AT&T hit a nerve with its privacy-eroding Internet Preferences Plan, which lets customers surf the web at gigabit speeds but also lets the telecom giant see what sites they visit in order to serve… Read more »
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has taken the unprecedented and awesome step of using Title II to ensure that the internet remains open and that ISPs cannot discriminate against the type of… Read more »
In his new book “The Internet Is Not The Answer,” author Andrew Keen continues a theme he introduced in previous books, about how the internet is a net negative for the… Read more »
Most experts surveyed by the Pew Center for its latest report on the future of the internet said that they expect online privacy will still be a battleground with constantly shifting… Read more »
Facebook claims its new ad server will target ads on websites and mobile browsers more accurately than Google’s DoubleClick. But the big, public ad agency it’s partnering with says it’s more… Read more »
The need for speed (and scale) is driving the growth of private networks owned by companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon and Microsoft. While the public internet is still larger, the private… Read more »
Google wants to blanket the stratosphere with free-floating internet balloons. Facebook wants to place internet drones over specific population centers. Which approach is better? Mark Zuckerberg makes Facebook’s case. Read more »
A new report from CB Insights and other partners highlights venture capital financing trends in New York, as well the city’s most active investors and acquirers. Read more »
A Facebook initiative to give internet access to people in underdeveloped countries, and a proposal to teach a homeless man to program — two examples of a kind of tone-deaf mindset… Read more »