Saturday 2011-01-29
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How Did Egypt Kill the Internet? Possibly With a Few Phone Calls - Digits
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries UPDATE: This post has been updated with more detailed information on the timing of the shutdown.Probably sick of countless press emails asking for an official stance on the countless controversial hyper-mediated events like WikiLeaks and the Tunisan and Egyptian uprisings now being amplified through Twitter, co-founder Biz Stone and Twitter General Council Alexander Macgillivray have co-written the polemic “ The Tweets Must Flow” essentially arguing that freedom of expression is a human right.
Twitter Alludes To WikiLeaks And #Egypt In Call For Freedom Of Expression
Tumblr is growing like a weed, but “the last four or five months totally overshadow everything that came before it,” founder David Karp tells Chris Dixon in a taping today for TCTV (watch the video above). “We are growing by a quarter billion impressions every week,” he revealed. Last week Tumblr did 1.2 billion impressions, or pageviews, and it is adding 250 million every week .
David Karp: “Tumblr Is Growing By A Quarter Billion Impressions Every Week”
All Electric Bike Makers, Zero Motorcycles, Raise Another $2.4 Million
A Santa Cruz-based electric motorcycle manufacturer, Zero Motorcycles, raised another $2.4 million in private equity, according to a new SEC filing .
Sometimes, all it takes is a little spark to set off a major forest fire. That is what seems to have happened with my New Year’s Day post on Why We Desperately Need a New (and Better) Google .
The Future of Search: Who Will Win The Spam Wars?
You may have noticed a feed of videos appear at the bottom of the page when you load a YouTube playlist. This is the playlist bar.
