Last week, a friend shared articles from both Daily Kos and The Atlantic citing a recent survey by the National Science Foundation suggesting that about one quarter of the American population doesn’t know the Earth revolves around the Sun. Granted, this grabby headline may not literally mean that some fifty to seventy million fellow citizens are unaware of the heliocentric ...
some tech thing is a new weekly roundup of tech-related stories you might have missed or even wished you missed. Co-hosted by David Newhoff and Sandy Davis. Take a listen and let me/us know what you think. In this episode: Flappy Bird developer bails; Minecraft filmmakers need permission; Zach Braff’s new Kickstarter project; the day we didn’t fight back; RNCC creates ...
This morning, music industry attorney Dina LaPolt and Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler submitted written comments to the USPTO on the subject of compulsory licensing for remixing and sampling musical works. At issue is a green paper submitted by the US Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force that copyright reform could include a measure that would effectively mandate artists ...
some tech thing is a new weekly roundup of tech-related stories you might have missed or even wished you missed. Co-hosted by David Newhoff and Sandy Davis. Take a listen and let me/us know what you think. In this episode: Pixeom, Facebook Memorials, Techies bitch on “Secret,” Polar Bear Pitchfest, beer drones. ...
some tech thing is a new weekly roundup of tech-related stories you might have missed or even wished you missed. Co-hosted by David Newhoff and Sandy Davis. Take a listen and let me/us know what you think. In this episode: Super Bowl stories: SodaStream & GoldieBlox; Strawbees, Prince sues fans, Bitcoin regulation ...
