The Myth of Neutral Infrastructure »

4 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

This week is the ECTA Regulatory Conference in Brussels. That is the European Competitive Telecommunications Association. Abbreviations like that can give a dull impression for sure, but this is the c... »

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Washing Machine Bigger Impact than Internet, says Professor Chang »

2 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Technology shapes society, at least this is what tech pundits will lead you to believe. But which technologies? Financial Times interviews Ha-Joon Chang, economy professor at Cambridge, who claims hou... »

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Massively Open Online Frat Algorithm »

28 November 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Algorithmisation is when human jobs are replaced by machines. It used to be robots doing manufacturing jobs, but with algorithmisation also white-collar jobs will (supposedly) be done by the machines.... »

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MacKinnon: ‘It’s going to be messy’ »

26 November 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Cybersecurity is a topic that most often ends up putting the responsibility on the individual user to protect his or her data. That is a useless solution, many internet users have a very limited under... »

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Google’s abuse of dominant position and the illusion of consumer power »

25 November 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Google is once again on a collision course with content producers, this time the news publishers. Google’s new Newsstand app could be a way for the search giant to find a mutual interest with the medi... »

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Free-riding TED »

23 November 2013 | Per Strömbäck

I wrote about TEDx Brussels the other week and bashed it a little for not inviting dialogue and criticism. I still enjoy the TED videos, there is a lot to take away from them, but it turns out that th... »

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Father of Internet wants to give up privacy »

21 November 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Vint Cerf is nick-named “father of the internet”, as he managed the US defense research program “DARPA” that did the first research in the 1960’s on the communication technology that became the intern... »

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Is 3d-printing the new ADSL? History repeating »

21 November 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Euractiv – the EU-insider publication – has published my opinion piece, based on Netopia’s report on 3d-printing technology and the market and policy disruption that is the potential result of widespr... »

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Virtual Currency at All Time High (well, at least since the 80’s) »

19 November 2013 | Per Strömbäck

On Monday, the Bitcoin rate reached its all time high at US$750. At the beginning of this year, it was US$13. Bitcoin is the most recognised of the so-called virtual currencies, digital money with no ... »

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Internet vs FedEx Bandwidth »

18 November 2013 | Per Strömbäck

XKCD’s “What if?” is the place for curious questions about science and computers. It’s similar fun as the Urban Dictionary ("Friendscaping" - The act of trimming ones friends lists in various social m... »

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