Several months ago, the 4cast looked at the possibility that shorter lines of text delivered on digital devices could be easier to read, especially for…
OPLIN 4cast #377: Reading speed
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Several months ago, the 4cast looked at the possibility that shorter lines of text delivered on digital devices could be easier to read, especially for…
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Probably more than a few libraries have been on the receiving end of the unpopular Getty Images demand letter. For many years, these letters were sent…
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Since the beginning of the year, some things that have been happening at the Federal Communications Commission (and happening to the FCC) have been of…
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Much of the tech news last week was about Facebook’s huge deal to buy the WhatsApp messaging service. (One economist pointed out that the $19…
In last week’s 4cast, there was mention of network filters implemented by Internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK. There’s actually quite a bit happening…
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Yesterday was Safer Internet Day in over 100 countries. If you don’t recall ever hearing about it before, it’s probably because the U.S. has been…
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A couple of weeks ago, Google confirmed that it had purchased DeepMind, a London artificial intelligence company. This set off a flurry of speculation in…
Last week, Marc Andreessen, the well-known technology investor and software developer, published an opinion piece (linked below) in the New York Times entitled “Why Bitcoin…
Librarians are no longer surprised to find people watching streaming video on their public Internet computers, with YouTube currently being the most prolific provider of…
At the Consumer Electronics Show last week, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich made headlines by announcing that starting this year, all Intel microprocessors will be made…