The Next Web:
Google Voice is arguably the US equivalent to Spotify. Nothing but good things have been spoken about the service and international Google fanatics are waiting enviously for the day Google announces international availability (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Carly Fiorina is reinventing herself as a politician today as she is expected to announce that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat in California that has been held for years by Democrat Barbara Boxer.I say that she’s rein (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) continue to build out their digital TV/super-fast broadband services U-Verse and FiOS across their service areas. But they don't seem to be having a big impact on Comcast, the biggest U.S. cable comp (Read More)
Save the Internet Blog:
Buried in the fine print of the FCC’s proposed Net Neutrality rules is a potential loophole that if left open would undermine the future of Internet freedom.So says a group of prominent law professors who on Monday told the F (Read More)
Gizmodo:
This is weird: the next version of µTorrent, currently in beta, uses an updated version of the BitTorrent protocol that decreases your speed (usually uploads) when it detects network congestion. Will it slow downloads? Not ne (Read More)
Ars Technica:
With the release of the Federal Communications Commission's new Internet nondiscrimination proposals (that is, network neutrality), one vexing question continues to vex. Does the (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
Greetings. Several years ago, at an Internet issues-related conference, I was pulled aside by an attendee who identified himself as being involved in high level lobbying "inside the Beltway" (Washington D.C. area). (Read More)
Submitted by logicalextremes
from Google Reader:
It’s one thing to read about the massive lobbying power that industries have. It’s in the news every day. There are stories about how much money the big pharmaceutical companies are spending, and certainly there are tales a (Read More)
Ars Technica:
Real argument about "network neutrality" is fascinating stuff, provocative and well worth anyone's time if they care about the Internet. Unfortunately, Congress isn't great at hav (Read More)
TwitLinks:
As we rush to purchase Apple products and services on Cupertino’s monochrome treadmill of shiny shiny I can’t help thinking the open web community is losing something vital - a commitment to net neutrality and platform openne (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Comcast Corp (CMCSA) and General Electric Co (GE) are struggling to iron out a few critical issues that are holding up a joint venture deal for NBC Universal, people familiar with the matter said.While an agreement will likel (Read More)
GamePolitics News:
A reddit user has created a striking visual representation of what *could* happen if net neutrality laws are shot down.The image is based tiered pricing plans that some cable and Internet companies currently offer (lending, p (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
Net neutrality is back in the headlines, but it might not be as important as its champions might hope. Essentially, the net neutrality fight is over price discrimination—the ISPs want to charge extra fees to big companies tha (Read More)
OhGizmo!:
By David PonceWe’ve all been hearing a lot about Net Neutrality lately, but a Reddit reader created the above graphic to really try and hit the point home. This is what the Internet could look like if Sen. John McCain and an (Read More)
Ars Technica:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has mounted a recent push to turn network neutrality "principles" into official regulations—and in doing so has stirred up the net neut (Read More)
A VC:
There has been a lot of talk about young entrepreneurs creating all the great companies; Gates, Jobs, Yang/Filo, Bezos, Dell, Brin/Page, Zuckerberg, etc, etc.I agree that visionary young people are worth backing and we do a l (Read More)
Submitted by logicalextremes
from YouTube:
This recently discovered and declassified U.S. government film provides new insight into accusations that Net Neutrality is actually an insidious and dangerous "communist plot" that must be destroyed. (Read More)
Kevin Bondelli's YD Blog:
So yesterday I gave in and engaged a conservative on Facebook that was spouting nonsense about net neutrality.________________________________CON: Multinational corporations such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc. put togethe (Read More)