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Who will stop Google?

Today via K10K I read a funny article about the wish from Google to destroy the information that can’t be indexed by them.

Of course it’s far to be true but it makes us thinking how much a corporate can change our life and our truth perception. Since everyone knows how much a perspective of a book’s author can influence the reader, can you imagine how much influence can have who will provide us almost all the INFORMATION we get? Just selecting them, for instance, could be a huge manipulation.

Here‘s a link with funny stories related to Google supremacy, enjoy but also think about it and if to install/use other fantastic tools like Google Talk :S

I just think that this monopoly is very scary! How many of you still think that Google is cool/good? Am I the only one that for privacy refused to have Gmail?

Interaction Design Institute Ivrea joint to Domus Academy

After many rumors few days ago the news has become public. IDII will close its school in Ivrea and the students will move to Milan and will remain only Domus Academy. Very good thing for my former director Claudio Moderini. I’m starting envying future students that will be so lucky to take the best from the two schools.

Google acquires Dodgeball

Probably it wouldn’t so important if the acquirent wasn’t Google. With Dodgeball acquisition the mobile social networking makes a very big step forward. Nice move from google.

Walker Art cuts the New Media area

Another sign about the economic recession.

Here the open letter with Walker Art fired the new media curator Steve Dietz. Please sign it to support the digital artists!

Acquisition of Friends of ED by Apress

I’m very happy to know that FoED found a buyer. Hoping they will launch the same kind of books, I wish them all the best.