Politics & Diplomacy
Hashimoto to retract sex suggestion for U.S. military
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto aims to retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use its adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex offenses.
Digital | ON: TECH Apr 16, 2013
Can we talk?
by Rick Martin
LG’s Optimus G Pro gets a Japan release Customers on NTT Docomo’s network recently received another attractive Android smartphone option in LG’s Optimus G Pro, which launched early this month. Interestingly, the Japanese version of the handset is marginally smaller than the one that ...
Digital | TECHNOLOGY Mar 20, 2013
How Google made me get into bed with Hitler
by John Naugton
One of the wonders of the online world is the “Downfall” meme on YouTube. (For those whose time is too valuable to be wasted watching video clips, I should explain that the parody is based on remixing a scene from Oliver Hirschbiegel’s film, “Der ...
Digital | TECHNOLOGY Mar 6, 2013
Not even Google will be around forever
by John Naughton
Some years ago, when the Google Books project, which aims to digitize all of the world’s printed books, was getting under way, the two cofounders of Google were having a meeting with the librarian of one of the universities that had signed up for ...
Digital | TECHNOLOGY Feb 27, 2013
Glass may look geeky, but you have to applaud Google's vision
by John Naughton
A few weeks ago, the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, spent four days in Cambridge as the Humanitas visiting professor in the university’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, where I work. Afterward, one of the questions I was most ...
Digital | TECHNOLOGY Feb 20, 2013
Digital capitalism produces few winners
by John Naughton
Need a crash course in digital capitalism? Easy: you just need to understand four concepts — margins, volume, inequality and employment.