Category «Internet»

OverDrive, safeguarding classics, the Jane Austen-'Hunger Games' connection, and a few other priorities for the DPLA to ponder

via LLRX.com – OverDrive, safeguarding classics, the Jane Austen-‘Hunger Games’ connection, and a few other priorities for the DPLA to ponder: David H. Rothman’s current commentary on the Harvard-hosted Digital Public Library of America highlights successful components of the project and prospective concepts that would support attaining the goal of a national digital library system.

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

FTC Approves Final Settlement With Facebook

News release: “Following a public comment period, the FTC has accepted as final a settlement with Facebook resolving charges that Facebook deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. The settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Privacy

Google Will Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Misrepresented Privacy Assurances

News release: “Google Inc. has agreed to pay a record $22.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented to users of Apple Inc.s Safari Internet browser that it would not place tracking cookies or serve targeted ads to those users, violating an earlier privacy settlement between the company and the …

Subjects: Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Report by General Sentiments – Google is Q2 2012 Top Global Brand

General Sentiment – Q2 2012 Global Brands Report – “Apple, Google and Microsoft have long vied for the top spot in our quarterly Global Brands series. Who pulled ahead this quarter? A new arrival in this quarter’s Impact Media Value top ten also placed among the top Perception Media Value winners thanks to further European …

Subjects: Internet, Marketing

Pew Report – Mobile Phone Problem

Mobile Phone Problems – by Jan Lauren Boyles, Lee Rainie. August 2, 2012 Even though mobile technology often simplifies the completion of everyday tasks, cell phone owners can also encounter technical glitches and unwanted intrusions on their phones. In an April 2012 survey, the Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project assessed the prevalence …

Subjects: Internet

Contentious Google Book Scanning Case Approaches Fall Trial Date

Publishers Week news in following Google Book Scanning project postings: “After a round of key filings, two Authors Guild cases challenging Googles ambitious library book-scanning program are on schedule for early fall trial dates. Final reply briefs were filed July 27 for the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, with that case now fully briefed and all …

Subjects: Copyright, Digital Rights, Internet, Legal Research, Libraries

Report – Continuing Innovation in Information Technology

“Information technology (IT) is widely understood to be the enabling technology of the 21st century. IT has transformed, and continues to transform, all aspects of our lives: commerce and finance, education, employment, energy, health care, manufacturing, government, national security, transportation, communications, entertainment, science, and engineering. IT and its impact on the U.S. economy-both directly (the …

Subjects: Internet

"Amazon" Laws and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis

CRS – “Amazon” Laws and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis, Erika K. Lunder – Legislative Attorney; John R. Luckey – Legislative Attorney, July 26, 2012 “As more and more purchases are made over the Internet, states are looking for new ways to collect taxes on these sales. While there is a common misperception that …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Legal Research

IBM – Capitalizing on the smarter consumer

Capitalizing on the smarter consumer, IBM Institute for Business Value, July 2012 “The consumer is digital. Smarter consumers take technology completely for granted. Nearly half the people we surveyed are eager to use two or more technologies to shop. Younger consumers are particularly keen and teenage twitterati have now escaped the parental leash. The …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet

Pew – The Future of Higher Education

The Future of Higher Education, by Janna Anderson, Jan Lauren Boyles, Lee Rainie. July 27, 2012 “For a millennium, universities have been considered the main societal hub for knowledge and learning. And for a millennium, the basic structures of how universities produce and disseminate knowledge and evaluate students have survived intact through the sweeping societal …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

The social economy: Unlocking value and productivity through social technologies

“While 72 percent of companies use social technologies in some way, very few are anywhere near to achieving the full potential benefit. In fact, the most powerful applications of social technologies in the global economy are largely untapped. Companies will go on developing ways to reach consumers through social technologies and gathering insights for product …

Subjects: Internet

Pew – The Future of Big Data

Big Data: “Experts say new forms of information analysis will help people be more nimble and adaptive, but worry over humans capacity to understand and use these new tools well Tech experts believe the vast quantities of data that humans and machines will be creating by the year 2020 could enhance productivity, improve organizational transparency, …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

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