1. Kenyan elections: A real-time mobile revolution (ReadWriteWeb)
The elections in Kenya are a story of triumph. The country, which had a terribly violent election season in 2007 turned in a sleek, peaceful set of returns this time. The referendum on a new constitution for the country returned a 67% yes vote. Why? In part, due to the real-time Web and mobile technology.
2. Google Wave challenged email and lost (Regular Geek)
Google Wave was supposed to be a game changing application. However, there were a few fundamental flaws. Most importantly, Wave was looking to replace email and throw in a whole bunch of collaboration and real-time features. The problem with this is that email is too big of a target to take on directly, says Rob Diana.
3. US ends private talks on web rules (The Wall Street Journal)
The FCC had proposed so-called net neutrality rules that would ensure carriers treat all content equally, and not slow or block access to websites., but following reports that Google and Verizon were in talks on this very subject, U.S. officials called off closed-door talks with lobbyists aimed at reaching a compromise on ways to regulate Internet traffic, saying they couldn’t reach a solution.
4. Not a joke: An Apple app patent that looks like an actual app selling on the App Store (GigaOm)
Apple apparently has started filing patents for certain applications. And one of them looks exactly like an actual app — Where To — that has been available on the iTunes app store for a long time. No wonder the guys behind the app are upset, says Om Malik.
5. What philosophers counsel on the private cloud (Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds)
As Socrates and Voltaire knew, meaningful discourse depends on a shared understanding of the topic under discussion. To have shared understanding, clearly defined and agreed terms are prerequisites. In the sphere of cloud computing, defined terms and shared understanding have been at a premium.
