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US asks for most private info from Google & other #links
A few links from recent reading. Google reveals US government leads way in private data requests Private information on Google users was demanded by governments or police more than 14,000 times in 26 developed countries in the second half of last year, according to figures released for the first time by the internet group yesterday. [...]
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Martin Bell on TV news anchors
Enjoyed this post from Martin Bell about the history of TV anchors at the BBC. In due course TV journalism became a performing art. The BBC’s Vin Ray, an experienced hand who secretly admired the old ways while defending the new, described it as “being in the moment”. There was actually a style coach. Reporters [...]
Posted in Journalism Also tagged funding cuts, how news is reported, job cuts, Journalism, news anchors, Television anchors Leave a comment
Covering Egypt – with fax, dial-up and speak-to-tweet
A wrap of stories/posts looking at how recent unrest in Egypt has been covered by media and how technology old and new has been adapted to keep Egyptians connected with the rest of the world. Google enables speak-to-tweet service for Egypt Google Blog | Jan 31 Over the weekend we came up with the idea [...]
#One liners – the heroically uninformed, comic strips & NZ’s broadband problem