· March, 2013

Stories about Technology from March, 2013

All About Social Curation

  9 March 2013

Gaurav Mishra explains social curation and describes how Media, organizations and brands can curate contents to drive social engagement.

Japan: Where Does My Money Go?

  8 March 2013

A group of coders and concerned citizens have launched a Where Does My Money Go? [ja] website to explore tax spending in the city of Yokohama. With cooperation from the city, volunteers participated in a hackathon to brainstorm how to creatively showcase the city's tax spending.

Pirate Bay's ‘Defection’ to North Korea a Hoax

  5 March 2013

The Pirate Bay, one of the internet's oldest pirate sites, claimed Monday that it has stopped using its Swedish hosting provider and now running from the North Korean Internet. However, within less than 24 hours, it came clean and explained it was a hoax, reports North Korea Tech. 

Internet Post Deletion Business in China

  1 March 2013

Caixin Magazine[zh] reported about the Internet post deletion business in China: “It costs thousands to delete a negative news article, hundreds of thousands in professional fees to get a key word blocked.’’ feichengdao has translated some excerpts from the report into English.