A quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
FCC attempts to clarify new net neutrality plan but fails | The Verge
The big question is what the FCC considers to be reasonable. Right now, the commission doesn't have a final answer. "We don't know," a spokesperson said today. "We want to have a broad public debate. We want to know how people are affected in their daily life. We want to know how businesses are being affected. We want to know if innovation is being affected."
Outside the US, the bigger question is how their precedent will affect the rest of the world. Net neutrality has never been as big an issue in the UK as it is in the US, but the Comcast/Netflix deal sets a precedent which British ISPs may be eyeing hungrily.
UNESCO Sees Mobile's Potential to Boost Global Literacy | Digital Book World
Not only is the spread of mobile devices around the world creating new access to content and boosting literacy, according to a new UNESCO report, it's being done largely without the latest in digital reading technology.
With very little fanfare, the dominant mode of expression in much of the western world has switch from speech to text; as that switch moves to developing countries, it can only be a good thing for literacy.
Square to Open East Coast Headquarters in New York
Square, the company enabling sellers to start, run, and grow their business, announced today that it will open a permanent office in New York, New York, growing the company one mile from Wall Street in the financial capital of the world. The office will be located at 375 W Broadway in the SoHo neighborhood of New York. Square expects to move into its new location in Summer 2014.
With Twitter founder Jack Dorsey at the helm, Square has the geek cred, and its expansion to the US east coast is just the latest step in its dizzying rise. But financial services are an area where paying the bills is rather more important than the rest of the tech sector, and murmurs in the Valley are that the company doesn't quite justify its valuation.
BBC News - Zynga in widening loss as founder Mark Pincus leaves
Troubled online game-maker Zynga reported a first-quarter loss of $61m (£36m).
That compares to a $25m loss just a quarter earlier and a profit of $4m during the same period last year.
Where Zynga goes, will King.com follow?
OnePlus One equals 'killer' new mobe running CyanogenMod o The Register
After months of teasing, Chinese smartphone startup OnePlus has formally launched the OnePlus One, a budget Android handset with specs so enticing that some industry watchers had suspected it of being vaporware.
CyanogenMod began life as a custom version of Android, but the OnePlus One - as well as having a terrible name - is the first handset built specifically for it. Starting at £229, it's a price that will be hard to beat for anyone in the same ballpark, specs-wise.
Understanding Why Tim Cook Says iPad Sales Weren't as Bad as It Seems | Re/code
Purchases of iPads by customers, he said, were actually 1.3 million more than Apple's reported sales figure during the quarter. Taking that into account, sales to consumers were off only about three percent from a year ago.
Tim Cook is too adept at logistics for his own good.
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