Reuters - CNN may lag behind most of its competitors in the television ratings department, but digital is another story.
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Poland signs copyright treaty that drew protests (AP)
AP - Poland on Thursday signed an international copyright agreement, sparking more demonstrations by Internet users who have protested for days over fear it will lead to online censorship.
More users watch Netflix movies on tablets than PCs (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Last year, streaming movie service Netflix finally got its Android app released and working reliably on lots of different devices that run Google’s mobile operating system. More than six months later, Netflix has announced that viewing on tablets has surpassed viewing on PCs.
ACTA 'Is More Dangerous Than SOPA' (Mashable)
Mashable - SOPA and PIPA are stalled (or dead) in the halls of the U.S. Congress. Yet, there may be a bigger, perhaps more dangerous threat to Internet freedoms on the way, called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. At least that's how U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R. - Calif., sees it, telling an audience, "As a member of Congress, it's more dangerous than SOPA. It's not coming to me for a vote. It purports that it does not change existing laws. But once implemented, it creates a whole new enforcement system and will virtually tie the hands of Congress to undo it."
AP Interview: Wikipedia founder hails role in US (AP)
AP - The founder of Wikipedia hailed the online encyclopedia's role in helping halt U.S. legislation aimed at cracking down on Internet piracy, saying the proposed bills needed to be stopped because they were flawed.
Report: Android accounts for 39 pct of tablet market (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Market analysis firm Strategy Analytics has released its analysis of the worldwide tablet market during the fourth quarter of 2011, and finds that while the Apple iPad continues to dominate with a 58 percent share, Android tablets are catching up, accounting for 39 percent of the market. And even Windows tablets put in an appearance, accounting for roughly one percent of the global market. The figures represent a solid year-on-year improvement for Android, which Strategy Analytics pegged at holding 29 percent of the tablet market a year ago.
Israel sets sights on next-generation Internet (AP)
AP - Israel is often referred to as "Startup Nation," thanks to its long history of high-tech breakthroughs produced by scrappy little companies. But in one critical area, the speed of Internet connections, Israel has fallen behind other tech-savvy countries.
Casio’s new smartphone looks like an oversized watch; might survive the apocalypse (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Looking for the most rugged smartphone on the planet? Well then, meet the new Casio — yes, that Casio — Android G-Shock. It's the kind of smartphone that Lewis and Clark would have taken with them had there been 4G cell service in 1804. …
U.S. Takes First Steps Toward Internet Voting (Mashable)
Mashable - The 2012 Republican primary's first vote was not cast in New Hampshire, as most Americans would assume. An Okaloosa County, Fla., resident living in Thailand got that privilege in December, thanks to a new technology called LiveBallot.
LiveBallot, a new platform for accessing ballots built on the Windows Azure operating system, allows American citizens living abroad to access their official ballots from the cloud, 45 days before a state primary or national election.
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