March 2nd, 2009 | by yvettewohn | published in news | Comments Off on Z-talk on Nokia Ideas Project
-by Yvette Wohn Snowfall in Cambridge is keeping people at home but perfectly illustrates situations that can be solved with ubiquitous human computing. Prof. Z discusses this concept of using remote human resources in a recent interview with Nokia’s Ideas Project. Cheap networks, he says, enables organizations to get things done regardless of location. Bad […]
February 25th, 2009 | by yvettewohn | published in Herdict, news | 2 Comments
-by Yvette Wohn Jonathan Zittrain’s brainchild Herdict was officially released today. (Watch the project’s mascot — a sheep — demonstrate “the verdict of the herd” in a short video… does its voice sound familiar?) Herdict is a tool that employs the distributed power of the Internet community to provide insight into what users around the […]
February 24th, 2009 | by elisabeth | published in iphone | 3 Comments
–by Elisabeth Oppenheimer The iPhone App Store is selling e-books, and (surprise!) has upset authors and developers by rejecting books with “objectionable content.” As usual, we don’t really know how the App Store rejection process works. But they seem to be searching books for the f-word and rejecting those that use it. Author Moriah Jovan […]
February 23rd, 2009 | by yvettewohn | published in news | Comments Off on Paperback Release
-by Yvette Wohn Celebrating the first anniversary of its publication, The Future of the Internet- And How to Stop It will be available in paperback on March 15, making it easier for those who want to read on the go. The book can also be downloaded to the Kindle for $16.50 and is available for […]
February 21st, 2009 | by zittrain | published in cybersecurity | 2 Comments
Autonomous mobile cybots called Skynet UNTAME. What could possibly go wrong?
