Idea vs Execution (or Sting in Swim Trunks) »

16 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

David Lynch’s Dune is an epic Eighties sci-fi flick, featuring Kyle MacLachlan in a humidity-recycling leather desert suit as the good guy and Sting as bad guy in leather… well, swim trunks. The space... »

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Locking the Big $$$ In »

13 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Google is often accused of abusing its dominant position in search and other online services, so today’s news that the same is the case for the augmented-reality of Google Glass should come as no surp... »

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Truth is Stranger than Fiction: Authors Join Call for Rights Online »

11 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Five hundred (and counting) of the world’s finest authors have signed a call to the United Nations for a digital bill of rights, following Edward Snowden’s whistle-blowing on how the US government (an... »

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3d-printing: Netopia Big in China »

10 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Impossible to resist sharing with Netopia’s readers: Chinese television covered our 3d-printing event on the news! It is the independent TV station NTDTV, which airs from the United States and indepen... »

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Making Money: How Virtual Currencies Impact Our Markets, Government and Society »

6 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Welcome to Netopia, where technology meets society. What is money? It used to be tied to resources, like gold – the Mayans used cocoa beans. In recent time, the value of money is guaranteed by cent... »

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Filter Bubbles and Trackers Reveal Your Guilty Pleasures »

5 December 2013 | Per Strömbäck

As search algorithms and website content adjusts to internet users historical behavior, the filter bubble phenomenon becomes a reality. If you have made a lot of searches on, say, sailing, search engi... »

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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 thclickat 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 ... »

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