Floating Facebook: The value of friendship
Facebook is likely to become a gargantuan company. That will bring risks as well as rewards(35)
Facebook: A fistful of dollars
Facebook may be a good bet for investors now; but regulatory problems lie ahead(167)
Dispatches from Davos: The joy of e-giving
ONE of the more unpredictable events each year at Davos is the Philanthropy Rountable hosted by Ulrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk. Last year Damien Hurst had the audience of movers and shakers messily doing art. This year Chelsea Clinton—here in loco parentis—moderated a discussion on e-philanthropy, featuring Eric Schmidt of Google; Sean Parker of Napster, Facebook and The Social Network; Yuri Milner, a Russian internet investor; and Alec Ross, who oversees technology for America's State Department(2)
Google and online privacy: All together now
Google introduces a new privacy regime with a controversial twist(104)
A backlash from the internet community against attempts to rein in content thieves(46)
Israeli technology companies: What next for the start-up nation?
Even in Israel, it is hard to turn young companies into adults(25)
Google in Kenya: Something bad out of Africa
Google apologises to Mocality, a Kenyan start-up, for a deeply embarrassing episode(5)
The search for new digital territory: Google adds to Google+
This year is going to be a fascinating battlefield as Google and the other giants of the internet fight each other both for new territory and for each other’s territory.(5)
Online search: Getting personal
Google's plans to introduce a more social element to its search results have sparked controversy(28)
Web censorship in India: Mind your netiquette, or we'll mind it for you
Indian politicians ponder Web censorship(15)
Google Music: Battle of the bands
The web giant launches a rival to Apple’s iTunes(34)
Influenza: Attention, citizens!
A new project to study the spread and seriousness of flu(11)
Internet TV: Difference Engine: From boobtube to YouTube
Nothing can now stop television from migrating from cable and satellite to the web(40)
The internet and human rights: The Googleberg press
What power do people have to make technology companies protect freedom of speech and privacy?(7)
Recommended economics writing: Link exchange
The best of the rest of the economics web(3)
How closed is open in the world of mobile operating systems(7)
Internet in developing countries: Hailing the Google bus
Private and public efforts to bring more Indians online(23)
Adapting personal IT for business: The consumer-industrial complex
All sorts of organisations are borrowing ideas from consumer technology(2)
Rick Santorum: The Google stole his identity
Or was it his dignity?(29)
Schumpeter: Hidden Persuaders II
A marketing guru reveals some of the secrets of his profession(57)
Art and the internet: When the virtual is more real than the physical
How do you make offline art about the online world?(12)
Google: A big fish in the flight-search pond
Google enters the world of flight search(6)
Internet security: Pinning hopes on pinning
A way to make secure connections slightly more secure(5)
Internet security: Mistrust authority
A hacking attack exposes deeper flaws in the internet’s security infrastructure(3)
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