Apr 15 Terabytes of Tweets Headed to Library of Congress More than 6 billion public tweets -- the entire 'corpus' of the micro-blogging site Twitter -- are headed to the Library of Congress in the next few months. Martha Anderson, the director of the Library's national digital information… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch FCC Plan Urges Faster, Wider Broadband Internet Access Across U.S. The Federal Communications Commission is presenting a new national broadband plan to Congress, aimed at encouraging companies to expand high-speed and wireless Internet access. Jeffery Brown talks to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC. Continue watching
Feb 24 Google Plans Rigorous Appeal of Executives’ Conviction in Italy No one disputes that the Italian video -- posted online in 2006 -- showing a young man with Down syndrome being bullied was despicable. An organization working on behalf of people with Down syndrome complained to Google, which says… Continue reading
Feb 19 Will Google Make us Smarter? Internet Experts Say Yes, but With Caveats In a widely-read 2008 article in The Atlantic Monthly magazine, writer Nicholas Carr asked "Is Google Making us Stupid?" He argued that as people learn to surf the vast amounts of information available online, they are losing the ability… Continue reading
Feb 17 Already in the Global Spotlight, Vancouver’s Skies Deliver Additional Delight A week before the torch arrived in the Olympic city, Vancouver's skies were already illuminated, ready to greet the world with a warm welcome. Light artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and his team had installed 10 searchlights on both sides of English… Continue reading
Feb 10 Google Looks to Speed Up Web Google wants to make the Web faster -- much faster. In a post on its corporate blog Wednesday, the world's largest search engine announced it will build ultra high-speed broadband networks that will deliver Internet speeds more than 100… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch Digital Nation: Exploring Technology’s Impact on Society In an excerpt from the PBS program "Frontline," Rachel Dreztin examines how our brains are being shaped by technology, how companies are spicing up conference calls with avatars and how advances in weaponry have reshaped war. Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Internet Restrictions Highlight Political, Cultural Divides On the heels of a U.S.-China dispute on Internet freedom, Jeffrey Brown speaks with democracy and media experts about the debate over how countries monitor -- and sometimes restrict -- access to the Internet. Continue watching