Google Google Refuses Police Takedown Request In a show of good faith today, Google touted the fact that it has refused to cooperate with local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. who requested the removal of YouTube videos of police brutality and criticisms of law enforcement officials. Google cited its transparency report from the first half of this year, but to mention it today is telling… Jon Mitchell View comments
Analysis Will Your Next Server Be Designed by Facebook? In April, Facebook announced the Open Compute Project (OCP). It sounded pretty crazy at the time: Facebook was proposing an open, commodity infrastructure for Web-scale infrastructure. But the idea has legs, and today announced a formation of a foundation for the Open Compute Project. Will your next servers be designed by Facebook and friends? Joe Brockmeier View comments
Facebook Facebook Adds Two New Security Features This morning, Facebook Security announced two new features that aim to make you feel more secure on the site that has had many privacy issues over its brief existence. Will these two new security features actually help users feel more secure? Social Alicia Eler View comments
Community Big Answer: Storify Usage? Earlier today Storify released a significant update. Most afternoons, ReadWriteWeb puts together a wrap up of the responses we gather when we ask our Big Question, using Storify. As you can imagine, any updates to Storify catch our attention. Today's update allowed for larger images and Disqus integration, both oft requested items from our… Robyn Tippins View comments
Video Services The Incredible Engagement Feedback Loops of Startup Loving TV Host Shira Lazar You could say that Shira Lazar lives by the sword and dies by the sword, but these days media mavens like Lazar can create safety nets by engaging internet audiences with the same tools that sometimes get them in trouble. When Lazar's show about Internet trends, called What's Trending, was promptly canceled by CBS last month after someone on… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments