Wikipedia goes dark: Raising attention for SOPA and PIPA
With today’s blackout of Wikipedia, the rest of the world will get a glimpse into the hottest topic of online debate Stateside. The 2 anti-piracy bills, SOPA and PIPA run the risk of being misused where mere allegations of copyright infringement could result in an entire site being blocked. For the large community contribution-based sites such as Youtube and Wikipedia this is a major concern. Venture Capitalists have stated they would have to stop funding internet startups if these bills pass as the risk of killing a fledgling business is too great. In addition to the...
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**Update Nov 2011: ** Google have now announced the final shutdown plans for Wave and is handing over to Apache. This month saw the announcement that Google is killing off it’s Wave product, less than 3 months after launch. For those that do not know, Wave is a collaborative communications platform that merges features found in email, instant messaging, wikis and shared documents. Wave was announced and opened to developers last summer and quickly became hyped up to dizzying levels. People were begging to be granted wave accounts to try it out and Google looked to be onto...
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