Eurozine
The neurological turn in recent Web criticism is summed up in the "Google makes us stupid" argument. Geert Lovink examines the colonization of real-time; comment culture and the rise of extreme opinions; and the emergence of "national webs".
New Yorker
Apple’s launch of the iPad is a gamble. It’s obviously a bet that there are millions of people looking for a new way to surf the Web, watch movies, and read magazines. But it’s also a more fundamental gamble; namely, that people will pay for quality.
Times
You will be astonished to learn that for the past two months Italian newspapers have been dominated by tales of corruption, sex, abuse of power, Mafia connections and transcripts of intercepted telephone calls — often, in fact, stories involving all five.
Jutarnji list
Tegobna natezanja oko sudjelovanja Srbije na summitu o suradnji i perspektivama postjugoslavenskih zemlja s EU na Brdu kod Kranja trajala su do samog početak konferencije i zamarala su i regiju i Bruxelles, koji ionako na ovaj dio Balkana ne gleda baš blagonaklono.
Guardian
Recent events have confirmed that view as Netanyahu finally begins to understand the consequences of his mistake and climbs down, agreeing to a series of American demands aimed at kick-starting negotiations and putting the latest settlement plans on hold.
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