#Weblining as Practice, Not Theory »

31 August 2015 | Per Strömbäck

Today, Waldemar Ingdahl reviews The Black Box Society by Frank Pasquale, who is a law professor at the University of Maryland. An important book by any standard. It adds to the voices of warning for t... »

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Why the #TelecomSingleMarket Is Much More than the End of #Roaming »

31 August 2015 | Per Strömbäck

As has been widely reported, the power triangle of EU institutions have reached an agreement on the so-called Telecom Single Market. The reporting has mainly focused on the expectation that the new ru... »

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Cry me a river, Wikipedia! »

9 July 2015 | Per Strömbäck

When they say Panorama, they’re not really talking about panorama Today the European parliament votes on the least important intellectual property issue ever: panorama. How did such an insignifican... »

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It’s the #Algorithm, Stupid! »

8 July 2015 | Per Strömbäck

We can’t know for sure; Google won’t reveal its algorithm. The almighty algorithm is the cloud giant’s most important business secret, perhaps only rivalled by its advertising auction algorithms. The ... »

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The Pirates’ Ideological Conundrum »

23 June 2015 | Per Strömbäck

The Pirates used to have the perfect opinion strategy. One message for the masses: free entertainment. And one message for the elites: internet privacy. (Plus a cool name.) How come they moved from a ... »

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Four Super Trends (and Digitalisation Ain’t One) »

19 June 2015 | Per Strömbäck

What or who decides how our world develops? Many factors and many individuals of course. But some factors are more equal than others. Climate change, globalisation, urbanisation and demography, I woul... »

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The Human Killer App »

29 May 2015 | Per Strömbäck

Are machines more reliable than humans? In the wake of the tragic Germanwings crash in the Alps, which took 150 lives, suspicions that it was an extended suicide by one of the pilots have brought abou... »

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This is how #ThePirateBay ends. Not with bang, but with a whimper. »

22 May 2015 | Per Strömbäck

As has been widely reported, this week a court in Stockholm seized The Pirate Bay’s domain names in the .se top-level domain. This is another nail in the coffin lid for the once-dominant torrent direc... »

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Netopia Newsletter #16: #DigitalSingleMarket, #Jobs, #Growth and #Copyright »

13 May 2015 | Per Strömbäck

Can the Digital Single Market live up to the expectations? And what’s behind the big numbers? Netopia takes a closer look. Jobs: 3,8 million jobs – or 2,5 million – or actual job loss? The promise ... »

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“Be Careful What You Wish” – Sports on the #DSM »

12 May 2015 | Per Strömbäck

Interview with European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip By Per Strömbäck Commission vice president Andrus Ansip have often said he misses his home country’s football and how that is a reaso... »