Lowering regulatory barriers for startups in exchange for access to data?
Nick Grossmann posted this very interesting piece: “Here’s the solution to the Uber and Airbnb problems — and no one will like it” that’s full of points worth…
Category: politics
Questioning the Euro tech narratives
There’s a been a lot (a lot!) of talk about Europe’s, and particularly Germany’s, take on digitization and tech innovation. Sometimes using the Industry 4.0 terminology (connected factories…
Google/Skybox could offer a searchable DIFF of the world
Since Google announced to buy satellite company Skybox recently, there’s been quite a bit of speculation about the reasons and potential implications of the acquisition. Some wondered about…
A visit to GDS, the UK’s Government Digital Services
Earlier this week, Matt kindly gave us a tour through the UK’s Government Digital Services (GDS for short) offices. GDS is, as the name suggest, the department that…
Snapshot: The Digital Agenda for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
Over the last few months it’s become painfully obvious – once more – that we’re not really set for the 21st century, policy-wise. This probably holds true globally…
Bruce Schneier: The Battle for Power on the Internet
The fantastic Bruce Schneier gave an excellent talk at TEDxCambridge: The Battle for Power on the Internet: In it, he explains in his usual clear, easy-to-understand…
How to see through the cloud, translated
Over on the Mozilla Webmaker site, James Bridle wrote a brilliant piece that explains in very simple terms how to get a better understanding of the web at…