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Jaron Lanier is that rarest of rare birds – an uber-geek who is highly critical of the world created by the technology he helped to create. Now in his 50s, he first came to prominence in the 1980s as a pioneer in the field of "virtual reality" – the development of computer-generated environments in which real people could interact. Ever
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Last November, Andrew Mason, former music student turned internet wunderkind, was celebrating. Groupon, the daily deals site he founded and at that point "the fastest-growing company ever", had just raised $700m and was being valued at $13bn. It was the biggest technology flotation since Google. Mason had even been given the ultimate Google seal of approval, having recently turned down
» Read moreIt’s rare that the caption describing someone’s job is both banal and overarching – but in the case of the picture of Sir Tim Berners-Lee above, you have to say it’s apposite. Yes, he really is the developer of the world wide web. It’s his brainchild. Berners-Lee appears in the video for the launch of Web Platform Docs, which has
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Twitter has horrified third-party developers by hinting that it will in future limit their size by preventing them having more than a certain number of users, as part of a wide-ranging shift in the company’s strategy – apparently part of a growing attempt to generate money from adverts. In a post on its developer blog, Twitter’s director of consumer products
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JK Rowling has sprung a surprise on her fans by opening the doors to her long-awaited Pottermore website without any warning. A select million fans were granted access to the site last summer following a hunt for a ‘magic key’ hidden on a series of websites, including the Guardian. As opening to millions more frustrated devotees was delayed, speculation grew
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