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| 121 | The "hacktivist" group Anonymous is tricking users into becoming part of a denial-of-service attack, some security experts are reporting, because of the U.S. government's raid on the file-sharing site Megaupload.com.
The trick involves Javascript that is embedded into special Web pages built to redirect visitors to the targeted sites, which include ones from the FBI, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America, Universal Studios and others.
On the Pastebin.com site, where Anonymous members frequently post their statements, a Jan. 19 posting states that "We Anonymous are launching our largest attack ever on government and music industry sites." It noted that the "FBI didn't think they would get away with this did they?" adding that they "should have expected us."
'15 Fat Men' Through a Door
The statement references the recent shutdown of the New Zealand-based Megaupload by the FBI, and the arrest of its owner, who goes by the name of Kim Dotcom (originally known as Kim Schmitz), and four others for violating piracy laws. In response, the statement said, Anonymous said it took down a variety of entertainment industry and government sites, including justice.gov, universalmusic.com, riaa.org, mpaa.org, copyright.gov, usdoj.gov, bmi.com, fbi.gov, vivendi.fr, and whitehouse.gov.
The statement also published personal information about former U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, who is currently head of the MPAA, his wife and children, and the corporate office addresses of MPAA.
In a posting on the site of security firm Sophos, the company's senior technology consultant Graham Cluley noted that Anonymous has, on previous occasions, asked its supporters to install a program called LOIC, or Low Orbit Ion Cannon.
The software sets up computers to join a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS), which overwhelms a site with traffic. Cluley describes a DDoS attack as the equivalent of "15 fat men trying to... newsfactor.com » | | 122 | Moving into IBM's Smarter Energy territory, Oracle on Tuesday rolled a new product onto its smart grid. Dubbed Oracle "Utilities Meter Data Analytics," the new program targets utilities that need to improve meter-data system performance, in a world where all things green are demanding attention.
The Utilities Meter Data Analytics program aims to help utilities turn the influx of huge data volumes into intelligent business processes, so they can operate more efficiently and improve customer satisfaction. The solution has eight pre-built dashboards that analyze consumption trends, gauge the performance of head-end systems and service providers, track unreported usage, alert staff to revenue protection events, and track meter installation efforts.
"Far too many so-called business intelligence products today provide little more than an additional analytic engine or reporting framework requiring months of consulting time to implement and extensive staff time and training to use and maintain," said Rodger Smith, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Utilities.
Improved Processes
Smith said Oracle's new solution is a major step forward. As an example, Oracle said utilities can use the solution to improve business processes, like targeting customer segments for specific energy efficiency, running demand management programs, or decreasing losses from unbilled energy.
The Utilities Meter Data Analytics solution also has features to help staff drill down into details behind the graphics. It can help examine specific instances and events contributing to trends by drilling back into the underlying applications, including Oracle's Utilities Meter Data Management program and its Utilities Customer Care and Billing program.
Big Blue Belts Back
IBM combatted Oracle's news with an announcement of its own: Big Blue and the Vermont Electric Power Company, or VELCO, are working to build an intelligent fiber optic and Carrier Ethernet communications and control network across Vermont.
Spanning more than 1,000 miles, the advanced fiber communications network will connect transmission substations... newsfactor.com » | | 123 | A lot of the devices that first appear at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas fail to make a splash. Others change the world.
Into that latter category would have to go the Commodore 64, which was introduced at the CES 30 years ago, eventually becoming the most-sold computer in the world. It helped pave the way for the PC revolution and has continued to live well past its official end, even if just in virtual form.
The C64 that debuted in January 1982 had little in common with modern high-power machines. Its brown exterior reminded one of a breadbox and, inside, it sported a mere 0.985 megahertz processor, along with 64 kilobytes of working memory. Like most computers of the era, it had no hard drive.
Programs were run from and data stored on external data devices, initially cassette decks. Later those were upgraded to floppy drives, into which users stuffed 5.25-inch discs. Nor was there a graphical interface, as has become standard today with Apple and Microsoft. Instead, upon startup, users were faced with a blinking cursor on a blue screen.
Those who used one will remember nights typing LOAD and then RUN to start up games, opening children of the 1980s up to entire new worlds of gameplay.
It was those games that made the C64s exciting, making them a must for many a child's bedroom. But the fact that the C64 was also a real computer -- programmers could write for it using the computer language Basic -- helped it create a toehold for computers in modern homes, first in children's bedrooms, then in the rest of the house.
In many cases, specialist magazines published program codes, which true fanatics could then manually input into their computer. But most people were drawn to the Commodore 64 thanks to its huge... newsfactor.com » | | 124 | Providing customers with satisfactory 24/7 support is difficult when you're starting out, mainly because of the costs and expenses that go with hiring call centers and support staff. And the ones that are cheap very often provide substandard services. But Talkdesk is here to change all that for good. Read more Learn more about TalkdeskApp.com in Dataopedia.com Find out how much TalkdeskApp.com is worth with Stimator.com killerstartups.com » | | 125 |  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is dipping its toes into the physical world as the largest online retailer offers more products in stores that may benefit from hands-on interaction with shoppers.
Reuters: Internet News » | | 126 | Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public.
Enter Soulo, a software and microphone kit that can turn an iPad or other Apple device into a karaoke machine. It gives you instant karaoke in the privacy of your own home, or wherever you carry your Apple gadgets.
That's the idea, anyway.
In practical terms, the quality of the karaoke experience depends largely on the kind of sound system you pipe Soulo through.
The software app does a great job of emulating the sing-along video animation typically found in a commercial karaoke machine. It also offers a good selection of songs.
But I wasn't thrilled by the sound quality I got from the Soulo microphone. That dampened an otherwise entertaining way to use an iPad.
In particular, I like how the Soulo-iPad combo makes it a snap to record audio and video of a performance and then post clips -- not full songs -- on YouTube, Facebook and elsewhere.
Soulo is available with a digital wireless microphone, which retails for $99, or with a wired microphone, which sells for $69. Songs cost extra after the first handful. I tested the wireless version, which comes with a receiver that plugs into the iPad dock and syncs with the microphone.
The karaoke app and microphones are compatible with iPads, iPhones and the iPod Touch. Audio output options include listening through headphones or other speaker systems via the devices' stereo jack. The wireless receiver also can connect to a TV.
Transforming the iPad into a karaoke machine is easy. You download the free Soulo app from the Apple Store and register the software.
Soulo comes with a few songs and a code to download 10 karaoke tracks for free. You can purchase and download more songs... newsfactor.com » | | 127 | Microsoft is hooking up MSN.com with a hipper sidekick to broaden its appeal and stay on top of the Internet's hottest topics.
The trend-tracking service, called "msnNOW," tunes into the buzz by sifting through millions of Internet searches and links circulating among the hordes on Facebook and Twitter. The chatter is then distilled into the equivalent of a digital water cooler -- a place where people can go to keep in touch without taking up a lot of their time.
After months of development, the new feature debuts Thursday at http://now.msn.com.
The service is primarily aimed at college-age teenagers and young adults who are increasingly relying on smartphones and other mobile devices to remain plugged into what everyone is talking about from one hour to the next. It's an "information-snacking" addiction that msnNOW is looking to feed with a smorgasbord of morsels served up a team of about 20 editors who will write 100-word summaries of the stories driving online conversations, said Bob Visse, MSN's general manager.
Although it's tailor made for people on the go, msnNOW isn't offering an app for smartphones or computer tablets. It can be reached on all mobile Web browsers. The service also includes tools to make it easy to share on Facebook, Twitter and email.
Taking the Internet's pulse isn't new. The main page on Yahoo Inc.'s Web site has highlighted the top trends for years and Internet search leader Google Inc. calls out the top queries each day. Twitter regularly updates its rankings of the most-tweeted topics.
But MSN believes its new service will prove to be even more effective because it is drawing upon Microsoft Corp.'s expertise in data management and relying on human editors to ensure the real-time site is more compelling than a list of words and links.
Facebook Inc. and Twitter also have negotiated deals that... newsfactor.com » | | 128 | (Reuters) - Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc's social networking site, Google+, have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama's page on the site with calls for greater freedom in the world's most populous country.
Reuters: Internet News » | | 129 | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wayin, the new social media venture backed by Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy, announced it has raised $14 million in Series B funding from U.S. Venture Partners.
Reuters: Internet News » | | 130 | A new iPhone application that can be compared to a personalized tour guide, StreetFlow is the one app for ensuring you won't overlook points of interests in any road trip you take. By downloading and installing the application (you can killerstartups.com » | | 131 | If you're amazed -- and maybe even a little alarmed -- about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most powerful company to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than 1 billion users.
Google says the changes will make it easier for consumers to understand how it collects personal information, and allow the company to create more helpful and compelling services. Critics, including most of the country's state attorneys general and a top regulator in Europe, argue that Google is trampling on people's privacy rights in its relentless drive to sell more ads.
Here's a look at some of the key issues to consider as Google tries to learn about you.
Q: How will Google's privacy changes affect users?
A: Google Inc. is combining more than 60 different privacy policies so it will be able to throw all the data it gathers about each of its logged-in users into personal dossiers. The information Google learns about you while you enter requests into its search engine can be culled to suggest videos to watch when you visit the company's YouTube site.
Users who write a memo on Google's online word processing program, Docs, might be alerted to the misspelling of the name of a friend or co-worker a user has communicated with on Google's Gmail. The new policy pools information from all Google-operated services, empowering the company to connect the dots from one service to the next.
Q: Why is Google making these changes?
A: The company, based in Mountain View, Calif., says it is striving for a "beautifully simple, intuitive user experience across Google." What Google hasn't spent much time talking about is how being able to draw more revealing profiles about its users will help... newsfactor.com » | | 132 | If you want Windows 7 and Microsoft Office on your iPad, you can tap into OnLive Desktop. But not without drawing the ire of Microsoft.
OnLive Desktop has a video on its homepage that shows how you can access your Microsoft Office PC software and tap into a Windows 7 cloud desktop using its iPad and Android apps. Of course, consumers need to subscribe to OnLive to tap into the service, which harnesses cloud computing to deliver the applications.
Although OnLive has a free edition, the version that hooks consumers up with Microsoft software is $4.99. And an enterprise version is coming to market soon. Now, Microsoft is accusing OnLive of violating its software licensing agreements.
"Some inquiries about these scenarios have been raised as a result of recent media coverage related to OnLive's Desktop and Desktop Plus services," Joe Matz, corporate vice president of Worldwide Licensing and Pricing at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post. "Additionally, the analyst firm Gartner raised questions regarding the compliance of these services last week. We are actively engaged with OnLive with the hope of bringing them into a properly licensed scenario, and we are committed to seeing this issue is resolved."
OnLive is keeping the situation low key. Jane Anderson, an OnLive spokeswoman, said, "We have never commented on any licensing agreements."
Gartner Warns Enterprises
Gartner analysts Michael Silver, Federica Troni and Frances O'Brien commented on the desktop-as-a-service offering that gives users access to a virtual Windows desktop running Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer 9 with Flash and PDF support.
"OnLive's offering will likely be very appealing to consumers who want to replicate Microsoft Office's editing capabilities on their iPads. To date, Microsoft has only released versions of OneNote and Lync for the iPad, and nothing in the iPad App Store (such as Documents to Go, Quickoffice and iWork) offers... newsfactor.com » | | 133 | Cisco on Thursday spent $5 billion on what it sees as part of its future. The networking giant announced its intent to acquire video software and content security solutions provider NDS Group.
NDS has made a name of itself in the video space by combining a software platform with services to deliver differentiated video offerings to service providers. These offerings let subscribers view, search and navigate digital content on any device. The end goal is to help content providers securely deliver and monetize video.
The NDS acquisition ties in with Cisco's Videoscape, a platform that spans the cloud, the network and end-user clients and is a key part of its overall video strategy. Cisco is betting its $5 billion investment will expand its reach into new emerging markets, such as China and India, where NDS has an established customer footprint.
"Our strategy has always been driven by customer need and on capturing market transitions," said John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco. "Our acquisition of NDS fits squarely into this strategy, enabling content and service providers to deliver new video solutions that leverage the cloud and drive new monetization opportunities and service differentiation."
Cisco's Video Pillar
Cisco said the NDS acquisition reflects its increased strategic focus on video, one of its five foundational priorities. It also demonstrates Cisco's "build, buy and partner" strategy to grow through combination of organic innovation, targeted acquisitions and strategic partnering.
"This has all the earmarks of a great acquisition for Cisco," said Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research. "Cisco is trying to enable more customization of content out of the network whereas Apple is trying to do it more through equity. This complements what consumer electronics manufacturers are doing without Cisco having to get into the space."
Kerravala sees the NDS purchase as a strong move for Cisco. NDS is known... newsfactor.com » | | 134 | Out of 10 ideas that we have, we discard 8 ourselves. And we do it within seconds of them having come to us. We do it because we think they are totally unpractical, when the truth is that if we told others about them then they'd tell us otherwise. Read more Learn more about Ahhha.com in Dataopedia.com Find out how much Ahhha.com is worth with Stimator.com killerstartups.com » | | 135 | By now, we're all used to the concept of checking into Foursquare whenever we are at any kind of venue. It takes only a second, and it lets all the people in our lives know where to find us if they need us. Which is just great. Read more Learn more about Chkin.at in Dataopedia.com Find out how much Chkin.at is worth with Stimator.com killerstartups.com » | | 136 | When traveling for business, you no longer have to stuff receipts and business cards into wallets, purses and folders, and then retrieve and organize the unwieldy paper trail once you get home.
The Neat Company of Philadelphia offers a NeatReceipts portable scanner and software system that enable you to scan those taxi, restaurant and hotel receipts, as well as business cards and other documents, and then organize them for company expense reports, taxes or just archival purposes.
And, with the April 17 federal tax deadline approaching, this is an optimal time to consider an electronic way to better handle the reams of paper receipts and related documents for tax-filing purposes and throughout the year.
The portable scanner weighs less than a pound, easily fits into most laptop cases and hooks up to your computer with a USB connection. It retails for about $200, which seems a bit pricey, and comes bundled with the software.
The software lets you organize the receipts and drag them into folders on your desktop. It lets you easily view, categorize and edit your notations about the receipts. And it lets you save the items, convert them into PDFs, run customized reports, e-mail them and export them into Quicken.
You also can feed business cards into the scanner and sync the particulars with Outlook, Plaxo or Mac Address Book.
I found the scanner and software fairly easy to use, although there were glitches. I tried the scanner and software at home, but could easily see breaking out the scanner in a hotel room and quickly feeding the day's receipts and business cards into it. Scanning receipts generally was easy, although occasionally I had to give a very thin receipt an extra nudge because the scanner didn't recognize there was an item ready for scanning. One crinkled receipt scanned as a blurry, illegible... newsfactor.com » | | 137 | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - When you 'like' something on Facebook or read an online newspaper, perhaps a dozen or more companies are squirreling away data on your tastes, your habits, whether you're male or female, old or young, gay or straight.
Reuters: Internet News » | | 138 | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executives of Oracle Corp and Google Inc took the stand in court on Tuesday but delivered no bombshells as Google's lawyers argued Oracle is trying to hitch a ride on Google's success after abandoning the idea of building its own smartphone.
Reuters: Internet News » | | 139 | Microsoft's coming Windows 8 operating system is focusing attention on the possibility of tablet-laptop hybrids. This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to that idea in so many words, amounting to the equivalent of "Really?"
Cook told a conference call of analysts that "anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is that the products are about tradeoffs." With a hybrid, he said, "you begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left at the end of the day doesn't please anyone."
'A Toaster and a Refrigerator'
He noted that one could "converge a toaster and a refrigerator," but that probably wouldn't satisfy fans of either appliance. In response, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Frank X. Shaw tweeted that the reported comment "must be a typo," because the comparison shouldn't be to a toaster/fridge, but to a toaster/oven. "Those seem pretty popular," he wrote.
Cook said that some companies might choose to try out hybrids, in which they will end up compromising for both and not pleasing users of either device. He added that his company, which turned the tablet category into what is arguably the hottest form factor for personal computing, is "not going to that party."
That party has already started. Earlier this month, Intel showed a product it is calling the Lexeco, which is a Windows tablet that has a kickstand and a keyboard to turn it into an Ultrabook laptop. Intel CEO Paul Otellini and other executives have been talking about hybrids for months, where the tablet is "consumption" mode and the laptop is "productivity" mode.
In January, Lenovo showed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) its Windows 8-based IdeaPad Yoga prototype, in which a laptop's screen can fold down and turn the device into a tablet.
Asus has offered an Android tablet with optional keyboard dock for a year,... newsfactor.com » | | 140 | Downloading and uploading documents from cloud-based services to view and use them in local apps may have taken another step into oblivion. A new startup is offering an expanded version of its technology for businesses, so that Microsoft Office documents and PDFs can be viewed and used in a browser or directly on a mobile device.
The startup, called Crocodoc, launched Tuesday an enterprise version of its HTML5 document embedding service, which is currently used whenever someone views a Microsoft Office document or PDF in Dropbox, Yammer, LinkedIn, or SAP. The company said that its technology is enabling companies such as Dropbox, to compete with Google Drive, which currently allows users to work with documents online.
First Service Flash-Based
Crocodoc CEO and founder Ryan Damico has told news media that, while Google Docs offers a similar functionality, the results there are not as true to the original as what his company offers. This lower quality, he said, is fine with the consumers who are the primary market for Docs, but not for businesses.
Aside from the purported clarity, the Crocodoc service, which can be embedded into Web apps, also allows the user to highlight or write comments, and share those annotations with others. The new service from Crocodoc can be embedded into Web apps and used without plugins or additional software, so that it is transparent to the user.
The first service by Crocodoc, released in 2010, was Flash-based, consumer-oriented, and intended to provide a way for users to upload a PDF and then view it in a browser, along with such functions as highlighting and commenting.
In 2011, Crocodoc released an HTML5 version of the same technology, for use with mobile devices. The new service that it is releasing Tuesday is an update of the HTML5 approach, and can be embedded through JavaScript or... newsfactor.com » | | 141 | IBM has agreed to acquire Tealeaf Technology, which markets customer experience analytics software to large corporations and organizations. The deal's financial terms were not disclosed.
Tealeaf's patented technology can be deployed into any business's current environment with no additional modifications required, said Tealeaf Technology CEO Rebecca Ward. "So they can begin capturing customer data and delivering optimal experiences immediately."
IBM's acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is intended to bolster Big Blue's smarter commerce initiative, which promises to give companies greater visibility into their supplier relationships. The goal is to provide clients with new insights into customer demand that enable companies to respond faster to opportunities as well as potential problems.
"With these new capabilities from Tealeaf, we can not only provide chief marketing officers and other marketing leaders the qualitative insights into how customers actually experience their brands, but show them how to react in real time across marketing, sales and service," said Craig Hayman, general manager of industry solutions at IBM.
Getting the Customer Experience Right
To truly manage customers' experiences, large enterprises and organizations must understand their customers' needs, how they intend to meet those needs, and how they are performing currently, said Forrester Research analysts. They must also "have people, processes, and tools in place to use that insight in order to design and deliver the right experiences and continuously improve them over time," the firm's analysts wrote last August in a blog.
Tealeaf and other analytics software providers such as Adobe, Medallia and RightNow help clients with various aspects of the management process such as experience insight and delivery. "But they can't replace the overall discipline and activities required for a company to get customer experience right," Forrester's analysts said.
By adding Tealeaf to its smart commerce initiative, Big Blue intends to improve the extent to which... newsfactor.com » | | 142 | IBM is acquiring Vivisimo in its latest Big Data move. What does that mean for your enterprise? Perhaps plenty.
Vivisimo is a federated discovery and navigation software that helps organizations access and analyze Big Data across the enterprise. Vivisimo software automates the discovery of data and helps employees navigate it with a single view across the enterprise, no matter what format it is or where it resides.
The goal is to provide valuable insights that drive better decision-making for solving operational challenges. We caught up with David Corrigan, director of strategy for IBM's Infosphere portfolio, to discuss the promise of Vivisimo, how it fits into IBM's portfolio and how it can help enterprise customers.
Q. How does the Vivisimo acquisition fit into IBM's portfolio?
A. It fits really well into our Big Data platform. Vivisimo is going to be incorporated into the Information Management brand and will be part of the Big Data portfolio. We see it as a critical capability because it enables federated discovery and navigation of Big Data sources -- unstructured and structured content.
Vivisimo adds a unique capability to the market. We can say: "We can understand your Big Data sources. We'll leave them exactly where they are and we'll figure out the value. You decide what you need to bring into the Big Data platform itself for deeper analysis. In other words, you can get an idea of the value and you can navigate through it before you bring it all into the Big Data platform. Of course, there's a separate set of use cases around navigation and search and visualization that enable end-user applications.
Q. So what does that mean practically speaking for clients? Can you offer us a couple of scenarios?
A. Big Data is emerging in a lot of organizations and they have to figure it... newsfactor.com » | | 143 | Demonstrating that IBM is not the only tech heavy hitter to make strategic investments in data analytics, Cisco is acquiring a privately held company that offers scalable, real-time network data analysis and reporting software.
Cisco will purchase Truviso for an undisclosed amount. Once integrated into Cisco's portfolio, the company promises its clients "instant access" and visibility into network use and services. And that instant access and visibility promises to help enterprises increase operational efficiencies and drive new revenue streams.
"Customers want to be able to tap into and better analyze the enormous volume of data traversing their networks to identify ways to enhance services and generate new revenue opportunities," said Jamie Lerner, vice president and general manager of Cisco's Network Management Technology Group. "Embedding Truviso's real-time business intelligence into the network will help customers unlock these capabilities at the speed of the network."
Cisco's Prime Play
Cisco is making this move based on needs its research uncovered. Specifically, Cisco points to the proliferation of end-user devices and growth in network-connected applications as factors that are increasing the amount of data on the network exponentially.
Cisco is betting that both service provider and enterprise customers are looking for ways to better understand this data and act upon it in real-time to improve operations, customer experiences, and service offering differentiation. How can Truviso help? The company owns what it calls "continuous query technology." With its analyze-first, store-later approach, Truviso offers enterprises detailed information and visibility of network use and services in real-time.
Cisco is integrating Truviso technology for its Cisco Prime platform. The company said Truviso's software analytics will strengthen its network management platform with the core technology to gather and analyze streaming data.
Cisco also noted that the acquisition reinforces its commitment to delivering intelligent networks and supports its five foundational priorities -- core, data center, virtualization,... newsfactor.com » | | 144 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lot of loyal Facebook fans and occasional investors are discovering a hard truth this week: Money and connections talk, especially when it comes to a deal handled by Wall Street.
Reuters: Internet News » | | 145 | The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual land where progress and profits are forever around the next bend.
Sound familiar?
In the 19th century, Americans expanded into a physical frontier -- a geographic edge of society brimming with opportunities and dangers and challenges and setbacks. So began the notion of manifest destiny: the idea that, no matter what, the United States pushes outward to the farthest edge of the most distant place possible.
Today, almost two centuries after that term was coined, American expansionism is playing out vigorously at society's latest cutting edge: the social space of the Internet. Friday's high-octane, $16 billion IPO of the global juggernaut that is Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook is, for better or worse, the most recent example of how the new frontier has been cultivated, colonized and commanded by entrepreneurial Americans.
As the manufacturing economy reconfigures, you often hear the lament that "America doesn't make anything anymore." But then there's this: Most of the world's digital centers of gravity have been, and remain, American. Apple and Microsoft. Google and Yahoo. YouTube and Amazon and eBay. Facebook and Twitter and Instagram. Kickstarter. Netflix. PayPal. Akamai, the content-delivery behemoth. Intel, the internal combustion engine of the whole shebang. And for that matter, the Internet itself and the organization that regulates its domain names were both born and raised in (you guessed it) America.
A digital manifest destiny is playing out, built upon the notion that the United States' outward expansion continues apace on the virtual frontier. What the self-defined sense of American exceptionalism built in the physical world, it is now building in the digital one.
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