Get over it »

24 June 2013 | Per Strömbäck

In 1999, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy famously commented “Get over it” to consumer privacy online. Ten years later, Google CEO Eric Schmidt says to CNBC, "If you have something that you don’t wa... »

Sorrell: Media Companies Masquerading as Tech Companies »

21 June 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Plenty has already been said about #prismgate, but this conversation will go on for a long time. Netopia welcomes it, as it is very much to the core of the question of the online society so I can assu... »

French Sci-Fi Novelist Robida Rediscovered »

20 June 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Art and literature often predicts and inspires innovation: da Vinci’s helicopter, Jules Verne’s submarine, Arthur C Clarke’s communication satellites, and William Gibson’s virtual worlds to name but a... »

Open Tech vs Open Society »

19 June 2013 | Per Strömbäck

In the digital debate, sometimes words have different meanings from what we may be used to. For example: “open” actually means “free” (as in beer). That may sound strange, but think about concepts lik... »

Free as in Speech or Free as in Beer? »

17 June 2013 | Per Strömbäck

I wrote about “free” in the previous post. Now free has more meanings, it can also mean free of charge, “gratis”. Maybe that’s what keeping the internet free means? Keeping it free of charge. For sure... »

Keep the Internet Free »

17 June 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Free. Such a beautiful word. We all want freedom. Some people risk their lives for it, even die for it. Who can be against free? The word free is also used about the internet a lot. “Information wants... »

Greetings Netopia »

14 June 2013 | Per Strömbäck

Welcome, dear Netopia-reader! The Internet has been around since the Seventies, the World Wide Web since the early Nineties. We all use it every day, in fact it is almost impossible to get by without... »