Opera Opinions
Some more interesting stuff from Lockergnome. In today’s Tech Specialist Newsletter there’s someone else’s opinion of Opera, in case my opinion wasn’t enough!
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How many companies that provide hosting or build platforms for other people to communicate can’t afford to defend themselves every time someone posts something that results in litigation? Many will be forced to shut down due to the risk. Many will be targeted specifically in the hope that they will have to shut down.
When that happens, more and more voices will be silenced online. Only the rich can afford to build their platforms and keep lawyers around to defend themselves. Google and Meta will be OK. The rest of us will no longer have any outlets for ourselves. Our opportunities to communicate online with each other will be limited to what Big Tech says we can do.
It’s hard not to assume that is the goal, though.
The opening paragraph of Kent Gibson’s article rings so true to those of us who are asked to “improve” audio and video in the course of working with e-discovery. In the few short years I’ve worked in Litigation Support, there have already been a number of times where I’m presented with some audio or video…
So, how are we feeling about Google’s announcement that they’re going to be doing more behavior targeted ads? Are we outraged at the privacy implications, or just glad they at least gave everyone an easy way to opt-out instead of just doing it without saying anything? Discuss. I really am curious to hear what others…
If the news today that you will no longer be able to post updates to LinkedIn automatically from twitter has you bummed out, take a look at If This Then That. Ifttt.com I know many of my readers have seen it before, but if you haven’t, seriously go sign up and “put the Internet to…
I really hate having days at work where I’m researching something, and spend so much time reading online that I wind up falling asleep right after dinner when I get home. A short nap wouldn’t be bad, but I always wind up sleeping like 2 hours and screwing up my sleep patterns. Maybe I need…
OK, so the Macbook Pro arrived today and I’ve been spending a good part of the evening downloadng updates, getting some tools and generally getting it setup the way I like. One of the projects I’m going to start on soon is getting Windows to run for those things that I simply need Windows for,…