NYT Twitter Gets a New Homepage - It's a Whole Thing Twitter just launched an updated, more dynamic homepage. The old, static homepage that didn't really explain how Twitter really works and just showed a list of trending topic and a search form. The new homepage, on the other hand, features a scrolling list of trending topics, a constantly updating view of tweets from popular Twitter users, a random… Social Frederic Lardinois View comments
Cloud Computing Greenpeace Calls For Renewable Energy In Cloud Computing By the year 2020, the big players in cloud computing and big data could consume more power than France, Germany, Canada and Brazil combined, says environmental advocacy group Greenpeace in a report released today. The group is calling for technology companies that require large data centers to begin using renewable energy sources, warning that "the… Mike Melanson View comments
Apple The iPad in Education: Colleges Give iPads to All Incoming Students Seton Hill University plans to give every first year undergraduate student a 13" MacBook and an iPad. Just last month, George Fox University in Oregon also announced that it plans to give its new students a choice between a MacBook or an iPad. The question, though, is if programs like this aren't a bit premature, given that nobody has actually used… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Google Coalition of Tech Companies Wants to Give You Digital Due Process Google, together with Microsoft, AT&T, AOL, Intel, the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a number of other organizations launched a new effort to modernize the Electronic Communications Act (ECPA) today. ECPA, which was enacted in 1986, sets standards for low enforcement access to electronic communications and other data. According… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Google Is Google Blocked In China? [UPDATED] Several news outlets are reporting this morning that China has finally blocked Google's search engine completely. This follows Google's move earlier this month, wherein the search engine giant moved its search engine service in China to Hong Kong, in hopes of taking advantage of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy that separates mainland China… Mike Melanson View comments