslist doesn’t have its own app and its website design is decidedly old school, but it still has the most important feature of a marketplace: Liquidity.

Source : Facebook is taking on Craigslist with its own used goods marketplace – Recode

14 septembre 2016 / noflux

Do quick, simple tasks that have a huge impact – like improve the quality of Google Translate in your language, or of Google Maps in your country, etc. Everytime you use it, you know that you’ve made the internet a better place for your community.

Source : Crowdsource – Applications Android sur Google Play

1 septembre 2016 / noflux

Unlike other litigation finance companies, Legalist uses data-backed methods to select, vet, and invest in litigation. Our algorithms trawl tens of millions of past court cases to accurately and efficiently assess litigation risk. As a result, Legalist is able to make faster decisions, on more cases.

Source : Legalist | Litigation Financing

1 septembre 2016 / noflux

Waze wants to connect riders with drivers who are already headed in the same direction. The company has said it aims to make fares low enough to discourage drivers from operating as taxi drivers. Waze’s current pilot program charges riders at most 54 cents a mile—less than most Uber and Lyft rides—and, for now, Google doesn’t take a fee.

Source : Google Takes on Uber With New Ride-Share Service – WSJ

4 août 2016 / noflux

Google has started to increase the fees that it charges for the use of Google Maps, presenting concerns about whether it might raise prices further in future.As Uber prepares to spend $500m on its mapping ambitions, the programme follows earlier investments in mapping that include the acquisition of an imagery collection team from Microsoft’s Bing last June. Last year Uber also acquired deCarta, a mapping company that developed the turn-by-turn directions behind GM’s OnStar software.

Source : Uber to pour $500m into global mapping project – FT.com

11 juillet 2016 / noflux

La façon de regarder la télé n’a finalement pas beaucoup évolué depuis 30 ans. Aujourd’hui, Molotov révolutionne la façon dont on accède à la télévision.

C’est dit !

Source : Molotov.tv

28 juin 2016 / noflux

The appeals court in Cologne on Friday banned German startup Eyeo, the parent company of Adblock Plus, from charging Axel Springer a fee to appear on its « Acceptable Ads » whitelist.

Source : Axel Springer vs. Eyeo – Business Insider

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