Friday's here, but before you can kick back and relax for the weekend, there's still some cleverness and innovation to be had, and here's the early news:READ»
As the commission adopted new Net Neutrality rules, it also challenged developers to come up with apps to help users figure out just how open the Internet is.READ»
According to a new survey, close to 50% of Americans would give up their bed before their TV and computer. That's something to remember as the FCC rules about the future of the Net today.READ»
We've been waiting for this, given some teasing leaks earlier this week, but now it's here: The FCC, via its chairman Julius Genachowsky, has officially staked its claim on the future of the Webs. Net Neutrality all the way. READ»
Facebook is bad for the web, argues one man who should really know: Tim Berners-Lee, who invented it. Meanwhile Verizon's arguing that the FCC and the law are bad for the future of cell phones and mobile Internet. Is our booming web world its own undoing?READ»
The New York Times's report on alleged anti-net-neutrality negotiations between Google and Verizon was shocking. And now Google, Verizon, and just about everyone else in the tech world have responded.READ»
As we told you earlier, Google has ramped up its lobbying efforts, spending $1.34 million last quarter influencing the Washington elite--up 41% from the same period last year. Who are these lobbyists Google is using to pressure ...READ»
The new pirate political party in Sweden, which takes a stern anti-copyright stance, and helps out torrent-sharer Pirate Bay, now plans to launch the world's first "pirate ISP." It'll be anonymized, safe, and feed funds to the party ...READ»
In competing op-eds published days apart, Google's VP of search product and user experience, Marissa Mayer went head to head with the New York Times editorial board over search neutrality. While it's net neutrality that has ...READ»
Net neutrality, considered a centerpiece initiative for FCC chair Julius Genachowski, would effectively stop Internet providers from slowing
or blocking access to Web sites. It's among the most important political topics that ...READ»
The FCC has been slapped down by federal judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. over its attempts to censure Comcast for slowing down its customers' access to a torrent site. That does not bode well for the government's ...READ»
You can’t watch TV or read the papers this holiday season without
coming across the issue of Net Neutrality. It’s been fascinating to
watch how various groups have gone about debating this topic, spurred
by the FCC looking into ...READ»
