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Tag Archives: Internet
The Repeal of Net Neutrality is Official (New York Times)
Top Takeaways from Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends Report (CMO)
We have come to a point where the Internet and digital technology is a staple of our society. It’s a part of our everyday lives. The implication for brands? Having a presence on ... More
Study: Out-Of-Home Viewing on the Rise (B&C)
Out-of-home video viewing continues to climb, and it’s a trend that has caught on around the world. More than half of internet users in the U.S., United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan an... More
Oracle to Launch Internet ‘Weather Map’ (WSJ)
Oracle plans to launch in June an “Internet Weather Map” aimed at helping businesses better anticipate latency issues and outages caused by storms, earthquakes, state interven... More
The Senate Has Forced a Vote to Restore Net Neutrality (The Verge)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and 32 other Democrats have submitted a new discharge petition under the Congressional Review Act, setting the stage for a full congressional vote to restore ... More
Wheeler: Shared 5G Network Would Be Win-Win-Win (B&C)
Former FCC chair Tom Wheeler said a shared 5G network with the government as one of the players makes more sense than letting T-Mobile and Sprint merge under the argument that such... More
Hooked on Hardware? Tech Giants Face Tough Questions Over Device Addiction (Variety)
Recent studies indicate problematic internet and device use affects roughly 5%-8% of U.S. teenagers, according to Dr. David Hill, who chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics’ C... More
Google’s New Ad-Blocking Rules Show its Massive Power Over What We See Online (CNBC)
Google rolled out new filtering policies for its Chrome browser that will block all advertising on websites that serve particularly annoying ads, like autoplay videos with sound or... More
The FCC Has Reversed a 2015 Rule that Could Change How You Access, Pay for Internet Service (CNBC)
The FCC voted on Thursday to eliminate the Open Internet Order, better known as "net neutrality" regulations. The decision will give more power to internet service providers (ISPs)... More
Will Congress Kill Facebook and the Rest of the Internet? (AdAge)
Fake news, fake ads, fake accounts, bots, Russians interfering with our elections.... Suddenly, people are waking up to the idea that the internet is a highly chaotic, ungoverned m... More
ICANN is Changing the Keys for the Internet’s Addressing System (DataQuest)
For the first time ever, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is about to change the cryptographic keys that help secure the Internet’s Domain Name Sys... More
Hollywood’s New Love Affair with the Internet (CBS News)
A decade ago, Hollywood celebrities released their work on the internet only when traditional means of distribution on TV and movies weren't available to them. Now, the web is ... More
‘District 9’ Director to Debut His New Sci-Fi Flick on Steam (Engadget)
After taking a lengthy absence from sci-fi, South African film director Neill Blomkamp has decided to pit the human race against extraterrestrial forces once again. Created by his ... More
Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends: It’s Becoming More About Image, Voice, Location (Geo Marketing)
The importance of voice-activation, connected intelligence, visual search, and location targeting as pathways for organizing and using digital channels that Kleiner Perkins Caufiel... More
X-Files and Videotape: The Early Days of Internet Piracy (CNET)
Today, content flows so freely and easily within moments of broadcast at the speed of light, delivered in torrential clusters that separate what you get from any real person who ha... More
The World’s Most Valuable Resource is No Longer Oil, But Data (The Economist)
Smartphones and the internet have made data abundant, ubiquitous and far more valuable. Whether you are going for a run, watching TV or even just sitting in traffic, virtually ever... More
Study: 69% of U.S. Homes Connect a TV to Internet (MCN)
Some 69% of U.S. TV homes now have at least one TV set connected to the Internet via an integrated smart TV, stand-alone streaming devices from companies such as Google, Roku, Appl... More
How the Internet is Saving Culture, Not Killing It (New York Times)
In the last few years, and with greater intensity in the last 12 months, people started paying for online content. They are doing so at an accelerating pace, and on a dependable, r... More
Net Neutrality Lite? The FCC May Reduce, Not Repeal, Open Internet Order (Fast Company)
Many in the media are already writing the epitaph for net neutrality in the Trump era. And it’s true that with every new press release and statement out of the Federal Communicat... More
What Happens If Net Neutrality Goes Away? (MIT Tech Review)
The “days are numbered” for the net neutrality rules enacted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission under Barack Obama, at least if you take President Trump’s newly ap... More