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Interview: Lee Rainie on Networked Individualism
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By: Ian Jacobs
On 24 May I interviewed Lee Rainie of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Lee is co-author with Barry Wellman of a recent book titled "Networked: The New Social Operating System." In the interview, Lee summarizes one...
UK Government Consultation on Open Standards
The W3C has formally submitted its response to the UK Government's consultation on the use of Open Standards for software interoperability, data and document formats. In essence, we believe that the Web proves that in the areas of direct interest to this consultation, the use of open standards, published under royalty free terms, is an enormous engine for innovation.
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Interview: IBM on the Linked Data Platform
Shortly after W3C announced the launch of the Linked Data Platform Working Group, I spoke with Arnaud Le Hors about IBM's interest in linked data and their decision to co-chair the Working Group. IJ: Why did IBM get involved in...
Interview: BBC on Publishing and Linked Data
I chatted recently with Olivier Thereaux, Yves Raimond (senior technologist in R&D), and Silver Oliver (data architect) of the BBC about the Web, publishing, and linked data. Ian: The BBC is prolific and large. How do you view yourselves? Silver:...
Help create a world of mobile *Web* apps
The new mobile Web training course launched last February was so well received (full course!) that we are announcing a new session before this summer. The "Mobile Web 2: Applications" online course will be 6 weeks long, from 11 June...
Events on interoperability for mobile Web, Paris May 29-31
As Mobile Web Initiative Activity Lead, and through my involvement in the European MobiWebApp project, I spent a lot of my time looking at what it takes to make the Web on mobile a strong platform for developing new applications...