Tag Archives: USA
links for 2011-05-12
Your photos? Not so according to many popular photo-sharing apps – TNW Industry There are a number of online photo sharing sites, but may of them have notes in their Terms of Service (ToS) that allow them to get payment … Continue reading
links for 2011-03-14
U.S. Government Wins Access to Twitter Accounts of WikiLeaks Supporters A federal judge today granted the U.S. government access to the Twitter accounts of three of WikiLeaks’s strongest supporters. (tags: USA government WikiLeaks court TheresaBuchanan DepartmentofJustice Twitter BirgittaJonsdottir RopGongrijp JacobAppelbaum … Continue reading
links for 2011-03-01
Fake Social Media Army Used To Sway Public Opinion | Gizmodo Australia The US Government has been caught red-handed in the war against public opinion. Leaked emails reveal how the United States Government hired private contractor HBGary to create an … Continue reading
England reclaims America
Do you find programs with English dictionaries where all the spelling is actually in U.S. English annoying? Or that a ‘World series’ doesn’t include people outside America? I found a funny take on this in John Cleese’s “Letter to Americaâ€. … Continue reading
US Government wants an advance screening…
Reading an article on Computerworld titled US gov’t seeks builder for military robot, where the first paragraph states: “Creative scientists have until next week to submit proposals for creating a shape-shifting military robot that can shrink and then reconfigure itself … Continue reading
Accepting the new black America
Yesterday I turned on the TV in my phone just in time to watch Obama’s acceptance speech (serendipity perhaps). He scored 336 to 158 (or something like that). It reminded me of an opinion piece I read earlier that day … Continue reading →