The Follow Economy, pt. 2 »

5 September 2013 | Rhoda Crocket, hacking and spamming expert

It was only four years ago that Ashton Kutcher and CNN Breaking News battled to become the first Twitterers to reach the 1 million followers landmark. Unsurprisingly, the most followed person today is... »

Italy’s Digital Conundrum »

29 August 2013 | Waldemar Ingdahl, CEO, think tank Eudoxa

The dire issues of the Italian economy, judicial problems and political turmoil are reflected in the nation's internet policy debate. The difficult development of the Italian web, a good showcase of t... »

Who voted for the machines? »

15 August 2013 | Peter Warren and Michael Streeter, Journalists

At some point in the next decade, probably between 2015 and 2020, an important milestone will be reached. Machine to machine communications on the internet will exceed those made by humans. The phe... »

The Twitter Underground »

6 August 2013 | Rhoda Crocket, hacking and spamming expert

There is no smoke without mirrors when spamming - everything is a confidence trick. Whether unsolicited SMS, 419 type email scams, pump and dump stock offers or fake job offers and DHL parcels waiting... »

The Eighth Continent – History Repeating »

25 July 2013 | Max Valentin, Innovator and co-founder of Crowdculture

Five hundred years ago explorers set out to find a faster route to India and the Far East. They did not find what they searched for; instead they found a whole new continent, the Americas. At first it... »

In the Shadows: Censors of the New Media »

18 July 2013 | Paul Frigyes, Journalist

Actually, it was much in the character of a classic holiday romance. And sooner or later, reality was bound to catch up. But for a decade or so, multinational companies like Apple, Google and Facebook... »

Column: Taking Candy from a Baby »

4 July 2013 | Rhoda Crocket, hacking and spamming expert

“Try AdWords for Free” was the invitation from Google as the company sought new users to its advertising programme. The invite was so solid that it wasn’t long before “Free” really was paying my bills... »

Column: Cracking the Webnut »

27 June 2013 | Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow at CEPS

Every day, the debate on Internet regulation becomes more hectic. This is mostly due to the increasingly overlapping interests that populate the web. Not only Oracles, Microsofts and Googles, but also... »

Three Paths to Democracy Online »

20 June 2013 | Per Strömbäck, Editor Netopia

The Sims is one of the best-selling video games of all time. It may best be described as a kind of interactive doll house, where the player creates characters that do real life things: eat, sleep, wor... »