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Ce n'est pas là une nouvelle prédiction "catastrophe" de Nostradamus mais bien le constat de plusieurs chercheurs : le temps est compté pour l'Internet. Plus pr& 
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Many people from the grassroots to the elites are thrilled about the social media phenomenon. Surely some of the few people who will read this are among them. We throw around phrases like “Facebook revolution” and we hail these new internet platforms that are bringing people together all over the world. And I’m not suggesting they don’t have their various bright sides. Nor am I suggesting you should stop using social media platforms, including Facebook. That would be like telling someone in Texas they should bike to work, when the whole infrastructure of every city in the state is built for sports utility vehicles.
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January 11, 2015 6:51 PM
An interesting perspective on the 'new age of noise' from a singer/songwriter in Portland, OR, offering pros and cons of social media, but ultimately calling for a revival of older communication practices.
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How Facebook and Google are killing the classic Internet and reinventing it in their image
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How come Facebook is free of charge yet Mark Zuckerberg is a billionaire? Google is also free of charge, yet its 2013 revenue was put at over $59bn. Do users know how those appealing, free services have become top ten global multinationals, and how do we finally pay for our consumption?
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Although Facebook's idea for worldwide connectivity is a laudable goal, the effort seems to be "seeing the world through first-world lenses," in that Internet connectivity is not high on the list of priorities in some of the least developed parts of the world, said Roger Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates.
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Only 40% of the world has ever connected to the Internet and the unconnected mostly live in developing nations, according to a new study published Monday by Facebook-led Internet.org.
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There is no mystery why libertarians love the Internet and all the freedom-enhancing applications, from open source software to Bitcoin, that thrive in its nurturing embrace. The Internet routes around censorship. It enables peer-to-peer connections that scoff at arbitrary geographical boundaries. It provides infinite access to do-it-yourself information. It fuels dreams of liberation from totalitarian oppression. Give everyone a smartphone, and dictators will fall! (Hell, you can even download the code that will let you 3-D print a gun.)
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At a time when the business strategies of large players like Google, Facebook, Netflix and others seek to leverage the power of social sharing, but then privatize and monetize the outcomes, you can be sure that we will see brazen new initiatives to privatize elements of the open Web. As Cory Doctorow points out, your browser will be able to say, “I can’t let you do that, Dave.” For more background on HTML5, here's a backgrounder piece by EFF.
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Internet companies seem to enjoy turning the world upside down by sharing software and operational details. Of course, it's still done out of self-interest. Read this article by Stephen Shankland on CNET News.
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