The scary movie where someone else controls your TV set could be about to come true in the USA. Elsewhere, Nokia sues Apple, Tim O'Reilly assesses the major tech players, Twitter gets analysed, and more
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U.S. Lets Hollywood Disable Home TV Outputs to Prevent Piracy - Bloomberg - Business Week
"The FCC order 'will allow the big firms for the first time to take control of a consumer's TV set or set-top box, blocking viewing of a TV program or motion picture,' Gigi Sohn, president of Washington-based Public Knowledge, said in a statement."
Why Twitter looks like a social network but feels like news media >> Nieman Journalism Lab
"Most follower-followed relationships on Twitter are more akin to traditional-media relationships between subscribers to information and distributors of that information, with subscribers consuming information but having little contact with distributors. A relatively small number of users are the primary sources of news, with others redistributing that news; most tweets are related to timely topics; and retweets typically come very quickly — 35% in the first 10 minutes."
On Twitter, Followers Don't Equal Influence - Harvard Business Review
"Popular users who have a high indegree [number of followers] are not necessarily influential in terms of spawning retweets or mentions". If you hadn't realised this before...
'Crunch time for the web', says tech guru O'Reilly - dot.Maggie, BBC News
Tim tells Maggie Shiels about Apple (intent on world domination), Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.
Encryption Can't Stop The Wiretapping Boom - Forbes.com
"In an annual report published Friday by the U.S. judicial system on the number of wiretaps it granted over the past year (see full document below), the courts revealed that there were 2,376 wiretaps by law enforcement agencies in 2009, up 26% from 1,891 the year before, and up 76% from 1999." But only one used encryption.
Yahoo CMO Steele On Ad Campaign: Word Of Mouth Isn't Enough For Us - PaidContent
Chief marketing officer Elisa Steele responds to some common criticisms of Yahoo's advertising strategy, and explains why Yahoo had chosen to specifically target Google in a marketing clip.
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Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents - Nokia press release
"Nokia announced that it has today filed a complaint against Apple with the Federal District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging that Apple iPhone and iPad 3G products infringe five important Nokia patents."
Apple is dead in the cloud - ComputerWorld
"To be a player in the computer industry in 2015, Apple needs to be strong in cloud computing. And the company's cloud computing offerings today just plain stink."
Apple Needs To Fix Its App Store Spam Problem - Business Insider
"Even with Apple's ham-fisted control over the App Store, it's still filled with spammy applications."
Apple iPad User Analysis - Yahoo Mobile Blog
According to Yahoo visitor stats, iPad buyers are rich men (they outnumber women roughly 2:1) and the most likely age group is 35-44. The under-30s are less likely to buy in comparison to the Yahoo user base.
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