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FCC to Free Up More Spectrum for WiFi
Trouble getting a good WiFi connection? Hang in there. Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski said the agency will begin a new proceeding next month to free up more spectrum for...
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We the People's Hits and Misses
In recent months, the White House’s “We the People” petition site has been in the center of numerous mainstream media debates, drawing signatures by the 10s of thousands and eliciting direct responses...
View ArticleLawmaker to Introduce 'Aaron's Law'
California Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) plans to introduce a bill that would amend the penalties in a computer-hacking law that was cited as the reason Internet activist and Reddit co-founder...
View ArticleTweet! It's Internet Freedom Day
One year ago today websites like Wikipedia and Reddit went dark to protest two anti-piracy bills that no one outside the Beltway had ever heard of before. Today, because of that blackout, the acronyms...
View ArticleFCC Launches Gigabit City Challenge
Julius Genachowski, the Federal Communications Commission chairman who recently picked up the nickname "the spectrum chairman" must also want to be known as "the gigabit chairman." In his speech today...
View ArticleHouse Subcommittee Hearing to Address Global Internet Governance
The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will kick off the new Congress with a joint hearing Feb. 5 on how U.S. policy can keep the global Internet free from international regulation....
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House Subcommittees Meet to Preserve Internet Freedom
There may be gridlock in Congress on most issues, but making sure that governments such as Russia, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia are blocked from balkanizing the Internet is not one of them. No fewer...
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Lawmakers Sound Sympathetic to Internet Group
In a sign that Internet giants will help drive the agenda in Washington, more than half a dozen lawmakers representing both sides of the aisle today paid homage to the $8 trillion annual Internet...
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Wired Still Connected After Two Decades
They say timing is everything. As luck would have it, in January 1993, a convergence of technology and talent forged the first consumer magazine that would define—and in essence, become—the voice of...
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One in Four Teens Uses a Cellphone to Get Online
Teens have been the most voracious online users for years. What’s changed in the past year is that they’re increasingly accessing the Internet on the go (thank Apple for that). A Pew Research Center...
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Hispanics Are the Most Digitally Savvy Group
There is no doubt the digital media universe continues to shift and evolve with the constant introduction of new platforms and ways for consumers to engage. Marketers looking for a massive demographic...
View ArticleAOL Earnings Solid as Company Tries to Reinvent Itself
AOL posted solid first-quarter earnings today as it continues its turnaround. The media company's brand business is on somewhat shaky footing as AOL continues to profit mostly from a declining dial-up...
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Marc Maron Talks About Tracking Down an Internet Troll
SpecsWho Marc MaronAge 49New gig Star, writer, producer of the new IFC series MaronContinuing gig Host of the podcast WTF With Marc MaronHow did the idea to do a scripted show come about? I’ve been a...
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Your Kids Have the Same Media Habits as You Do
When it comes to technology, you don't stand a chance against your kids. Born into a digital world, tweens—those age 7-13—have unprecedented access to devices and gadgets. Half of 10- to 13-year-olds...
View ArticleBig Cable Offering Producers Incentives to Stay Off the Web
Time Warner Cable and other pay-TV operators are offering incentives to producers to withhold content from Internet services, Bloomberg reported. Bloomberg's unnamed sources said the incentives take...
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The Lawmaker's Internet Trick or Treat
What are the worst laws threatening the Internet? NetChoice has a list for that. For the fifth year, NetChoice, a public policy organization that promotes Internet innovation, has surveyed the legal...
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The First New 7 Top-Level Domains Go Live Today
What's happening? Starting today (Jan. 29), the first seven of hundreds of new generic top-level Web domains—the suffixes that appear to the right of the dot in a domain name address—will go live on...
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Comcast Extends Low-Cost Internet Program Indefinitely
Few companies can compare with Comcast when it comes to greasing the wheels of Washington to get a deal cleared. Less than a month after it announced a $45 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable,...
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GoGo Takes Texting Into the Skies Over SXSW
“Hi Mom, I’m calling from 10,000 feet!” GoGo took its SXSW marketing to new heights, shall we say, showing off technology that will bring texting to commercial air travel. The airplane Internet service...
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U.S. to Turn Over Control of the Internet
The United States will begin a process to relinquish its administrative control over of key function of the Internet by September 2015, federal officials said late this afternoon. Since the Internet...
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