Because all news isn't depressing.
1. Google blimps will carry wireless signal across Africa (Wired)
"Search giant Google is intending to build huge wireless networks across
Africa and Asia, using high-altitude balloons and blimps. The
company is intending to finance, build and help operate networks from
sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, with the aim of connecting around a
billion people to the web."
2. Line Up Now for Your .NYC Domain Names (The Atlantic)
"New York City announced Tuesday afternoon that it has officially been
approved for its own top-level domain – the obvious suffix .nyc – making
it one of the first cities in the world to stake out space in the new
and expanding frontier of online real estate. By the end of this year,
and for an unspecified amount, local businesses and residents with a
"bona fide presence" in the city will be able to start registering for
new web addresses like divebar.nyc or walkingtours.nyc."
3. This Plan To End Government Spying Has Grown So Big It Might Actually Work (Business Insider)
"For the most part, it's hard to get too enthusiastic about various
Internet campaigns that try to right the wrongs of this world,
particularly the ones working on online privacy. But a new one
started two weeks ago is really worth watching. It's called, ironically
enough, Stop Watching Us. This one is special because:
It has
big, powerful players including Mozilla, the creators of the Firefox
browser, and Tim Berners-Lee, the guy that invented the World Wide Web...."
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