6 posts and columns on Missouri

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Missouri Limits Student-Teacher Social Networking

in Social on August 1, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

It’s one of those laws that could write a million headlines — variations on “Missouri Bans Students and Teachers From Friending Each Other on Facebook!” So what’s really going on? As part of a broader child sexual abuse prevention bill signed July 14, the state of Missouri will soon prohibit teachers from using personal sites that allow for private conversations with current or former students — something some local teachers think is a very bad idea.

After the PlayStation Hack, a Legal Pile-On Against Sony

in Enterprise on April 28, 2011 at 11:47 am PT

It didn’t take long for Sony to be served with its first lawsuit following the disclosure that its PlayStation Network was hacked. Meanwhile, the number of investigating regulators and outraged U.S. lawmakers is multiplying. Sony’s lawyers are going to be busy.

Google-ITA Deal Frightens Even More Legislators

in News on February 11, 2011 at 3:12 am PT

A few more hurdles for Google to overcome as it works to wrap up its now seven-months-pending acquisition of flight information software company ITA. This week saw two letters of concern sent to the DOJ, one from Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, the other from Rep. Howard Coble and Rep. Thomas Petri.

BoomTown in D.C. to Say Happy 25th Birthday to .Com and Wary Hello to Broadband Plan

in News on March 15, 2010 at 7:54 am PT

Last night, I jetted east to Washington, D.C., for an unusual confluence of events: The 25th anniversary of the .com Internet domain name and the Federal Communications Commission’s release of the National Broadband Plan. Both are set for tomorrow in the nation’s capital and both concern the impact of the Web on the United States in the past and the future. And after a quarter-century, let’s hope the federal government finally starts to take the Internet seriously.

GodTube: 9 Rules for Dating My Daughter

in News on May 8, 2008 at 2:35 am PT

This is an amazingly hip and funny video from the Sermon Series on Families at North Point Church of Springfield, Mo., posted on GodTube. GodTube, which describes itself as a Christian video-driven social-networking site, “where users find inspiration, interact, chat, share and upload” Christian video, has about 2 million users per month. GodTube also lets [...]