Cloud | Marvin Ammori

Dennis Berman at the Wall Street Journal discusses how algorithms and data analytics continue to shape our world, in ways we might not even expect.
Apple is increasing pressure on “app pirates” by sending numerous DMCA notices to Apptrackr, a website that locates cracked apps.
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) has completed its transition to a cloud based email system, as part of a broader government cost savings effort to move appropriate systems to the cloud.
Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOM asks some crucial questions about what we want and need our elected officials to understand about technology and the Internet, a “political litmus test for tech.” In addition to Higginbotham’s questions – what do you think is important for our leaders to grasp in this area?

Bloomberg Businessweek has a piece examining the optimism of Silicon Valley
Tim B. Lee discusses the boycott facing GoDaddy over its support for SOPA
Wired has a great profile on Dropbox and what’s in store for the future of Cloud
Apparently Israelis are the biggest users of social networks, according to The Next Web (H/T Financial Times)

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