And it goes to the top. Levine tells the story of journalist Ken Auletta, who wrote Googled: The End of the World As We Know It. Auletta was speaking to Sergey Brin.
“Why don’t you give your book away for free?” Brin asked Auletta. The journalist explained that cash would help research the book, edit it, and promote it from the sea of dross on the internet.
The “usually voluable” Brin fell silent, as if the thought had never occurred to him. Page is even more naive, and much more combative.
MAC address + triangulated location of WiFi router = Personal detail
Dutch language press release:
http://www.cbpweb.nl/Pages/pb_20110811_google.aspx
“Diablo III will make everyone else accept the fact you have to be connected,” he said. “If you have a juggernaut, you can make change. I’m all for that. If we could force people to always be connected when you play the game, and then have that be acceptable, awesome.”
http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/137678.20110811.Willits-always-on-DRM-better-for-everybody/
That’s less than the tube fare for a single visit to the British Library itself, so it’s well worth it for anyone with an interest in 19th century studies
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/08/11/ios_app_of_the_week_british_library_19th_century_books/
Social networks are just a tool. Like any tool, some will use them for ill ends, but many others will put them to positive uses.
