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Wikileaks : Quand la politique devient technologique - 18 décembre 2010
Difficile de trouver un article qui parle d’autre chose que Wikileaks cette semaine, donc j’ai trouvé un papier qui parle de Wikileaks, mais qui le met en perspective d’une façon que j’ai trouvée intéressante. Il s’agit d’un post sur le blog de Charles Arthur, qui suit les affaires technologiques pour le Guardian. Son (...)
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Twitter worth $3.7bn - 18 décembre 2010
Social networking site Twitter is worth $2.7bn more than it was just a year ago, according to a new valuation
A new round of fundraising has valued Twitter at $3.7 bn. Just a year ago the site was valued at $1 bn, and although the site is now making considerable revenues it is not yet profitable.
A total of $200 (...)
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Du rôle prédictif des données à la gouvernementalité algorithmique - 17 décembre 2010
Sur Place de la Toile, le 12 décembre dernier, Xavier de la Porte recevait Guillaume Main, consultant et statisticien, qui s’occupe du site Statosphère ; Erick Alphonse, maître de conférences au Laboratoire d’Informatique de Paris-Nord (LIPN) et responsable d’Idaaas, une société qui construit des modèles prédictifs, (...)
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Marketers Test Ads In E-Books - 13 décembre 2010
The marketing world is drawing up plans to invade one of the last bastions of media that is largely advertising-free : books.
As e-books proliferate, advertisers are experimenting with ways to pitch to consumers while they read, a trend that could change the publishing business but faces opposition from some (...)
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WikiLeaks row : why Amazon’s desertion has ominous implications for democracy - 13 décembre 2010
Amazon’s decision to abandon WikiLeaks sends out a clear message : you can publish what you like "“ as long as it meets with the government’s approval
One of the most interesting aspects of the WikiLeaks controversy is the light it has shed on the providers of cloud computing. One after another they have fallen over (...)
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Google Opens Doors to E-Bookstore - 6 décembre 2010
It’s official : the Google e-bookstore is open.
After years of planning and months of delays, the search giant Google started its e-book venture on Monday, creating a potentially robust competitor in the digital book market to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple.
Google executives described the e-bookstore as an (...)
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A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web - 4 décembre 2010
Shopping online in late July, Clarabelle Rodriguez typed the name of her favorite eyeglass brand into Google’s search bar.
In moments, she found the perfect frames "” made by a French company called Lafont "” on a Web site that looked snazzy and stood at the top of the search results. Not the tippy-top, where the (...)
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Amazon and Google eye voucher firm deals - 3 décembre 2010
Google reported to be lining up $6bn takeover of Groupon, while Amazon is said to be ready to invest $150m in LivingSocial
Internet heavyweights Google and Amazon are reportedly moving closer to separately investing billions of dollars in the lucrative online voucher market.
Amazon is reported to be ready to (...)
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Google Set to Launch E-Book Venture - 1er décembre 2010
Google Inc. is in the final stages of launching its long-awaited e-book retailing venture, Google Editions, a move that could shake up the way digital books are sold.
Google’s long-awaited Google Editions online bookstore appears closer to coming online. Rex Crum talks with Amir Efrati of the Wall Street Journal (...)
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Google prêt à lancer sa librairie électronique - 1er décembre 2010
Google s’apprête à lancer sa librairie en ligne, Google Editions, d’ici à la fin de l’année, rapporte le Wall Street Journal. Ce lancement reporté à plusieurs reprises "doit faire ses débuts aux Etats-Unis d’ici à la fin de l’année et à l’étranger au premier trimestre de l’année prochaine", écrit le quotidien, qui cite des (...)
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Les limites de Google Books - 15 novembre 2010
"Il y a de l’intelligence humaine derrière le moteur de recherche, bien sûr, mais il devient inintelligible par le niveau et la complexité de l’algorithme" - Clay Shirky
Alexis Madrigal pour The Atlantic est allé voir comment fonctionnait l’algorithme de Google Books, nécessairement bien différent du Page Rank, qui (...)
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Pour rester maîtres de nos lectures il va falloir le demander - 6 novembre 2010
Apple, Google et Amazon - ainsi que la Fnac bientôt avec son fnacbook, Chapitre.com et le sien"¦ - savent très bien ce que vous lisez. Ils savent qui vous êtes : nom, prénom, adresse, numéro de carte bancaire, site web, parfois ils savent même si vous êtes auteur, lecteur, ou éditeur. Ils connaissent tous les livres que (...)
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Amazon Introduces Kindle for the Web - 29 septembre 2010
Amazon is continuing its cover-all-the-bases approach to digital books online with the test launch of a new product called Kindle for the Web. It lets digital book buyers read books on the Web and also offers the ability to embed book samples on blogs or other Web sites, similar to the function offered with video (...)
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Search Takes a Social Turn - 13 septembre 2010
Now, even on the Internet, it is not what you know but who you know.
After a decade when search engines ruled supreme "” tapping billions of Web pages to answer every conceivable query "” many people now prefer getting their online information the old-fashioned way : by yakking across the fence.
Turning to friends (...)
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CloudCrowd Raises $5.1 Million To Outsource Labor To The Cloud - 13 août 2010
Labor as a service startup CloudCrowd has just raised $5.1 million in funding, according to an recent SEC filing. We’ve confirmed the funding with the startup, which had previously raised $1.5 million in seed funding. This recent round of funding was led by DFJ with and the startup’s co-founder and CEO Alex (...)
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Google and Verizon Near Deal on Web Pay Tiers - 6 août 2010
WASHINGTON "” Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege.
The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube, (...)
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Amazon integrates Facebook Connect to improve its recommendations - 28 juillet 2010
Amazon.com has integrated Facebook Connect into its website to help it improve the relevancy of its purchase recommendations.
The e-commerce site has implemented the tool which will allow users to connect their Facebook and Amazon accounts.
However, Amazon has clearly stated that it has no plans to share a (...)
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Three Cloud Music Companies to Watch - 28 juin 2010
Internet observers eagerly awaiting the arrival of "music in the cloud" "” services that store people’s music collections on the Web and stream their songs to any computer or mobile device "” tend to focus their attention on the plans of the big guys like Apple, Google and Amazon and the brand-name subscription (...)
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Google to be monitored for anti-Islamic content by Pakistan - 26 juin 2010
Google is among several high-profile websites which Pakistan is to begin monitoring in an attempt to block content it deems anti-Islamic.
Seven major websites, including Google and Yahoo, will be monitored and 17 lesser-known sites are being blocked outright for alleged blasphemous material under court orders. (...)
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Le Pakistan ordonne la surveillance des "contenus anti-islam" sur le web - 25 juin 2010
ISLAMABAD "” Le gouvernement du Pakistan a ordonné vendredi la surveillance de grands sites sur internet, dont Google, Yahoo et YouTube, en liaison avec d’éventuels "contenus anti-islam".
L’Autorité chargée des télécommunications (PTA) "a reçu des ordres du ministère de l’Information et des Technologies pour surveiller ces (...)
