Now, mainstream media (even the NY Times), often gets the details wrong. But Edward Wyatt’s piece in todays paper says that GOOG and Verizon are nearing an agreement in which Google would pay extra charges to Verizon to give higher priority to google’s YouTube traffic:
The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube, owned by [...]
Perhaps overshadowed by the Tuesday election results from my home state, and by the google china squabble, Hilary Clinton gave an address yesterday in which she outlined 5 key internet freedoms that the United States supports. Her speech shows a surprising and wonderful degree of understanding of the value of an open internet. Check [...]
It used to be that I would struggle with the month of March — there was VON in San Jose, and a week later David Isenberg’s excellent Freedom to Connect unconference in Silver Spring. But, not being a professional conference goer, I would either skip one or the other, or else attend both and [...]
As I’m sure you all know, there’s a very important vote coming up tomorrow. The FCC is moving ahead with a full vote on the unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels. Friend Rick Whitt, now Google’s Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, has a nice post from last week that summarizes the white space issue. Om [...]
Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody is making the rounds, and is must reading for those interested in how the internet is transforming our society. It’s the latest in a great series of books on the impact of the internet, starting with David Weinberger’s Cluetrain Manifesto.
I had the chance lately to study this material [...]
The NY Times wrote this morning about a new French law that would fine and/or imprison web site operators who have sites advocating achieving “thinness” via extreme means such as eating disorders, anorexia, and bulimia.
This is the dark side of the long tail. We talk about how the long tail can help small user communities [...]