POTUS Puts Leash on Surveillance Agency – Short Enough? »

18 January 2014 | Per Strömbäck

It seems to never end – only this week we learned that the NSA’s Dishfire-system picks up close to 200 million text messages every day. Americans are not the only culprits, UK’s GCHQ also use the syst... »

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Open Tech Does Not Equal Open Society »

15 January 2014 | Per Strömbäck

This week, Netopia contributor Ralf Grötker reviews Evgeny Morozov’s To Save Everything, Click Here. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the digital society, in fact anyone interested in s... »

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Selling Shovels in a Gold Rush »

13 January 2014 | Per Strömbäck

To make money in a gold rush, you want to be selling the shovels. In the current gold rush, those are digital however. I’m talking about Bitcoin of course, which is close to $1000 again after the big ... »

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Computer Says No »

12 January 2014 | Per Strömbäck

In a classic Little Britain-episode, a hospital receptionist suggests absurd, even horrible, treatments to patients. According to the receptionist, a five year-old girl has an appointment for a hip re... »

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Europe’s Online Super-Heroes »

9 January 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Super-hero metaphors is how Techcrunch (the mother of tech blogs) presents the European Commission’s “Entrepreneur 2020” framework. But even if the Com were Batman, can Europe really become Silicon Va... »

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The Problem with Big Data »

8 January 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Today, Netopia contributor Jane Whyatt portrays Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Oxford University’s professor of internet governance. Mayer-Schönberger is one of the most quoted thinkers in our humble web p... »

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Promising New Year for Human Rights Online »

7 January 2014 | Per Strömbäck

So, we all had some time off and what happens? It seems all that glühwein and family time put some sense into the conversation about the online society. One example, obviously, is whistle-blower-come-... »

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Netopia wishes you the best for the holiday season »

25 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

We'll be back in 2014. Feel free to browse older stories and columns in case you can't wait! »

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Long Tail Theory Disproved in the End »

19 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Chris Anderson’s Long Tail (Random House, 2006) made a greater impact than most airport-business books with cool taglines. It suggested that the internet turned the rules of supply and demand upside d... »

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Virtual Monetary Policy (is there such a thing?) »

17 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Bitcoin’s exchange rate to the US-dollar has dropped significantly in the last couple of weeks after its peak at $1236 on December 3rd. Today, it’s down to $730 or just over half its peak value. Howev... »

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