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Group Accused of Politically Gaming Digg
In: web resources
6 Aug 2010Digg is looking into accusations that a conservative group has been gaming the site to bury content it deems too liberal. oleoleolson at AlterNet writes, "A group of influential conservative members of the behemoth social media site Digg.com have just been caught red-handed in a widespread campaign of censorship, having multiple accounts, upvote padding, and [...]
Google No Longer Redirecting Chinese Visitors to Hong Kong Site [Google Has Stopped Redirecting Chinese Visitors to the Hong Kong Site Due to Chinese License Renewal]
In: gadgets
30 Jun 2010If you will recall some months back, among the hot topics included that of the dispute between Google and the Chinese government regarding a censorship. Since then, Google has redirected all Chinese visitors to their Hong Kong site since nothing was really settled. (…)Read the rest of Google No Longer Redirecting Chinese Visitors to Hong [...]
Lego For Adults: The Darker Side Of The Building Block
In: web resources
13 Apr 2010It’s not a lie when someone says, “You never get too old to play with Lego.” It’s such a creative endeavor and there is no end to the possibilities of your builds. A huge theme throughout the years has been to legolize movies so that the kids can act out their own little adventures with [...]
Despite Google’s Withdraw, Chinese Cell Providers To Still Offer Android [Despite Google Leaving China, Major Chinese Carriers To Still Offer Android Devices, Sans Google]
In: gadgets
26 Mar 2010China is a pretty big market and Google made news this week when they withdrew from that country following disputes over censorship and security issues. Despite the providing company leaving China, the three major Chinese telcom providers still plan to offer Android-powered mobile phones in the country, just sans Google. (more…) Related posts on TFTS: [...]
In response to Google’s recent tactic of redirecting Chinese users to its uncensored Hong Kong site (Google.hk), the Chinese government began disabling certain searches or blocking the results, according to The New York Times. In a way, it’s back to square one — for users in China, Google is still censored, just as it was [...]
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