An avalanche of comments has so far poured into the Federal Communications Commission regarding plans to codify the principles of net neutrality, with folks arguing that it will destroy the Internet as we know it to those who believe it will usher in an era of competition that results in low broadband price and access for [...]
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The number of people accessing social networks on their mobile phones at least once a month in the U.S. has doubled since the beginning of the year, to 10 percent in the third quarter from 5 percent in the first quarter, according to Forrester Research, in line with stats Facebook released last month. The number [...]
On Monday, Oct. 19th, today’s leading web entrepreneurs, thinkers and scientists will gather at the GigaOM office here in San Francisco for a special event that we will stream live: a discussion about what comes next for the web. Attendees will include Caterina Fake (co-founder, Flickr & Hunch), Tom Coates (Yahoo), Bret Taylor (Facebook & [...]
Time to stop procrastinating and reserve your ticket to NewTeeVee Live! Today, Oct. 16th, is your final chance to buy a discounted pass to the conference. For just $395 (a sliver of other industry conferences, and $200 less than our walk-in ticket), you’ll get a jam-packed day of interviews with industry heavyweights, demos of the [...]
Despite rumblings from some iPhone users about how Apple’s exclusive contract with AT&T as service provider for the iPhone should end, respondents in PCMag.com’s 2009 Cell Phone Service & Reliability study have crowned it king of the mobile market.As many of you already know, I joined GigaOM after many years as an editor for PC [...]
Businesses large and small face new challenges from the current global economic slowdown. Whether you are an advertiser, web site owner, online retailer, social applications developer, or an entrepreneur preparing to launch a new Internet company, you need to know what shifts are underway in the world of online advertising and social media marketing. TiE’s [...]
Do you have a tough time finding reruns of your favorite TV shows online? Then head over to NewTeeVee, where you can snag a beta invite to Clicker, an online channel guide that helps you find TV shows, movies, web originals or music that you want to watch online. To read more on Clicker [...]
Twitter yesterday launched a mobile version of its popular micromessaging service in Japan, making it the first country to get its own local language version. To boost its presence abroad, the fledgling San Francisco-based company has been tapping into the mobile industry, unveiling a partnership this week with Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator, in [...]
Disappointment in the user experience on the mobile web is ramping up nearly as quickly as traffic itself, according to an Equation Research study that will be released Monday. The survey — which was commissioned by Gomez, a developer of software for Internet publishers and as such, a company with a dog in this [...]
About 15 years ago, as a young reporter covering the semiconductor industry for a newswire, I met a man called Raj Rajaratnam. At that time he was not only an influential semiconductor analyst at Needham & Co., but also president of the brokerage firm. The Sri Lanka-born analyst was one of the best and he [...]
Cool vids: Google Wave “Pulp Fiction” and a hockey trick shot (NewTeeVee)Interview: Behind the scenes at SCALE 8x’s call for papers (OStatic)Android 2.0 Eclair — What are you looking for in your dessert? (jkOnTheRun)Layar augmented reality browser finally available for iPhone (TheAppleBlog)Idle servers suck power and money: report (Earth2Tech)Make the most of small business tax [...]
Google’s announcement that it will launch Google Editions, its e-book publishing platform, next year, may have gotten a lot of attention among publishers and e-book enthusiasts, but it’s more than just a Kindle killer. While Google’s plan to offer readers access to 400,000-600,000 books on any device adds to the growing list of challenges to [...]
Facebook has been hit with public outcry over some of the changes it’s made to the social networking site over the years, but the real risk, according to comments made by Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at a Churchill Club event in Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday night, is that it doesn’t do enough when [...]
