Google's Open Web Advocate Talks White House Web ID Plan
As previously reported, the White House is working on a "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" or NSTIC, in which it has placed the Commerce Department in charge of an "Identity Ecosystem". The initiative has drawn a mixture of praise and criticism, and judging by our own readers’ comments, there is a whole lot […]
Connect Your TV to 650,000 Online Episodes [APPS]
A new web-based application called Clicker.tv will connect you to a database of 650,000 online TV episodes, and it will do so with an interface viewable from 10 feet away and workable with a remote control — the same experience you’d have with software that runs on a set-top box. Clicker is a search engine […]
Hugo Chavez Hires 200 People to Manage His Twitter Account
Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, who only recently signed up to Twitter, has rapidly risen up the rankings to become the top tweeter in the country, despite having previously described the service as a “tool of terror.” The leader has also hired hundreds of staff to reply to tweets. Chavez (“Presidente de la República Bolivariana […]