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Google suffers curse of diversity with Android | Dan Gillmor

The paradox of the dynamic Android smartphone market is that Google faces software and hardware problems Apple does not.

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BlackBerry and Apple's rotten week | Dan Gillmor

The BlackBerry outage was a PR disaster for maker RIM, but Apple was hit with iCloud and iOS woes. Step forward Microsoft?.

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Why Rupert Murdoch Should Announce A New Direction For News Corp

Shareholders of News Corporation who are tempted to attend the company’s annual meeting later this week in Los Angeles might well be asking themselves: what’s the point?.

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Occupy language: the struggle over meaning | Dan Gillmor

When we report the 'earnings' of the 1%, the media are often distorting reality. The 99% should demand we tell the truth.

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What the Crystal Cox case means for digital media | Dan Gillmor

An Oregon court ruling against a blogger addressed the wrong question. It should be: what is journalism, not who is a journalist?.

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Dan Gillmor: 2012 will be the year of the content-controller oligopoly

Next up is blogging pioneer Dan Gillmor, a journalism professor at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the author, most recently, of Mediactive....

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The 'Boycott Sopa' app and the informed consumer-citizen | Dan Gillmor

An app created by two computer-science students is a ground-breaking example of how technology can empower our choices• Understanding Sopa: the Guardian's interactive graphic explainer.

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Keeping these data-hungry technology companies at bay | Dan Gillmor

The FTC says app developers are reckless of children's data privacy. True, but we could all use the same protections.

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Getting round the great mobile phone carrier ripoff | Dan Gillmor

If pricey contracts, hidden charges and shoddy service sound familiar, then perhaps what you need is an MVNO. Read on.

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Don't take me to your leader: the Pulitzer and the lost art of editorials |...

No wonder the Pulitzer committee withheld any award for editorials this year. With rare exceptions, they're verbal Valium.

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SpaceX via Twitter: the everyday miracle of modern technologies | Dan Gillmor

There's so much we already take for granted about the digital revolution that's rocked our world. But it can still strike awe.

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Apple takes on Google in struggle for world domination | Dan Gillmor

At its big show this week, the consumer electronics giant looked as competent as ever – and more fiercely competitive.

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Maps: site of an epic territorial struggle between Apple and Google | Dan...

If you upgraded your iPhone to iOS6 and got lost because of the map app, you are the collateral damage in a monopolists' war.

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Facebook's new business plan: from utility to monopoly | Dan Gillmor

In the wake of its IPO debacle, expect Facebook to leverage its market dominance aggressively – with its billion users hostage.

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Android's smartphone OS upgrade issues need more than a quick fix | Dan Gillmor

I'm not a fan of Apple's paternalism toward customers, but it looks benign compared to Android's dire record on OS upgrades.

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The lessons of the Atlantic's Scientology 'sponsor content' blunder | Dan...

The Atlantic's Scientology advertorial embarrassment illuminates how far digital media has to go to be transparent and trustworthy.

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