politics

2014

The dystopic fast lane future of the internet

The Verge has imagined what our not so distant internet future could look like with fast lanes and prioritized content…

2013

Using McDonald's as a Study Hall

interesting piece in yesterday’s WSJ on how lower income families are using the free online access via McDonald’s or other…

2010

Cablevision – ABC = No Oscars and Millions of Pissed Consumers

We’ve officially lost ABC on Cablevision today.  Thanks Disney.  Aside from the Oscar blackout tonight, which upsets my wife more…

2009

Nokia and Skype – With an Open Phone it Won’t Matter

It was only a matter of time for carriers to make stink about the inclusion of Skype on the N97. …

From the WTF are you thinking dept …

NO NO NO! So both the consumer and content provider pay … yeah – no thanks. The BBC would have…

2008

No Muni-Fi for NYC

To be officially confirmed later today, but apparently the Mayor’s office will be passing on lighting up the city. The…

2007

Is your phone Born Free?

Walt Mossberg has a great piece (Free My Phone!) up on All Things D, which is a must read for…

T-Mobile, You used to be cool, what happened?

T-Mobile used to be cool. They were one of the first carriers in the US to offer the opportunity to…

Nokia Legal Strikes within YouTube… removes a disassembly video?

UPDATE— Resolved! I am not sure how this in any way this falls under DMCA legal jurisdiction, but blog buddy…

Why is the Presidential address NOT in HDTV?

I just clicked through all the networks and they are all showing an SD broadcast … seems like a missed…