Facebook Joins GNI, Declines Human Rights Auditing
Under pressure from lawmakers, Facebook has joined the Global Network Initiative (GNI) as an observer. The GNI is a mixed consortium of public, private, educational, and religious institutions that monitor Internet firms on free speech- and human rights-related issues. Facebook is the first organization to join under a special "observer" status that does not require them to submit to auditing. Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft, the three largest firms to participate in the GNI, all open their inner doings and records for examination. Facebook is believed to have joined in preparation for its upcoming IPO.
Nokia Hit With Class Action Suit by shareholders
Via TheNextWeb: Nokia is having a rough year. As the company struggles to regain lost smartphone marketshare in U.S. and Europe, shareholders just filed a class action suit against the company for misleading statements execs made in the last fiscal year about the future of the company and the move to the Windows Phone operating system. The trigger for this was the company's Q1 earnings in which Nokia did not reveal the turnaround that Nokia execs promised. Rather, the Lumia 900 was found to be faulty, forcing Nokia to severely cut its price.
George Mason University Heads Off Gang Recruitment With Computer Games
Via Fairfax News, Washington Post: Students at Virginia's George Mason University are creating computer games and mobile apps intended to educate middle schoolers and high schoolers and ward off gang recruitment. It's a partnership between the university's Computer Game Design program and the state attorney's office which advised the group through the app building process. Fairfax News had a peek at three completed games that the students created--“A Second Family," “Influenced,” and “New Kid on the Block,”--which will be made available online this summer. H/T The Verge.
SAMSUNG LAUNCHED GALAXY SIII SMARTPHONE, WILL IT CHALLENGE IPHONE FROM APPLE INC?
Samsung Electronics unveiled a new top-of-the-range Galaxy smartphone in London on Thursday, updating the most direct rival to Apple's iPhone with a larger touch screen and more powerful processor.
Under pressure from lawmakers, Facebook has joined the Global Network Initiative (GNI) as an observer. The GNI is a mixed consortium of public, private, educational, and religious institutions that monitor Internet firms on free speech- and human rights-related issues. Facebook is the first organization to join under a special "observer" status that does not require them to submit to auditing. Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft, the three largest firms to participate in the GNI, all open their inner doings and records for examination. Facebook is believed to have joined in preparation for its upcoming IPO.
Nokia Hit With Class Action Suit by shareholders
Via TheNextWeb: Nokia is having a rough year. As the company struggles to regain lost smartphone marketshare in U.S. and Europe, shareholders just filed a class action suit against the company for misleading statements execs made in the last fiscal year about the future of the company and the move to the Windows Phone operating system. The trigger for this was the company's Q1 earnings in which Nokia did not reveal the turnaround that Nokia execs promised. Rather, the Lumia 900 was found to be faulty, forcing Nokia to severely cut its price.
George Mason University Heads Off Gang Recruitment With Computer Games
Via Fairfax News, Washington Post: Students at Virginia's George Mason University are creating computer games and mobile apps intended to educate middle schoolers and high schoolers and ward off gang recruitment. It's a partnership between the university's Computer Game Design program and the state attorney's office which advised the group through the app building process. Fairfax News had a peek at three completed games that the students created--“A Second Family," “Influenced,” and “New Kid on the Block,”--which will be made available online this summer. H/T The Verge.
SAMSUNG LAUNCHED GALAXY SIII SMARTPHONE, WILL IT CHALLENGE IPHONE FROM APPLE INC?
Samsung Electronics unveiled a new top-of-the-range Galaxy smartphone in London on Thursday, updating the most direct rival to Apple's iPhone with a larger touch screen and more powerful processor.
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