First Finland, Now Spain Makes Broadband Access a Legal Right.

Last month we brought younewsof Finland’s intention to make broadband a legal right for its five million population. Now Spain is following suit and from 2011, Telecom companies that are part of Spain’s “universal service” system will have to make broadband available at a “reasonable” price to everyone, including people living in rural parts of the country where it would normally be expensive to do so, Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian said in a statement on Tuesday....

1 min · 195 words · Katherine Sherman

First image of Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper emerges

Ever since newsstarted to leakabout News Corporation’s upcoming iPad-only newspaper The Daily, it’s been one of the hottest talking points in publishing. Now the first image of the mysterious publication has emerged. Damon Kiesow atPoynterdid some digging aroundTheDaily.comand managed to find this image that hints at exactly how the new magazine will look. Judging from the image, it appears that the design is image-heavy, with a populist slant to the editorial....

1 min · 190 words · Rachel Bush

First impressions: Everything Microsoft announced at its 2021 Surface event

Microsoft announced a ton of products today. Some were new, some were major updates, and some were minor refreshes. Though we knew some of what to expect from leaks and rumors, much of the little details were unknown to us. We were lucky enough to try most of the devices in person prior to their official announcement, so consider this round-up also something of a hands-on. Here’s the biggest news from the event....

8 min · 1584 words · Miss Jessica Perez DVM

First impressions: Gary Grigsby’s War in the East 2 improves upon a masterpiece

First impressions: Gary Grigsby’s War in the East 2 improves upon a masterpiece A sequel that gets everything right What’s new? There are dozens upon dozens of changes to the game ranging from new features to quality of life upgrades. Those familiar with the original should have no problem jumping right in, but there’s still a lot of new things to get used to. It looks like air combat has been entirely redone....

4 min · 733 words · Drew Krueger

First Injunction Explicity Banning Facebook And Twitter Comes Into Effect

The first injunction to explicitly ban the publication of information on Twitter and Facebook was issued yesterday, protecting a mother who wants to withdraw life support from her critically-ill daughter. The Court of Protection’s ruling, reported byThe Telegraph, is thought to be the first of its kind and prevents traditional press outlets from identifying the woman, her relatives and people close to her, a total of 65 individuals. Information will not be allowed to be spread by social networks and keeps reporters from going within 164 feet of the care home where the woman resides....

2 min · 364 words · Craig Dixon
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