Saturday, February 28, 2015

Live Japan: Aldebaran, became a successful Japanese French – Clubic

 

When, in 2010, the University of Tokyo and Japanese prestigeux research centers were interested in the Nao robot from the French company Aldebaran, all hexagonal diplomacy in Japan congratulated himself loudly in front of microphones and cameras. We remember that even during a press conference at the Embassy of France to rent both the French and the technology industry performance as represented Aldebaran. One would think that selling robots to the Japanese, it was like selling ice to Eskimos, however, a French company managed very young there. There was no harm in boasting such a feat, however, because no one will say that it is bad that the Japanese are an interested eye on the expertise and ideas of young shoots of the old continent. But there are less people on the side of state services to speak today when it comes to commenting on the acquisition of 95% (in other words the whole) of the Aldebaran by the telecom giant Softbank mounted capital which is accompanied by the departure of the founder of the firm of robotics, Bruno Maisonnier. It is said to be in his application that he leaves the ship. Some argue, however, that there was tension among SoftBank and him.

“I sell my shares to enable Aldebaran to go further with SoftBank and to allow me to free myself from operational by taking the height. It happens so many basic things in politics, technology, to be integrated into the foundations of robotics of the future I need time to think about it, I have books write and people to meet around the world, “explained in a statement Mr Maisonnier.Aldebaran Robotics has designed with the help of SoftBank Pepper robot that boasts the boss of Softbank, Masayoshi Son at every turn without ever saying that the original designer is French.

Aldebaran has also given birth to a third robot called Romeo “for further research on the care of the elderly or frail.” Mr. Maisonnier will officially advisor to Softbank Robotics and Mr. Son considered his country as a guru telecoms. In the arcane language of Japanese companies, “special adviser” often means to be left man free to do what he wants on condition that he refrain from speak ill of society outside and it gratifies the wages for that, but it has no function. Of transferred patterns often end “special advisers”.

This is a Nippon, Fumihide Tomizawa, current PGD SoftBank Robotics and present in the group since 2000 (after 3 years at the NTT competitor) will prendrela head of Aldebaran. Founded in 2005, the company deemed exemplary among French new shoots, employs 450 people. Headquartered in France, but it also has offices in China, Japan and the United States. Aldebaran is now a subsidiary of a Japanese company. Must be welcomed and consider it a success and an example to follow? If that were the case, French officials export of French industry may deign to answer some questions to explain this success. Net refusal to comment on the grounds that it is “business of private companies,” said hollow sense of failing. After all, there are also five Aldebaran was a private company, which did not prevent diplomats to credit for his early success in Japan. If this is now seen as a failure, do not blame if any Japanese (who have the intelligence to invest in companies with potential), but those who, on the French side fail to protect and keep their jewels or their promising young companies. Why not find Aldebaran French company the size of a SoftBank to help? It is here that there is food for thought. And Aldebaran is only one example of small French companies who willingly throw themselves into the Japanese arm with well filled cash drawers because nobody in France financially supports. They are one of plsu in this case in the field of nanotechnology.

Coincidence or not, the change in the French subsidiary of SoftBank robot Aldebaran vientde intervenes to end the support of his first commercial creature, rabbits Karotz connected and that the first 300 robots Pepper offered to developers in Japan were awarded in a minute on Friday. “The number of orders has exceeded the amount available” at the opening of the sale online at 10:00, “said SoftBank. The price of a single robot is set at 214,000 yen (1,585 euros) each. The applications already developed and partly granting the creature coming new features are to pay extra for 575,000 yen (4,260 euros) in 36 monthly installments. Is also offering an optional guarantee for 380,000 yen (2,820 euros) to be paid in 36 times. The total cost including all options and exceeds 1.16 million yen (8,665 euros). In particular this may seem expensive, but as a development platform for business, it’s nothing compared to the usual cost of a robot and its software platform, says the industry professional. Robot android semi-white with a little over a meter high on wheels, Pepper relies on artificial intelligence remote network. In theory it is able to a conversation with a person taking into account the feelings it expresses, provided that it does not deviate too much from the direction dictated by the robot that is mostly very clever. It also communicates with remote peers through a network of data exchange so that everyone enrich their knowledge and react better and better vis-à-vis humans.

A thousand already Pepper been ordered by the Nestlé group in Japan to become coffee machines-sellers assistants in home appliance retailers. Others play a similar role in some shops of SoftBank. “Pepper is the first robot to truly understand men,” likes to emphasize the founder and head of Softbank, Masayoshi Son, adding that “the children of tomorrow will know from birth communicate with robots.” The next delivery of a batch of Pepper is expected this summer, assured SoftBank which may also book these future specimens for application developers to equip this machine many features.
Only maybe not tomorrow that will Pepper in homes, despite the many advertisements SoftBank which suggest otherwise.
 

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Google pays the extension ‘.app’ for $ 25 million, a record – Boursier.com

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Google did not hesitate to put the package to win the rights to the extension of the domain names ‘.app’ as application! The extension was awarded to the Mountain View company for about five times the normal price for this type of auction. The ICANN (ICANN) has indeed attributed to Charleston Road Registry, a subsidiary of Google, the extension ‘.app’ for $ 25 million (22.33 ME).



The high price

This is a record of its kind since the most expensive extension date was the ‘.tech ‘, which was attributed to Dot Tech, September 17, 2014 for $ 6.76 million (6.04 ME). The ‘.realty’ and ‘.Salon’ had negotiated respectively $ 5.58 million (4.98 ME) and $ 5.1 million (4.55 ME) 22 October 2014. Amazon, unsuccessful candidate for the auction ‘.app’, and had paid only $ 4.59 million (4.09 ME) on 17 September to offer the ‘.buy’.

For application?

In his wallet, Google already owns rights to 35 extensions and is in particular candidate for top level domain names’ .docs’, ‘.free’, ‘ .android ‘. For now, the California firm gives no details as to its commercial projects for ‘.app’ like … of course application!

  – © 2015 Boursier.com
 

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No, Martin Bouygues is not dead! – The Point

Agence France-Presse reported incorrectly death of the industrialist Martin Bouygues, relaying the testimony of Mayor the nearby town of Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon. “I can only confirm his death,” he told AFP Mayor Michel Julien, who declined to specify the consequences of the death of the industrialist, who headed the Bouygues Group since 1989.

Firefighters reported to have intervened in La Roche-Mabile to death, without identifying the victim. The mayor of the nearby town said it was industrial. “I knew him well, the family of his wife was very involved in the life of the town,” said he said.

On the Twitter account LCI, TF1 management has denied the death of Martin Bouygues. Journalist Catherine Nayl has also “been Martin Bouygues there ten minutes. It goes well and is surprised by this announcement.”





Martin Bouygues is Quiberon

According to our information, Martin Bouygues be currently in Quiberon “in perfect health.” He tries to reassure for nearly an hour relatives who were concerned about this frightening news.


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Google pays a high price to seize the “.app” – ZDNet France

In 2012, ICANN put auction of new gTLDs (generic Top Level Domain), including “.cloud”, “.free”, “.live” and “.app”. It is the latter that Google particularly interested in a possible logic (but not confirmed) to put forward its application store through its search engine

 And obviously, the engine did everything to win the prize since it was put on the table no less than 25 million. A considerable sum compared with other amounts paid by other companies to purchase similar gTLDs. But according to Business Insider, the extension by 12 interested companies, including Amazon.

The previous record was thus Dot Tech property that paid $ 6.8 million for the “.tech.” For its part, Amazon had paid “only” $ 4.6 million for the seductive “.buy.”
 

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Internet: Google offers .app extension for $ 25 million – 20minutes.fr

web This is a record in the new business of domain name extensions on the Internet …

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Google will reorganize its structure in Europe to try to silence the controversy – Eric Piermont AFP

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Google really wanted the “.app”. To afford the extension of the domain name, which replaces in internet addresses to .fr, .com, .org … US giant did not hesitate to shell out $ 25 million (22.3 million euros) at auction.

Cher paid for three letters?

This is a record in the history of auctions held by ICANN, the company that manages the allocation of called domain names “first-level”, that is to say the last two or three letters (or more) of internet addresses. Since she started selling these domain names that do not correspond to countries (.us, .uk, … .ch), the .tech which reached the highest price, purchased 6.7 million (€ 6 million) by the company Dot Tech LLC.

What other extensions are selling?

In the fall, Amazon bought the .buy and the .spot respectively 5 million and 2.2 million. The .Baby names, or .dot .realty have also recently been sold.



What will Google with the .app?

Google has its own name registration service domain, Google Registry, which allows anyone to buy or addresses .how .soy. American society is also a candidate for the acquisition of .docs, .android, .free or .fyi. Registry via Google, it also plans to propose names .dad, .Even and the first expansion in Japanese. み ん な (or .minna), which means “everyone”.

In the .app case, Google wants to offer domain names for application developers to “that Internet users see clearly where they can find applications and information about the developers,” said the California company.

domain name extensions The functions do not always go smoothly: last June, Secretary of State for Digital Axelle Lemaire, had campaigned to ICANN for the names and .wine .vin reflect the AOC, “to protect cultural diversity.” A conflict that is still not decided.

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Friday, February 27, 2015

US Info Night: Google wins the .app domain name for … – Clubic

Google won the bid to control the .app. Tim Cook reveals several features of the Apple Watch. A new President at Priceline.com. Skully rises 11 Million. Bitcoin rebound Nasdaq up 7.1% over the month of February. These are the latest news of the night in the United States.

Google beats Amazon to control the .app

With a bid of $ 25 Million Google beat Amazon to control the domain name ending in .app.

Tim Cook launches the buzz about Apple Watch

Tim Cook traveling in Europe said Apple’s intentions. The group hopes to continue its clear developments in the automotive sector. He also said that Apple Watch could replace the car keys and launching the buzz on the net while the presentation of the Apple Watch will probably occur on 9 March.

Paul Hennessy new President of Priceline.com

The online travel agency Priceline.com said Friday that Paul Hennessy, which is part of the general staff of the company for years has been appointed Chairman. He will officially take office on 1 April.

Skully company raises 11 million dollars to integrate high-tech in its motorcycle helmets

Skully The company that manufactures helmets for motorcyclists has raised $ 11 Million to integrate new technologies. The helmet will incorporate a rear camera so that the rider can see what is happening behind and functions inspired by the latest innovation in equipment for the automotive industry.

Rebound Bitcoin

The encrypted currency ended the week on a positive note ironing, the 250 dollar mark, rising nearly 8%. (depending Coindesk).

The Nasdaq gained 7.1% in February

The Nasdaq fell 0.45% Friday. For the week the index of technology stocks is barely rising. On February, the Nasdaq is up 7.1%, the best monthly performance since January 2012.

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Yes, the Internet is a “public good” – The World

Editorial of the “World” Beyond its technical intricacies and its colossal financial stakes, it is an eminently political decision just taken by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Telecommunication regulator – and therefore of the Internet – in the United States. In addition, given the weight of US giants of the digital economy, it is a decision that will directly influence in Europe and in the world, playing between service providers, content providers and services, and citizen-consumers of the Net.

The economic battle, political and judicial raged across the Atlantic for months, even years. On one hand, the Republican Party and major US carriers, Verizon or Comcast, argued that net neutrality – that is to say, equal access to telephone networks of all content PROVIDERS, Netflix YouTube through the most modest websites – constitute an unacceptable state interference in the operation of private companies. In their view, such a straitjacket would restrain or prevent the investment needed to develop new infrastructure.

In front of them, part of the Democrats, large groups of Web and Internet advocacy groups retorted that, in the absence of a minimum framework, the Web as we know it is doomed to disappear, undermined by prohibitive tariffs, huge obstacles to innovation and risk for freedom of expression. These advocates of “neutrality” mobilized exceptionally in recent months, four million citizens have responded to the call for contributions from the FCC. In addition, they received in November 2014 determining reinforcement of President Barack Obama, who called the FCC to make the Internet a public good.

The decision adopted on 26 February by the federal regulator US agreed with them. The FCC has taken a firm position in favor of net neutrality in the United States, by enacting a series of rules governing the activities of operators and prevent them in the future, to favor certain content providers into paying more expensive access better. This is a clear victory for advocates of this principle that all content flowing in the same way and at the same speed over the network, without privileges or “fast lanes” for this or that, which would agree to pay the price .

This decision goes in the right direction. First intervention of the US state in the history of the Internet, it shows that government can not leave the ubiquitous digital revolution regulate itself outside of a minimum of common rules, fair and democratic. However, the FCC has defended want to regulate the Internet. In fact, everyone knows that its decision will face multiple appeal and protest on the part of his opponents.

It will nevertheless a highly symbolic. It shows that the US Federal State can not stay away from the Internet: as the First Amendment of the US Constitution protects freedom of expression, Net neutrality needed a legal recognition. It is hoped that Europe, mired in differences between Member States and hampered by the lobbying of telecommunications operators, will be inspired.

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The new VLC has arrived! – CNET France




                   The new VLC has arrived!

                             

VLC, one of the most versatile media player of the moment, arrives in u no new version: the 2.20. The application which claims the support of almost all existing size returns to iOS through the App Store. This is the first time the media player VideoLAN organization transversely available on all OS: Windows, OS X, iOS, Android, Windows Phone …

The return on iOS is did the only novelty VLC 2.2.0. Android version out of its beta phase and is compatible with Android TV. Windows Phone is a first.

The version “office” (desktop) by the name of Weatherwax is still as versatile. New features include the ability to horizontally reposition videos shot vertically, better support for codecs Ultra HD / 4K (including UltraHDVP9 and H.256), the ability to resume playing a video where we had left. Now, subtitles can also be directly downloaded from an extension. Compatibility with the Chromecast is not at the rendezvous, but is expected in version 3.0

VLC 2.2.0 is a free download from the App Store, Google Play, CNET France in the repository for Windows or Mac OS and the VideoLAN site.

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Paris: An impressive fire Republic Square – 20minutes.fr

NEWSGRAMS The blaze broke out in the media world and coffee is controlled according to firefighters …

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A fire took place at Café media world and Place de la Republique in Paris, 27 February 2015 – 20 Minutes

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impressive fire took place on Friday afternoon, Place de la Republique in Paris. The blaze broke out in the media world and coffee facilities, located on the square, for reasons that remain undetermined.

The information published on Twitter, was confirmed to 20 Minutes by the Fire Brigade Fire in Paris. The communications officer, who said he was a “little fire,” said a twenty and four fire appliances were involved.

When asked by one of our journalists present on site, Marouane, head waiter of the restaurant, said he had “seen the fire in the kitchen” and that “everything went very fast,” specifying that fifty people, clients and staff alike, were in the property at the time.

“I was going to finish my service when Marouane told me to go out leaving our stuff in the cafe,” also told 20 Minutes Tatiana, a waitress who was on his first day in the school.

After evacuation of the public, which was without panic to 5:24 p.m., the fire was quickly extinguished without casualties, detailed Crispin commander. But according to one of our journalists present there, the fire is still working to extinguish flames impressive, at 18:15.

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US. New rules to ensure “net neutrality” – Ouest-France

The US telecoms regulator (Federal Communications Commission, FCC) adopted on Thursday a new law aimed at preventing the emergence of a “two-speed internet” , favoring certain online services.

By three votes against two, the commissioners of the FCC adopted this regulation which prohibits the internet service providers (ISPs) to slow or block some legal content or online services, or to provide a faster connection to some fee.



The unframed prices

With this vote, the controller is attempting to ensure the “neutrality” of the Internet, a controversial principle (particularly in the US), which is based on a equal access to the web for all. Clearly, the new regulations hoisted access to high speed internet (fixed or mobile) to the status of public utility, just like water or electricity. Therefore, the FCC is given the right to monitor the practices of service providers, based on a telecoms law of 1934.

“Internet is the ultimate tool freedom of expression “ and ” is too important to allow broadband providers to set the rules “, said Tom Wheeler, chairman of the FCC before the vote Thursday. Tom Wheeler promised to not use all the provisions of this law, including ensuring that the FCC would not attempt to regulate the rates charged.



“free and open Internet”

Favorable project, US President Barack Obama welcomed the FCC decision, saying it “protect innovation and create a level playing field for all for the next generation of entrepreneurs strong>».

L’opposition that could attempt to use its majority in Congress to overturn the new rules, has she accused the FCC to have bowed to pressure from the White House after a plea of ​​Barack Obama in November for a “free and open internet” .

To judicial remedies

On the supply side access, like AT & T, Verizon or Comcast, voices were raised against the use of the old law. In a statement, Verizon considers that “would increase internet broadband services with ancient evil and regulations designed to steam locomotive era and telegraph” .

The American group criticizes the regulator will “change the way the internet works since its inception” , specifying that it is the lack of regulation in recent years which has enabled investments that led to deployment of broadband networks.

Many of them have threatened to launch legal proceedings and that, while there was an a, regulating the FCC had already been canceled by the court following the use of the operator Verizon.

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Net neutrality is back (temporary?), United States – ZDNet France

After more than a year of discussion and debate, sometimes virulent and marked once again by the clash between lobbies, net neutrality is back in the United States. The telecoms regulator, the FCC adopted three votes against the adoption of two new rules

On paper, the principle is always the same. Ensure an open Internet, including by prohibiting service providers and operators to block or slow traffic on fixed and mobile networks.

Internet is a public service

 But the ISP does not have the ability to offer pay and priority services and that would allow them to charge for example to players like Netflix privileged access and faster to their subscribers. Clearly, no highways or two-tiered Internet – that the FCC has yet been accused of wanting to create.

Compared to the previous regulation adopted in 2010, the FCC, this time built a major legal change. Indeed, the Internet is a public service, allowing the government to regulate the Internet infrastructure in the same way as the old telephone network.

And this legal evolution allows especially FCC to have the authority to fully play its role as a regulator with market participants. For it is precisely this aspect that was sued and enabled operators to break the previous rules governing net neutrality.

The FCC decision naturally not been the unanimously and fault lines in the debate are the same. On one side the online services and consumer associations on the other cable operators and elected Republicans hostile to any intervention of the state.



And what are the rules exactly? We do not know

For the head of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, legally redefine Internet access is certainly controversial but nonetheless essential if the new rules are not canceled in court, as was the case in already twice.

For ISPs and operators, the regulator has opted for the “nuclear option” and the consequences could be devastating. These actors and ensure that the application of an obsolete regulation hinder innovation by directly affecting investment in networks.

Even worse they add, these rules could even authorize the government to force network operators to share their infrastructure with competitors. While in France, this principle is less debate in the United States is perceived as interference.

Anyway, the Net neutrality only just passed the first stage . And again, maybe not quite, belong to our colleagues at The Register. For indeed, the exact text of the new regulation is still not stopped. And it will likely not be released until several more weeks.
 

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

USA: crucial victory for Net Neutrality – The World

The US telecommunications regulator announced after years of debate new rules for the processing of data on the Web.

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This is the end of a marathon after years of intense debate and lobbying, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the regulator of US communications, took a firm decision, Thursday 26 February, on the issue of net neutrality in the United UNite.

The five commissioners who direct the FCC considered by three votes against two that US Internet should now be considered a “public good” just as the telephone network, which gives . to the Commission the authority to enforce net neutrality in the US

The FCC also endorsed a document of more than three hundred pages – of which only the very substance has been made to date public – that will guide its work in this direction. The Commission may now prohibit Internet service providers to arbitrarily block legal content, to slow down or speed up the flow of data without justification or prioritize certain content passing through their network fee.

This decision is a true victory for advocates of neutrality, although some details still worry the strongest advocates of this principle. “This is a very important day for the Internet and its users. FCC acquires real rules ensuring Net neutrality, “ welcomed Erik Stallman, the director of the Open Internet Project, an organizations that have lobbied for the decision by the FCC.

Telecommunications operators were strongly opposed to the text. In a statement written in a typeface imitating the typewriter, the US telecommunications giant Verizon regretted that “the FCC [it] approved new rules pushed by President Obama, which require Internet rules dating from the time of the steam engine and the telegraph [the law on which the FCC relies to make its rules in fact dates from the 1930s] “.

The press release sent by Verizon few minutes after the FCC decision.

What is Net Neutrality?

Net neutrality is that all the data are processed in the same way on the network, regardless of purpose or starting point. Under this principle, the ISPs – including Orange and SFR in France, Verizon or AT & T in the US – should carry the same conditions data to their customers, they come from the website established for a Web giant like Google or the site of a small sports association

Read:. Net neutrality, what it is

Without the application of net neutrality, the Internet service providers, who are already paying their connection to their customers, could charge content providers (web sites, video sites …) to use their “pipes”. And book the best payers a “fast track” on their infrastructure. Advocates of net neutrality fear that this will lead to a two-tiered Internet and stifle innovation.

Without net neutrality, they say, impossible for small start- up to launch new high-performance services to compete with the established players. For consumers, this could result in much faster than other websites, erratic lockups certain websites or a different billing based on the services and websites that the user visits.

already tested scenario, the United States, for Netflix subscribers who are also customers of the ISP Comcast. The connection speed of the famous video site with a Comcast subscription has drastically declined until the company agrees to get out the checkbook to pay for a better connection.

Meanwhile, the Opponents of net neutrality, mainly large telecommunications companies fear that tougher regulation of their sector dries investments in infrastructure needed to support the growing use of the Internet. In the United States, this fear is coupled with the usual distrust of some of the Republicans against any form of “government interference” in the private sector. “Net neutrality is a” Obamacare “of the Internet. Internet should not operate at the speed of government, “ was launched in November Republican Senator Ted Cruz.



” A problem that does not exist “

At the hearing FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Republican said the measures on which was pronounced the FCC were “not the solution to a problem. [They are] the problem. [They] impose intrusive government regulations that do not solve a problem that does not exist “.

The President of the Commission, Tom Wheeler, replied a few minutes later:

“Internet is the ultimate vector freedom of expression. Internet is simply too important to allow the ISPs to be the ones who set the rules. It described the proposal as “a secret plan to regulate the Internet.” This is absurd, it is no more a plan to regulate the Internet that the First Amendment is a plan to regulate freedom of expression! “

In this highly technical but also very political debate that the FCC had decided.

This has had several twists. The FCC defined a first set of rules partially protecting net neutrality in 2010, but these were canceled by the court, on application by an Internet access provider, in early 2014. In April, the new plan the FCC of the internet, which has leaked in the press, is greeted by very fresh neutrality advocates: Commission wanted then allow “fast lanes” reserved for some services that would fulfill a toll among providers access. Intolerable from the point of view of neutrality.



Intense Lobbying

Therefore, lobbying on this issue, already intense, took a different scale. The telecommunications industry has considerable firepower in Washington. She however, it faces the powerful lobby of the giants of the Net, which does not want to pay more than they already do for “tips” of the Internet, and therefore advocates of neutrality.

These traditional lobbyists funded by Silicon Valley also found allies. Many smaller sites, sometimes unexpected, took part in several protests online, the most important was the Internet Slowdown Day (“the Internet slowdown of the day”).

Read: In the United States, unexpected supporters of net neutrality

Netflix, Reddit, Dropbox, Vimeo, Etsy … Hundreds of US sites, totaling hundreds of millions of visitors showed a small load symbol: a sign that people are likely to see more often in a non-neutral Internet, where some data is deliberately slow. According to the website Battle for the Net, who coordinated the event, it resulted in the shipment of more than two million emails to Congress.



Four million emails

Even more significant was the craze of Internet users for the question. The FCC had asked them to contribute to the discussion by submitting their opinions. Result: four million messages were sent to the FCC, an absolute record, most in favor of stricter rules to protect the neutrality

This influx of comments is no stranger to the call from. comedian John Oliver, also featured presenter of the satirical show “Last Week Tonight” broadcast on the HBO cable network. In April, he had pitched a hilarious indictment in favor of net neutrality, which ended with a solemn appeal to “all commentators” the Internet to rush on the FCC site to defend this position.

As a result, the video has been viewed more than eight million times and the influx of comments interrupted the operation of the FCC site.

“This is proof that the Internet has changed what is possible or not in a democracy. We used new online tools that allowed users to make their voices heard to Washington “ says Evan Greer, Director of Campaigns Fight for the Future, one of the most active associations for neutrality. He says have made available a tool that allowed users to directly call the members of the FCC bypassing the switchboard, arousing in his fifty-five thousand calls a month. “It gave political courage to the FCC,” for its part considers Mark Stanley, director of operations of Demand Progress, another non-governmental organization extremely committed to the fight for neutrality.

“The telecom lobbies were far more numerous, but we had something they did not: popular support. “

This mobilization she weighed in the publication in November, Barack Obama, in a video in which he encourages the FCC, on which he has no power to embrace net neutrality? The commitment of the US president has in any case been a key moment in a debate that is far from complete.

Congress in Republican majority and in which the Democrats lost at Senate, blocking power since the November midterm elections, could indeed pass a law to cancel the FCC decision, even though the Republican leader on the issue currently ruled out by law only supported his camp . In addition, several telecom giants have already announced plans to attack the FCC decision in court.

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USA: Internet is a utility to better … – 20minutes.fr

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Apple announces an event, probably to his watch, March 9 – 20minutes.fr

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Apple: an expected announcement on March 9 – BBC

Apple sent an invitation to the press for a conference to be held Monday, March 9, in San Francisco, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Wielding secret as usual, the group did not indicate the purpose of the conference, just sliding two words. “Spring forward”

Plusieurs However, ads are expected. Apple should give details of the release of its first watch, scheduled for April. We do not know for now that the price of Apple Watch base model, $ 349.

Among the other products that are subject of intense speculation include improved iPad, with a diagonal with 12.9-inch display, and a new generation of MacBook Air notebook computer, thinner and lighter than the previous one.

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