World's Governments vs Uber: In South Korea, India

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To Gangnam, man, on the double! (wherever that is.) Libertarians for the most part tout the ride-sharing service Uber as a way to avoid tax... Continue reading →

Marketing the Unmarketable: Israel's Soft Power

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Not your grandfather's idea of "nation branding." Regardless of the party in power, one thing you can count on is that the Uni... Continue reading →

'Libertarian Hacking' is Not an Oxymoron

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Every hacker has his price--and the Koch brothers are paying for talent. Owing to the dominance of Northern California--Silicon Valley, to b... Continue reading →

Open Source Firefox vs iOS, Android in Emerging Mkts

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France's Alcatel is an also-ran handset maker seeking to capitalize on Mozilla OS. I got on the information superhighway in 1994. Back t... Continue reading →

Spies Like Us: USA, PRC and, er...'IBM'

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The silly season is upon us once more in the spying biz as the US and China make tit-for-tat accusations about each others' covert activ... Continue reading →

White Man's e-Burden: Can Facebook & Google Save the World?

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Don't fret; the male and pale will sort out us backward colored people with tech. There is an outdated naivete behind the conceit that t... Continue reading →

Foxconn's Terry Gou & OEM's Global Pecking Order

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Designed in the US, manufacturing logistics determined in Taiwan, made in China. Actually, the post's title is a bit inaccurate insofar ... Continue reading →

After OLPC: Ten Commandments of ICT for Education

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Is tech the global education solution? I have an continuing interest in the information and communication technologies for education (ICT4E)... Continue reading →

Can Israel's 'Silicon Wadi' Solve California's Drought?

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I almost forgot about this one. A few weeks ago, Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu was in California promoting his nation's high-technology ... Continue reading →